I have a copy of that. I read it up to the first equation and then got a nosebleed and had to stop.JimC wrote:I have it, but have only dipped into it.Scrumple wrote:This thread inspired me to go out and buy, secondhand and in paperback, The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose which is 1099 pages and then a couple of blank sheets at the end to write some of those notes putting the old man right.
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What is the longest book you own?
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"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"
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Here you go. One document, after Congress got done with it.
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Contest between AA big book and the bible probably although i believe the copy of war and peace im getting will run it close.
The Pope was today knocked down at the start of Christmas mass by a woman who hopped over the barriers. The woman was said to be, "Mentally unstable."Trolldor wrote:Ahh cardinal Pell. He's like a monkey after a lobotomy and three lines of cocaine.
Which is probably why she went unnoticed among a crowd of Christians.
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If it's the hardcover edition of the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation, then you'll be getting not only a really big book, but a gorgeously designed and produced one as well (not to mention an excellent and enjoyable translation).redunderthebed wrote:Contest between AA big book and the bible probably although i believe the copy of war and peace im getting will run it close.
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Is it better to be longer or thicker? 
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Thicker, according to several dozen women.Făkünamę wrote:Is it better to be longer or thicker?
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Heh i got a paperback copy for $6 off book depository.orpheus wrote:If it's the hardcover edition of the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation, then you'll be getting not only a really big book, but a gorgeously designed and produced one as well (not to mention an excellent and enjoyable translation).redunderthebed wrote:Contest between AA big book and the bible probably although i believe the copy of war and peace im getting will run it close.
The Pope was today knocked down at the start of Christmas mass by a woman who hopped over the barriers. The woman was said to be, "Mentally unstable."Trolldor wrote:Ahh cardinal Pell. He's like a monkey after a lobotomy and three lines of cocaine.
Which is probably why she went unnoticed among a crowd of Christians.
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Then you'll have the advantage of being able to carry it around without needing to see an orthopedist later on.redunderthebed wrote:Heh i got a paperback copy for $6 off book depository.orpheus wrote:If it's the hardcover edition of the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation, then you'll be getting not only a really big book, but a gorgeously designed and produced one as well (not to mention an excellent and enjoyable translation).redunderthebed wrote:Contest between AA big book and the bible probably although i believe the copy of war and peace im getting will run it close.
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This is true.orpheus wrote:Then you'll have the advantage of being able to carry it around without needing to see an orthopedist later on.redunderthebed wrote:Heh i got a paperback copy for $6 off book depository.orpheus wrote:If it's the hardcover edition of the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation, then you'll be getting not only a really big book, but a gorgeously designed and produced one as well (not to mention an excellent and enjoyable translation).redunderthebed wrote:Contest between AA big book and the bible probably although i believe the copy of war and peace im getting will run it close.
The Pope was today knocked down at the start of Christmas mass by a woman who hopped over the barriers. The woman was said to be, "Mentally unstable."Trolldor wrote:Ahh cardinal Pell. He's like a monkey after a lobotomy and three lines of cocaine.
Which is probably why she went unnoticed among a crowd of Christians.
Cormac wrote: One thing of which I am certain. The world is a better place with you in it. Stick around please. The universe will eventually get around to offing all of us. No need to help it in its efforts...
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