cronewitch
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Post by cronewitch on Sept 9, 2013 12:01:44 GMT -5
I used to read several books a week but tried to stop when I got divorced. Stopping forced me to find something else to do. Now I mostly read on vacation, I take a dozen or so books camping so read in the boat or in the camper until I run out of books. I have jury duty next month so will take some books.
I got a kindle but didn't figure out how to connect it to get books. I need to do that but they wanted a password that I don't think I know, I need to try again.
My brother reads constantly on his kindle. My boyfriend only reads when it is interesting so I saw him read one entire series of books but never anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 12:30:05 GMT -5
I would read a lot if I had more time, but I'm not willing to make time to read books that are only of mediocre interest to me. When I get a book that I want to read, I'll plow through it.
I've been "reading" a lot more audio books lately though. I purchased 24 credits through Audible so it works out to like $9/book, which is a pretty decent discount to what you normally would pay on Amazon.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 9, 2013 12:52:00 GMT -5
I don't get people who go clubbing, why spend a ton of money to go out somewhere with your friends where bodies are packed in with no room and it is so loud that you can't hear each other and you pay way too much for your drinks. it was awesome in my 20s. you couldn't pay me to go in my 30s.
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Post by movingforward on Sept 9, 2013 12:57:32 GMT -5
DH doesn't struggle he's just highly visual. Which is probably why he likes SK so much, he's an author that can paint a very vivid story. He's already familar with Star Wars and it's characters, branching out into the Extended Universe isn't a huge leap.
I've never been without a book. I was known for it in school. I get twitchy if I don't have something to read on a regular basis.
Gwen loves reading right now, I hope she keeps it up. I am always reading something as well. My kindle or a book follows me everywhere. If I am waiting to get my hair cut, at the doctor's office, etc. I am reading. I do focus on stuff I like though. If the book is of no interest to me then I will stop and move on to something else that I do enjoy.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 9, 2013 13:10:23 GMT -5
If the book is of no interest to me then I will stop and move on to something else that I do enjoy.
I cheat and flip to the ending. If I find it worth it I'll plow thru the book, if not I take the book back to the library.
I couldn't get thru the last book in the Wicked series. Ending sucked just as much as the last three books' did so it wasn't worth reading any further than I already had.
DH thinks I'm nuts when I do this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 13:28:32 GMT -5
I cheat and flip to the ending. If I find it worth it I'll plow thru the book, if not I take the book back to the library. <snip>DH thinks I'm nuts when I do this. LOL! I do this, too! I don't read a book just to see how it ends. If it's a good book I still want to see how they get there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 13:31:57 GMT -5
I don't get people who go out of their way to let me know they are non-conformists. No, not really you're just conforming to the norms of whatever social group you now choose to belong to. I also don't get bragging about non-conforming while in the same breath whining that people are "staring" at you and "judge" you. Umm . what do you think being a non-conformist means? Lol. I was just on FB, and the tandem bfeeding girl, who also has multiple piercings, etc. was complaining about guys wearing their pants low on their assess... I was thinking to post about the natural function of asses, and why did she feel that needed to be covered up, but I've already alienated my quota this week, so...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 14:05:35 GMT -5
I don't get people who go out of their way to let me know they are non-conformists. No, not really you're just conforming to the norms of whatever social group you now choose to belong to. I also don't get bragging about non-conforming while in the same breath whining that people are "staring" at you and "judge" you. Umm . what do you think being a non-conformist means? Lol. I was just on FB, and the tandem bfeeding girl, who also has multiple piercings, etc. was complaining about guys wearing their pants low on their assess... I was thinking to post about the natural function of asses, and why did she feel that needed to be covered up, but I've already alienated my quota this week, so... oh man, you TOTALLY should have said that!
