the Barbara Curran dallas book - regarding spoilers (none in this thread!)

[Danny_James]

hi y'all,

just thought this needed to be posted,

many of us, infact i would say 95% of us here on this forum dont yet have a copy of the Barbara Curran book.
Were either waiting for it to be released in the shops, or sum have ordered from the net and are waiting for it to be delivered, but regardless, there are only a few here who actually have it at this moment in time, and i am seeing lots of quotes from this book and to be honest i think whats the point in us buying it?
ITs cool that som of you's have it already and youve read it and enjoyed it, but all im saying is for the majoirty of us who dont yet own it, can you please give us the chance to buy it and read it for ourselves, rather than see tons and tons of quotes and extracts in posts on this forum?
If you feel the need to use a quote or extract then at the start of your message just make it obivous by going...


SPOILERS IN THIS POST!!!!!!!!!!!!

or sumthing to that effect, but i havent seen any of that, so when it comes to the message i end up reading something, and it says thats taken from barbaras book ect ect,
i know you may say well if you come across one then simply skip it, but sometimes i dont realise its a quote until after ive read a bit, and although its only a fraction of a huge book it seems, it still spoils it.

So all im asking is could the people please put in there posts sumthing to make it known that its containing spoilers ect, because it does ruin it for other people. I remember when Larrys book came out and nobody really posted quotes or anything from it, we all posted saying yes its great we luv it ect, but we left it for the members to buy and read without chunks of it appearing on this forum, which i think was nice, so i think we should do that here now. Its not like forever, only for a couple of weeks while the book is still new and people are waiting on the release and copies to crop up ect, once weve all got it then it doesnt matter.

Thanks,

Dan

[Pamela Barnes]

Yes I agree to a 'degree', I have not seen all the quotes and some were obvious book discussions, like those by james. But I have been very careful in what I read because I dont want the book ruined for me.

Spoiler in the title could be a great idea, or we could keep a seperate forum for the book and then put those posts over here in a month or so.

[James from London]

Well, this is obviously directed at me because no one else has been irritating enough to go on and on about already having a copy of the book . I've been careful to preface all my quotes with "According to Barbara Curran's book", but I'm happy to highlight that preface in future, i.e. According to Barbara Curran's book, so it's clearer. Is that OK with you, Dan?

I don't suppose everyone is planning to get the book, so it's nice to able to share titbits when they seem relevant to an ongoing discussion.

[Danny_James]

hi yas.

maybe james some of the pages of the book can go on a page somewhere on the utlimatedallas.com website? i dunno, pam, what do you think of that?
So then people who dont buy it can read some of it online and look at sum of the pics perhaps, im not syaing the whole book, maybe just a few select pages or chapters, ive not got it yet so i dont even know wot its like myself. But that might be a good way to share the info with people who dont plan on buying it and are only interested in certain parts of the book.

I didnt want to make this out to be a big thing or anything, i think if u just say like ur going to and put it in bold so then i know to skip past it and thats its book stuff,

I really can't wait to get mine, it does sound good, and to a certain degree sum of the things youve said james have made me want to buy it more, but i just dont want to read anything more from it for me personally.

Glad nobody took this the wrong way,

Dan

I have always noticed you preface info and statements from Barbara Curran's book with "According to Barbara Curran's book" to alert the reader not to read further if they'd rather read it themselves when they get their copy. I've only noticed 2 or 3 paragraphs (chunks) quoted by you from her book, which I liked reading anyway, and considering the book is about 700 or 800 pages, I really don't think it's gonna make much difference in terms of "spoiling" anyone's enjoyment of reading the book since your quotes are just "a drop in the ocean" anyway. It's a damn BIG book !

TV channels are forever showing bits of scenes from upcoming episodes of shows, etc. Is that "spoiling" too? Yet they've been doing it for years. And upcoming storylines in soaps are constantly being deliberately leaked to the press and to TV magazines, etc. I consider James's quotes from the book as "teasers" to "wet our apetite" just like the TV channels do everyday !

Just my opinion.

[Pamela Barnes]

I didnt think James post were an issue, I have not come across any posts which didnt make it clear so Im not quite sure of the problem then. I thought maybe there are other posts around that Dan was referring too that I have not seen.

[Danny_James]

there is no one post in specific,
but the reason i posted this was becauase - and im glad b4 i go on that james hasnt taken this badly, hes been nice about it, and ive seen him write "accoridng to,,,," before the quotes,

but what i was going to say is, the reason i made this is not just coz james has the book, but im sure in the next few days more and more people will be getting copies ect, so with more people owning a copy theres more chance of things being spoiled for people, so all im saying is in advance, as well as the quotes that have been made, in advance can everybody bear in the mind the *SPOILERS* thing, if that makes sense?

If not then just ignore me, lol,

Dan

[Pamela Barnes]

Ok yes, people just need to make sure they dont give too much away in the title and make it clear its a book discussion

[Danny_James]

pam whats with the monkey?
LOL - ive been trying to think who that looks like, but i have no idea. SarahB will no doubt be saying to herself Mandy Winger, lol, good on her i say. But hmmmmm, most people seem to think the christopher baby no.1 was ugly - cud it be him?
(i hope christopher baby no1 doesnt visit this forum, lol)

[gravy47]

I think that is supposed to be Lucy......LMAO.....They have been talking about Lucy as a monkey on the knots forum.....LMAO

[lucy ewing]

I hope you all are not degrading my character, lol j/k why are they saying Lucy looks like a monkey, what thread is that under?

[hubbabubba53]

I dont have that book yet at all

[gravy47]

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Originally posted by Louis:
DJ just likes to YAK to hear himself talk

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That is uncalled for........I don't think that you know Dan well enough to make that assumption......

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Originally posted by gravy47:

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Originally posted by Louis:
DJ just likes to YAK to hear himself talk

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That is uncalled for........I don't think that you know Dan well enough to make that assumption......

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I second that, gravy.

[Danny_James]

squat and louis ive never even spoken to either of you's so i dont know what your problem is. amazingly both of you arent registered names so either your not a regular here and u have no idea wot ur on about, or perhaps you are a regular but dont have the balls to say sumthing to me face to face using your regular name.

whichever, your opinion means bugger all to me.

is that enough yak-ing for you?

thanks steve and gravy, i apreciate you trying to stick up for me, these people r just losers.

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Originally posted by Dan James:
squat and louis ive never even spoken to either of you's so i dont know what your problem is. amazingly both of you arent registered names so either your not a regular here and u have no idea wot ur on about, or perhaps you are a regular but dont have the balls to say sumthing to me face to face using your regular name.

whichever, your opinion means bugger all to me.

is that enough yak-ing for you?

thanks steve and gravy, i apreciate you trying to stick up for me, these people r just losers.

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"Amazing"... "balls"...."losers"

[Tessie]

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Originally posted by Squat:

"Amazing"... "balls"...."losers"

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Troll Alert!!!!!

[Tessie]

Where is the Troll Slayer?!

[Danny_James]

hmm interesting, you make a post but make no sense?

I dont wanna get all yak-yak-yak on you (wouldnt want to upset you or anything) but to correct the quote, i did actually say "amazingly", not "amazing".

Dan