Verence how many books do you have?

I thought I was bad.

You do know that we will never have a proper *library* because of all the money we spend on books don't you?

mermaidxxx

I'm currently reading *Einstein* by Walter Issacson.

I would recommend it highly.

mermaidxxx

I have *The Maze* by Panos Karnezis on my desk.

But I am saving it a treat. I read *Little Infamies* in one sitting and had to start it all over again.

So I'm saving *The Maze*.

I'm like that with writers I like.....I don't read everything..especially the departed... I need to savour them.

I've got somewhere in the region of 350-400 books at home as well as over 1000 issues of the comic 2000AD

A thousand issues

Seriously?


hugs

mermaidxxx

I have 10,000 books in storage

Quite a few more than a thousand. I first started reading the comic in 1984 at issue 359. This week's issue was some 1550 and I've also got quite a few back issues

How do you store them?

Cardboard boxes mostly

Are they in good condition?

Should you not put them behind glass?

Some of the early ones are bit tatty but generally they're in fairly good condition.

Something that just ocurred to me. I've been reading the comic for longer than a friend of mine's daughter and stepson have been alive

LOL

Anyhoo, I have to be going now, see you soon

Take care Verence.

Talk to you later

mermaidxxx

Really enjoyed Gerry's appearance on BBBM last night.Nice to see a HM who is not afraid to express himself for a change.

Hi fellow Gerry-supporters.

Just thought you might like to read a blog by Hazel Wivenhoe, which you can access by clicking on the link in this thread.
She's a supporter of Gerry too, and says hilarious stuff about Hagrid!

<I think that thread deserves a bump >

Gerry was as great as ever on BBBM last night - any other housemate wouldn't have spoken out considering the noisy audience, but he's great at getting his views across, regardless of he screaming wolves! lol

Really hoping he's on BBLB tonight as I dont wanna waste another 30 mins of my life watching the tripe!

They're doing the shopping list in the house now, and its for 9 days, so we have 9 days exactly till we see Gerry officially again at the finale - YAY! Wonder what he'll be wearing? Hope he's in that red shirt and black jacket with the medals attached to it - he looks SO hot in that combination of the black trousers and stunning boots - I adore those boots!

Here's the link to part 3 of his diary in case some of you haven't see it:

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/n...y.jsp?id=21941

Thanx for the link to the blog, Welsh-boy! Gonna read that now!

aran just posted this


Good to see we'll get a BBLB reunion because there's another opportunity to see our Gerry! YAY!

A highlight's show was mentioned by someone else as well, but I'll only watch it if it shows highlights of the whole series, and not just the final week because its SO boring now!

I have Just read over some of Motorways posts, i cant see anything wrong with what was said, it is getting ridiculous when people are getting you banned for passing a opinion

there must be some very unpleasant people on here now,who have nothing better to than going round reporting people,

Hi Karen


How are you? I hope you're keeping well at the moment.


I'm taking a couple of days to catch up with my writing so I've got the next episode for your blog below.


Aaah, hasn't Gerry been a star this week? The more I see him the more glad I am he took the chance to get out of that madhouse.


Just off to Email BB to point out they've just found "Desmond's" replacement... ; )


Catch you again in a couple of days.


Best wishes:
Val


________________________________


Gerry's Adventures With Big Brother
Part 2 by Val Woodhouse


Before I was so rudely interrupted by last Friday's shenanigans...


I was starting my look back at BB8 from a Gerry-fan's point of view. Now it's a case of reminiscing rather than promoting our favourite but, in the words of Magnus Magnusson, I've started so I'll finish. This week I'll look back at Gerry's relationships with the housemates who've already left. At the weekend I'll cover this week's 2 evictees, next week I'll look at the finalists and the week after that sum up the tasks and twists.


Promise...


**********


Gerry and Billi


Male model Billi burst into the BB house on day 17 and made a huge impact during his fortnight's stay... for all the wrong reasons.