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Post by ZaireinHD on Sept 9, 2013 14:56:03 GMT -5
KEEP OFF THE GRASS!!
why? it's on the ground to walk on. grass is cool and soft to sit and have lunch grass usually is a shorter walk than walking around it on the cement walkways
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Post by ZaireinHD on Sept 9, 2013 15:00:57 GMT -5
"My eyes are up here buddy!" That what she said!
but your cleavage is so ample and showing we're at a meet up or hang out spot she is obviously wanting to show off her cleavage dude is not starring, but more than glancing, just looking time to time during conversation
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 9, 2013 15:07:52 GMT -5
"My eyes are up here buddy!" That what she said!
but your cleavage is so ample and showing we're at a meet up or hang out spot she is obviously wanting to show off her cleavage dude is not starring, but more than glancing, just looking time to time during conversation
Well, of course he is...he wants to make sure they haven't done an Elvis and left the building.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 9, 2013 18:33:57 GMT -5
i go through spurts with authors right now it is David Baldacci (read like 12 of his books in last 2-3 months) anyone that likes thrillers with great character development...i heartily recommend love the Camel Club ones....... I'm reading him right now. I've read a few of the Camel Club ones and a few if the Sean King/Michelle Maxwell ones. I never see the plot twist coming
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 18:50:00 GMT -5
Crone, I get cheap and/or free books delivered to my mailbox everyday for my Kindle. It's called BookBub. But you do have to enable Amazon one-click. I've had to start ignoring them because I can't read fast enough.
I don't "get" how the fixed investments work in my supplemental RSA-1 retirement account. It is invested in what I thought were bonds, etc. but it is always losing money unless stocks are losing money and then it has a minuscule gain. So my last statement was -1.88%. Why am I investing in something that is always losing money? Stocks were only up 2.92% for the same period.
I sometimes feel like I'm spinning my wheels although the account has returned about $10,000 on an investment of $22,000. But I thought "fixed" meant "safe" investments, and obviously it doesn't.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Sept 9, 2013 20:15:57 GMT -5
"My eyes are up here buddy!" That what she said!
but your cleavage is so ample and showing we're at a meet up or hang out spot she is obviously wanting to show off her cleavage dude is not starring, but more than glancing, just looking time to time during conversation
When you're speaking to someone you should be looking in their eyes - not at their cleavage. Look all you want if they're on the other side of the room or walking down the street - but looking down their shirt when they're speaking to you is creepy.
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Post by cronewitch on Sept 10, 2013 0:21:22 GMT -5
Crone, I get cheap and/or free books delivered to my mailbox everyday for my Kindle. It's called BookBub. But you do have to enable Amazon one-click. I've had to start ignoring them because I can't read fast enough. I don't "get" how the fixed investments work in my supplemental RSA-1 retirement account. It is invested in what I thought were bonds, etc. but it is always losing money unless stocks are losing money and then it has a minuscule gain. So my last statement was -1.88%. Why am I investing in something that is always losing money? Stocks were only up 2.92% for the same period. I sometimes feel like I'm spinning my wheels although the account has returned about $10,000 on an investment of $22,000. But I thought "fixed" meant "safe" investments, and obviously it doesn't. Fixed investments only mean you are guaranteed what you are promised. Take a bond paying 2% for 30 years and you will get the 2% if you keep it all 30 years. But assuming you want to sell in the middle it will be worth more or less than you paid for it. Say interest rates went up to 4% if you buy a new one nobody will want your bond without a discount. This is what they call an inverse relationship since rates go up and you lose but if interest rates go down they are more valuable. Even if you got your 2% for 30 years you might still have lost money to inflation. Say you invested the price of a car and 30 years later the price of cars has doubled you will have lost money. Fixed doesn't mean safe just that it will not vary from what was promised. I would only keep in fixed investments what I might need short term but then not still buy a long term bond. Interest rates are at historically low rates they are more likely to go up than down in my opinion.
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Post by steff on Sept 10, 2013 1:29:25 GMT -5
I don't get people who get married just because they are pregnant. If you love one another and were going to get married anyway then fine but if the sole purpose for getting married is due to pregnancy you most likely will end up divorced or miserable. 20 years next month. I love to say "who says a shotgun wedding can't last". and we actually still like each other...LOL
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2013 7:42:04 GMT -5
Well, I think you two loved each other, steff. When almost 40 made her post I was thinking of people who find themselves "in the family way" after dating for less than a year and then getting married because that's what they're "supposed to do".
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 10, 2013 9:16:14 GMT -5
My momma always said to not sleep with anyone you wouldn't want to marry, because you might just have to!
