An Updated Discworld Companion

[poohcarrot]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DISCWORLD-COMPAN ... 3360caf353

$15.69 Oz dollars including postage. You've got 22 hours left to bid.

[Jane]

NOOO!!! D: D: D:
I don't have a PayPal/Credit card, and my sister won't order it for me.
Even if I offer to reimburse her with cash.

[pip]

We got these 3V prepay credit cards in ireland the last year or so which can be topped up in a shop for those who can't or won't get a normal one. They are great for the likes of getting stuff across the net. Don't know if OZ has an equivalent yet but might be worth a look. When it comes to second hand books etc it kicks ass

[pip]

Just did a quick search and found this Jane - http://www.prepaidshop.com.au/
They are available in post offices and 7 elevens.
Hope this helps

[Jane]

You are then ready to order a VISA Gift Card online.

That's like saying "Call here if your phone is broken", isn't it?
I'll have to wait until the weekend to be able to get to the physical Post Office. Isn't a prepaid credit card the same as a debit card?
*scratches head*


I think the reason why my sister isn't going to help me collect DW is because she's gone and done a Susan Pevensey! She used to have a bookcase in her room, and it's gotten replaced by a shoe rack!

[Dotsie]

Isn't a prepaid credit card the same as a debit card?
*scratches head*

No, you charge the credit card up with a set amount - once that's gone, no more can be spent on it without recharging first. That way, you protect yourself from credit card fraud, and from having your bank account emptied (even by yourself ).

Even if it takes a few days to get one from the Post Office, you don't have to pay immediately when you buy from ebay, so you would still be OK.

[pip]

Exactly. Easier to control and not go mad on.

[pip]

And that bloody susan was always a problem.
Neil Gaiman wrote a warped short story about her years later.
And big sisters will always cause some forms of pain anyway.

[Jane]

Thanks for the help! I will go and look for cards next time I go shopping.
Hopefully I won't got on an internet buying spree. That's what happened to my sister when she turned 18 and could open up the savings account my parents set up for her when she was a kid.

And that bloody susan was always a problem.
Neil Gaiman wrote a warped short story about her years later.
And big sisters will always cause some forms of pain anyway.

My sister doesn't do lipsticks and nylons like Susan, but she's got an addiction to 4inch wedges and A-line skirts. She doesn't read much anymore, and when I try to convert her to DW, she sticks her fingers in her ears and goes "Lalala! Not listening!" or just ignores me.

[poohcarrot]

I shouldn't worry about trying to convert her. This way you'll always feel smugly superior to her.

[pip]

Yep Jane,
She's missing out , not you.

[ghostsecurity28]

here jane this might help
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Searc ... +companion

[pip]

Hopefully You've managed to get the prepay card thingy by now.

[Tonyblack]

I have an idea!

For those of you who can't get hold of a Discworld Companion, either because you live in a country where everyone you talk to says "Terry who?" or because you are poor and your parents have fitted a childproof lock on their credit card - all you need to do is simply make your own Discworld Companion.

Simply read all 37 (or what ever it is) novels and all the short stories, including the Science of Discworld books, Nanny Ogg's Cook Book, the various Discworld Diaries and the Discworld Maps. Make sure you make copious notes about everything that happens, all characters and the places the characters visit. Don't forget to include any publications mentioned, songs, moving pictures, plays, operas and include a section on the flora and fauna to be found on the Disc. Include a section on the nature of Magic on the Disc, how the Unseen University is run, the Guilds and Associations that are in the cities and the structure of the Watch with a sub section on Law and Order.

And there you have it - your very own Discworld Companion.














Does the Terry Pratchett/Stephen Briggs version still seem so unobtainable?

[raisindot]

....All you need to do is simply make your own Discworld Companion.

Simply read all 37 (or what ever it is) novels and all the short stories, including the Science of Discworld books, Nanny Ogg's Cook Book, the various Discworld Diaries and the Discworld Maps. Make sure you make copious notes about everything that happens, all characters and the places the characters visit. Don't forget to include any publications mentioned, songs, moving pictures, plays, operas and include a section on the flora and fauna to be found on the Disc. Include a section on the nature of Magic on the Disc, how the Unseen University is run, the Guilds and Associations that are in the cities and the structure of the Watch with a sub section on Law and Order.

And there you have it - your very own Discworld Companion.

"And next week, on 'How To Do It,' we'll show you how to solve global warming, how to prove that string theory is true, and how to bring peace to the Middle East!"



J-I-B