Billi had a game plan and he didn't care who knew it. He tried to wedge himself between Ziggy and Channelle, he knew as much about make-up and hair straighteners as the twins and he had furious bust-ups with Charley. He reckoned he could take any housemate on at their own game and had a hitlist of who he wanted to pick off.


He would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those pesky housemates. He got 7 of the possible 14 votes in his second week and was evicted with 55.1% of a 3-way vote against Carole and Tracey.


Yet one housemate saw through the game playing and the bluster. One housemate Billi could rely on to sit with him, listen to him rant and then try and reason with him to be himself rather than a player.


I'll give you a clue who that was. His name begins with G.


And ends in erry.


Did Gerry fancy Billi? Possibly. Billi was quite a girly-looking bloke, after all. But beyond that, Gerry kept out of the herd mentality of "hating the hater" and took a sympathetic approach to someone who, arguably, didn't deserve it.


When Billi left the house he was one of the few to suggest Gerry as a possible winner.


Gerry and Jonathan


Millionaire businessman Jonathan was the housemate Gerry seemed to have the most respect for throughout the series. Psychology show Big Brother On The Couch ran a leadership experiment with Gerry, Jonathan and Ziggy and it didn't need a trained psychologist to see how quickly Gerry deferred to Jonathan as Alpha Male.


Normally the first ones up, Jonathan, Carole, Gerry, Ziggy and Billi formed a sort of "breakfast club". They huddled on the couches analysing events in the house or sharing thoughts on life in general. For those of us who enjoy decent conversations, this was one of the more interesting parts of BB8 and one which Gerry seemed to miss when the group broke up.


You don't become a multi millionaire without knowing how to persuade people over to your point of view. Even though Jonathan was put up for eviction in his first week, he quickly won all the housemates round as a father figure and was never nominated again. He brought a calm control into the house, laced with a withering dry wit, culminating in leading the rebellion against the insomnia task.


Jonathan's downside was the way he subtly manipulated everyone. He promised treats to several of them when they left the house, including offering Gerry a job in his media company. Whether Jonathan delivers on any of these promises remains to be seen. He also reduced the whole house to tears with his melodramatic speech about wanting to leave, then miraculously changed his mind the next day - a very Machiavellian tactic.


They say be careful what you wish for. Jonathan was soon forced to leave due to the death of his grandmother. Gerry took Jonathan's departure quite badly at the time, saying to Carole that "daddy's gone and there is only mummy". That proved to be an accurate description of how the house politics were shaping up.


Sadly, Jonathan was doorstepped a couple of days later by The News Of The World and had to confess to a drug problem. He was last heard of heading for rehab, his engagement in tatters.


Gerry and Laura


Gerry's relationship with Laura changed throughout their time together. Initially they got on mainly through their mutual friendship with Seány. She was the Irishman's pranking-partner and was involved in Freddy's unfortunate encounter with a condom.


She was the first person in the house Gerry (who had always boasted about being a calm person) really lost his temper with. He was the last to bed one night and was a bit too noisy. Laura complained the next day, he tried to apologise, she kept making an issue of it and he snapped at her.


Part of her problem in this incident was that he was "talking about rimming and disgusting things like that." Laura seemed to have a questionable attitude to homosexuality, and Big Brother had to give her a formal warning for using the word "poof".


News had leaked into the house (presumably through Billi, Brian, Jonathan or Liam) that Laura was the bookies' favourite, and all the housemates believed it. Actually she was at the very start, she seemed down-to-earth, friendly and a refreshing change from the usual wannabees. However, with Seány evicted and Carole not letting her get involved in the kitchen, Laura went downhill, took to her bed and rarely left it.


Her laziness led to 5 nominations in week 5, including one from Gerry. Big Brother set a midweek task with the other housemates pairing up to make banners to support their favourite nominee, Laura or Channelle. Gerry found himself partnering Charley (probably not each other's ideal choice!) He would have preferred to make a Channelle banner but Charley was having none of it. Gerry suggested portraying Laura as an animal that needed saving from extinction. Thus was born the Wang Sloth, the endangered marine animal with Laura's head and - seeing how Gerry had been calling her a beached whale all week - the most deliciously subtle insult of the entire series.