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 10, 2013 9:57:00 GMT -5
Oh, there's a whole long list of things I don't get, but I'm not going to admit to any of them, here, in public. Well, except I also don't get the "new and improved" shtick. For anything. If it ain't broke, and it's working for me, DO NOT FIX IT!!! In the same vein, I do not get people who jump for the latest and "greatest". I like to let the kinks get worked out first before I go newer/better/faster/stronger, etc. So, while I am grateful that there are folks who will jump up and run to the latest gadget/version/style/program/cure because they become the unwitting lab rats, I am never going to join them in that quest.
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Post by greeniis10 on Sept 10, 2013 11:02:08 GMT -5
KEEP OFF THE GRASS!!
why? it's on the ground to walk on. grass is cool and soft to sit and have lunch grass usually is a shorter walk than walking around it on the cement walkways
I'm with ya on this one! Unfortunately, my DH differs: he hates when anyone walks on the lawn or the neighbor kids run across it while they're playing! That's what it is FOR! Why spend all the time, effort, and money for it to be lush and green if you can't run across it? My neighbor across the street is the same way: gets mad if the newspaper delivery person, mail delivery person, etc. walks on the lawn...
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Post by deantrip on Sept 10, 2013 19:31:12 GMT -5
The only people it bothers me that they walk across the grass is the mail man, here in the winter when you have a shoveled walk and they still walk across the snow/grass, slip and fall and try to sue for the injuries instead of using the walks that are clear (which by their own internal regulations are supposed to be using).
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 10, 2013 20:02:21 GMT -5
I'd be snapping a picture of them doing just that and mailing it to supervisors. Of course your mail will then get mysteriously lost!
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 10, 2013 20:55:58 GMT -5
He'd read exactly enough in high school to fake a book report but never actually finish the book. That would drive me insane- how do you not finish a book!, I'd have to know how it ends even if it's a crappy book. Not knowing was drive me batty. I can't help but think of a book I read last year - I hated the book, and I absolutely hated the characters. I only finished the book because I was hoping that they would get drunk, have sex, smoke a cigarette in bed, pass out and die in the resulting fire. But alas, that isn't how it ended. I wrote on the cover of the book "Read at your own risk" and left it on an airplane. And swamp - when we went to NYC we never got a decent meal. Everything was either super-fancy, huge steaks, at $100 per plate, or street food. I just don't think we were ever in the right place at the right time. We were dressed like scumbags and it was 100 degrees - we were sweaty and nasty, so we couldn't go into a lot of places. Plus, we just eat different here on the west coast. I think we were so lulled by the promise of all this wonderful food that we thought we would just stumble into decent restaurants on every street corner. We didn't eat at Olive Garden because that place sucks, but I can't say we did much better. I could understand how someone would just give up and eat at a chain if they felt as desperate as we did.
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Post by myrrh on Sept 12, 2013 11:47:46 GMT -5
I don't get fashion either, especially when it comes to layers. I know a lot of people layer tank tops or camisoles under dress shirts but I never learned how to do that and actually make it look put together. And (probably related) I have trouble finding shirts that are thick enough that they aren't see-through when I wear them in the sun.
What I really don't get is the "organic is better" thing that a lot of people seem to believe. I think of chemistry 101 when I hear the word organic, so everything we eat (with the exception of salt) is "organic". I know they mean grown without pesticides and artificial fertilizers (at least that's what I think it means), but the word "organic" still bugs me. And organic meat really bugs me. No hormones or antibiotics? I was on hormonal birth control for eight years and take antibiotics when warranted (not for flu or colds) so I am definitely not "organic", so why should the animals I eat be any different? Isn't it more cruel not to use antibiotics? I just don't get it.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Sept 12, 2013 12:00:12 GMT -5
I think people's complaint against use of antibiotics in animals raised for meat is that they are being used on a preventative basis. As in the whole herd gets a dose of penicillin or whatever just like any other vaccine not just when they are ill.
I don't know if this use is contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistant superbugs or not. Some scientist smarter than me is going to have to speak to that possible link.
