Alan Paine

Writer. Novel 'A Suggestion in Space' published by @Fantastic_Books, Guitarist, actor, painter, edible oil consultant.

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In addition to my novel 'A Suggestion in Space' charity anthologies including some of my short stories will be on sale at the #yorkbookfair2025 on 6th December.
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@AuthorFranWong My brain would be a bit clogged if I could speak all 7000 or so languages that there are on Earth let alone anywhere else. So, telepathy would be easier to deal with.

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I've just had an interesting chat with @jacquiejones7 on a train. Hope you have a good time by the sea Jacquie.

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@vinquezada1 Vinyl record

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@Jesii_ca_M My wife couldn't drive when I married her but he can now. My mother couldn't drive when she married my father but we didn't have a car at the time.

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@AshySlasheeDB 'O better far to live and die' from The Pirates of Penzance

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@Daltimore How is it that many weird foreign words like zo are allowed in scrabble but not a proper English word like queef.

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@BellaWallerstei Southgate was brilliant

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With all the talk of who will be the next James Bond my favourite spy drama is Sleepers starring @officialhavers and the late Warren Clarke. Two very British people have almost forgotten that they are Russian spies.

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With all the talk of who will be the next James Bond my favourite spy drama is Sleepers starring @officialhavers and the late Warren Clarke. Two very British people have almost forgotten that they are Russian spies. If Havers and Clarke could be Russian spies maybe I'm one.

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@mrmikeMTL I do

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@jodyjsperling Some are and some aren't

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@HPerneel @HumansNoContext I did dangerous things when I was a kid but I didn't let off explosives and send metal objects hurtling through the air to where they could land on someone else. Hopefully no one was behind the trees in the video but how do you know?

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@NoContextBrits I saw a picture of Jeremy Hunt speaking at a conference. Behind his head is a sign including the word 'Country.' The 'ry' is cropped out of the picture and Jeremy's head is covering the letter 'o.'

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@KaylaChowShow If someone said that they would give me $2 million for that I wouldn't believe them

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@Bibliomania_ar @klhicks912 I agree I've managed to forget some good ideas because I didn't record them

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@likesretirement I haven't watched it either. A show that is based on lies and deceit doesn't really appeal to me. I'm shocked that the BBC include Traitors in their news broadcasts. Average viewing figures are 9-10 million according to Wikipedia quoting BARB. UK population is nearly 70 million.

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@mrmikeMTL 45

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@jflWrites If the story is set in the future it would seem strange to use archaic traditional units. Whatever units you use don't put the other units in brackets. Indicate size in other ways such as 'She wasn't a small woman but at nearly 2m tall he towered above her.'

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@NoContextBrits Wood lice