So my parents come up here to NY to visit for a week and while here my dad rummaging through my books like he always does found License Renewed. Since he's the one who got me into the Bond books I lent it to him, he read it while here and asked if he could take it on the trip back to Miami to finish it.
This morning I call him down there to discuss a whole other issue and he asks me "Did I leave that book on the couch?" I told him that I put it with his things and put them in the Durango myself so it's in Miami with him. Yet he and my mom cant' find it.
This really ruined my morning. It was a hard cover, first edition in almost mint condition and it;s lost to me.
Dammit Dad!
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OmarB
, Oct 01 2007 05:09 PM
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 05:09 PM
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 05:13 PM
I'm sure it will turn up. I'm sure your Dad knows it's importance to you.
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 05:19 PM
US edition? Those can be found on eBay or www.bookfinder.com, so it's replaceable.
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 05:30 PM
It was not the US edition, it was British. I'll look for a new one.
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 07:04 PM
Even a UK 1st edition is really quite easy (and can be found for under $20) to find.
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Posted 01 October 2007 - 07:47 PM
Cool man. If it doesn't pop up I'll have to go that route.
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 03:53 PM
Good news guys, my mother found the book! It took her a while but I'm so happy. It was in a box filled with letters and pictures of my later grandmother. She died on Memorial Day this year and my mother just brought herself to the point where she thought she was able to look over the old memories in the box.
I joked that she was about to read and have a good cry but I screwed up the moment with James Bond.
I joked that she was about to read and have a good cry but I screwed up the moment with James Bond.
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 04:09 PM
Phew. For a moment there, I thought your dad's licence would be revoked!
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 04:52 PM
Oh I gave him a stern talking to last night. My original thing was that I would get it back whenever I go down to Miami or he comes up, now the rule is the moment he's done he is to mail it back that very day.
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Posted 01 November 2007 - 04:48 PM
Phew. For a moment there, I thought your dad's licence would be revoked!
I have no idea what the last word in that sentence means.
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Posted 01 November 2007 - 10:50 PM
It means "taken away"Phew. For a moment there, I thought your dad's licence would be revoked!
I have no idea what the last word in that sentence means.
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Posted 02 November 2007 - 02:59 PM
Phew. For a moment there, I thought your dad's licence would be revoked!
I have no idea what the last word in that sentence means.
English as a second language huh?