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Post by Opti on Sept 12, 2013 12:08:43 GMT -5
Sorry to hear Thyme, but I think NYC and central NJ for that matter are places you want to have guidebooks. There are decent places at all price ranges, but there are crappy or not so good places at all price ranges too. Because I'm now used to central NJ I think I have pretty good odds being right on whether a place is decent without reading any reviews, but I don't feel that way about NYC at all. I hope you are able to go again sometime after you make a list of decent places to check out and/or bring a Zagat's or something similar with you.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 12, 2013 12:43:28 GMT -5
I only finished the book because I was hoping that they would get drunk, have sex, smoke a cigarette in bed, pass out and die in the resulting fire
Which book was this?
I felt like that when I read Wicked. I read the next three because I felt like the author owed me something, surely there was going to be a spectacular conclusion to the series.
Nope. I didn't bother finishing the last book. My mom tried to read it and couldn't finish it either. I had skipped to the end so I told her what happened.
In college I used Sparknotes to write reports a couple of times for American Lit. I just didn't always have the time on top of other required reading and since it wasn't a majors course I cut some corners.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 12, 2013 12:56:11 GMT -5
I have trouble finding shirts that are thick enough that they aren't see-through when I wear them in the sun.
This is easy to fix if all you want to do is not flash people. Go to the underwear section of any box store and get a 3 pack of Hanes camis. One nude, one black, one white.
Wear the nude one under anything you don't want color showing thru. You can decide for youself what you like the black/white ones under or just use them as nightshirts. A pack was less than $10 I think.
I used them when I was pregnant. They didn't last very long but were so cheap I didn't care.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Sept 12, 2013 13:54:06 GMT -5
What I really don't get is the "organic is better" thing that a lot of people seem to believe. I think of chemistry 101 when I hear the word organic, so everything we eat (with the exception of salt) is "organic". I know they mean grown without pesticides and artificial fertilizers (at least that's what I think it means), but the word "organic" still bugs me. And organic meat really bugs me. No hormones or antibiotics? I was on hormonal birth control for eight years and take antibiotics when warranted (not for flu or colds) so I am definitely not "organic", so why should the animals I eat be any different? Isn't it more cruel not to use antibiotics? I just don't get it. For me - being on birth control served a purpose - it helped prevent an unwanted pregnancy. So it benefited ME. When I'm sick and NEED antibiotics, it helps cure whatever infection I have so I can continue living. GMOs/pesticides/chemicals/antibiotics in food- it only benefits the manufacturers so they have a higher profit margin and get richer. What is the benefit to me other than ingesting a bunch of stuff that could be carcinogenic (actually definitely IS carcinogenic), unnatural, and gross? When I first heard about GMOs 15-20 years ago I thought we were going to cure world hunger, not use corn to fuel our cars.
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Post by bookkeeper on Sept 13, 2013 21:23:14 GMT -5
I think people's complaint against use of antibiotics in animals raised for meat is that they are being used on a preventative basis. As in the whole herd gets a dose of penicillin or whatever just like any other vaccine not just when they are ill. I don't know if this use is contributing to the rise of antibiotic resistant superbugs or not. Some scientist smarter than me is going to have to speak to that possible link. I worked for 12 years at a commercial cattle feed yard as their bookkeeper. No one in the beef industry is interested in putting antibiotics in your food. The effective antibiotic treatments in cattle are expensive and cause a damaged carcass after the animal is butchered resulting is less profit for the producer. We tracked antibiotic use and kill dates very carefully. The cowboys that treated cattle usually sold the chronic sick cattle to the railer buyer (made into dog food) and rarely were fat cattle treated with antibiotics the month before they were slaughtered. Producers who were caught sending cattle that were not clear of antibiotics to the packer, were given one chance never to do it again. The second violation resulted in losing the business relationship with that packer. Most cattle are treated with antibiotics only when they need it. Occasionally the entire pen would be treated, usually upon arrival at the feed yard, if the group were looking sickly or having respiratory problems. Picture 60 head of 800 pound steers that have all been together on a truck for 12-24 hours. They can really pass a bug around being while being confined for that period of time. The time frame from when a 800 pound steer arrived and was treated with antibiotics, until the time when they were fat and were slaughtered was around 160 days.
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