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    This is a place where you'll meet and make writing friends, and indulge in stratospherically-elevated wit or barometrically low humour.

    Some Colonists pop in religiously every day before or after work. Others we see here less regularly, but all are equally welcome. Two important grounds rules…

    • Don't give offence
    • Don't take offence

    We now allow political discussion, but strongly suggest it takes place in the Steam Room, which is a private sub-forum within Café Life. It’s only accessible to Full Members.

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Dandelion Break Boring Book Summary - A Challenge

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Ignore planning application notices at your peril (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

A collection of oddballs and right proper weirdos pointlessly mooch around a gothic castle (Titus Groan)

A tight-fisted, miserable old git finds redemption one night. (A Christmas Carol)

Socially inept schoolboy writes about what he does every day. (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - aged 13¾)
 
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A traditional blend granulated sugar and glucose syrup - watch your teeth. (Brighton Rock)

A trip with my mum's sister (Travels With My Aunt)

One fewer than forty but one more than 38 (The 39 Steps)

A surfeit of Scottish Spirits (Whisky Galore)
 
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