Later this week: Nicky, Charley, Channelle and the Halfway Housemates.

Loving Val's work

Gerrytowin, i'd be very interested in reading the first part of that blog: Do you have a link, please?

The Sun have put up a podcast with Gerry, the link to listen is at the end of the article.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...390050,00.html

Gerry’s Adventures With Big Brother Part 1
Category: Blogging



Part 1 by Val Woodhouse


Gerry's been having a rough time in the Big Brother house recently, what with having to single-handedly stand up to Charley, vainly try to stop Channelle quitting, lose a potential best friend in David and now deal with his supposed friends Ziggy and Liam turning against him.


As we head into the final weeks of BB8, this occasional series will be looking back at Gerry's experiences in the house and how he got on with each of his fellow housemates. For all those times he's been labelled boring, tactless and arrogant, lets remind ourselves of the unique, caring, funny and downright brave Gerry we came here to support.


Gerry and Shabnam


I'll gloss over this one. They spent a week together. He nominated her. She got evicted. Er... that's it.


Gerry and Seány


Gerry had his work cut out as a housemate right from Day 1 - or should that be Day 10 - of the most contrived series of Big Brother ever. Rather than throwing all the housemates in together and letting a natural group structure evolve, 11 women entered on launch night and were given 48 hours to sort out their pecking order before an Alpha Male (Ziggy) was imposed on them.


One week (and an expulsion for racist language) later, two more men were allowed to enter the house. Not just any men though, these were to be the 2 gay housemates, Gerry and Seány. We had to wait another week for the next 4 straight males to arrive.


Presumably the producers' plan was for Ziggy to have his pick of the girls, with a fortnight's head start on any competitors, and Gerry and Seány to become the show's first gay couple (or, failing that, the more experienced Gerry to become a sort of sexual mentor for the recently-outed Seány).


At first glance, Seány certainly fitted Gerry's preference for fair-haired Celts. They shared a bed and indulged in an amount of kissing, cuddling and hand-holding, although as touchy-feely friends rather than potential lovers. Seány gave Gerry someone to relate to as a gay man and also someone who would happily listen to his tales of Ancient Greece (then take the mickey out of him when he started getting too serious).


Gerry had quickly established himself as the bookies' favourite for being an amiable eccentric. He and Seány had the makings of a unique and intriguing double act. Apart from one fatal flaw.


Seány was a jerk.


Seány's card was marked on his very first night, when he made the mistake of whipping the duvet off Lesley as she slept. As she had never busted a gut to try and enjoy her Big Brother experience, this was her final straw and she left the next day with no kind words for the Irishman. If she had stayed, her dry cynicism could have made a great foil for Gerry's intellect.


Seány tried too hard with his pranks, which was a shame as it masked his effortless wit and feelgood caring side. But it seemed that whenever Gerry was in a deep and meaningful mood, Seány was the complete opposite, which made Gerry one of Seány's favourite victims.


Seány pushed his luck one prank too far when he put a condom over Freddy the monkey. Although it looked a daft joke to anyone else watching, Gerry got quite upset by it at the time. Freddy was more than just a toy to him, it was the embodiment of all the friends and family he'd left behind.


The Big Brother audience is very intolerant of housemates who don't know their boundaries, and Seány was voted out after just 2 weeks, with a whopping 44.5% of the vote against Jonathan and Carole. Despite their differences, Gerry was deeply upset at the news and went off to cry in the toilet. Most of the other housemates were sad to lose him, too (although some had seen him as an easy target to nominate). Seány remains the most surprising eviction of BB8 and, thankfully, the one that received the best reception from the Friday night eviction mob outside.


Seány's eviction deprived Gerry of someone who could have kept him amused and brought the best out of him through the series. Although we were to see many other sides to Gerry's character, Seány's departure robbed Gerry of potentially his best ally of the series.

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