Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)’s Comments (group member since Sep 20, 2013)

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)’s comments from the Net Work Book Club group.

Don't I know it! LOL Saturday is cleaning day round our way.

Certainly reading with a good cuppertea.

Going for my bivalent flu/Covid jab this morning, which will ensure that tomorrow is a washout. I'll be lying in bed all day feeling lethargic.

Hey friend! It's nice to see anyone post anything anymore.

Sadly yet another book that Amazon has decided is "unavailable in your country." I guess they figure if you live in Spain you can't read English.

A friend of mine had a baby girl who was quiet and easy to care for. The couple decided this was a doddle, so they could easily handle another child. I met my friend when the girl was 3 and the boy was 18 mos. In her words, "We said, this is easy! Parenting is a breeze! And God just laaaaughed--and sent us our son!"

Indeed! My Spanish husband loves it!

Lexie wrote: "I remember seeing a - difference of opinion - between two very elevated academics when I was an undergraduate. It began with 'With respect, Professor ...', then went on to 'With all due respect, Si..."

"My learned colleague..." That's another way of saying "that eejit over there."

Like "no offence, but..."
I liked the version in the old episode of MASH when one of the Swamp Rats criticises the newly arrived Charles Emerson Winchester III and then says "no offence intended." Charles replies, "Offence accepted."

Not really a love, but it made me laugh.
Someone texted me last week and insulted one of my personal beliefs and practices, calling it in the most profane terms "a bunch of crap" and telling me to stop it! I of course pay no attention to that sort of thing; there are 7.5 billion people in the world, what's one person's opinion, and why should it be more valid than my own?

So anyway, I responded with the following: "That's your opinion and I respect it. But (this practice) helps me."

A few minutes later I realised what I'd said. No, I most certainly don't respect that person's opinion in this regard. I respect the person, but not their perceived "right" to ridicule my personal beliefs.
It's kind of like saying "With all due respect" when you're about to be most disrespectful, I guess.

Richard wrote: "Hi happy new year are there many people in this group ?"

Well, according to the "Members" heading in that box up there on the right, there are 1,300 members of this group. However, active in the chat, only three or four at any one time. I'm usually around, and other folks come and go.

Oh yeah, that "quotes to live by" or whatever, group the guy set up to publicise his own book. When the creator of a group walks away from it, you know you're in trouble.

Anna Faversham wrote: "Oh don't encourage me to be noisy - I can do that too!"

Please do! I'm workin' alone here.

Anna Faversham wrote: "I'm here, Orinoco, I just mostly keep quiet! Happy new year to you and everyone else too, of course."

Silent support is nice, but a little noise lets us know it's there. ;) Thanks for checking in!

Helllooooo!! It's great to see someone here besides just me.
I can't dance--been dealing with cold/flu/bronchitis or something since just after Christmas--but I will applaud your moves!!

Well, I don't know who all is checking in here these days, but nothing daunted and never say die! I hereby create the all-singing, all-dancing Idle Chat Thread for 2020! Welcome the new 20s and long may they roar!

Come in, sit down, say hello! Grab a cup of something and chat away!

Not a hate, just an oddness: people who speak of "sleeveless vests."

Um...if it has sleeves, by definition it's not a vest, it's a sweater or a pullover.

You know you're a total book nerd when a GR "friend" writes a review panning a book you've loved most of your life, and you feel like that person hit someone you love. I managed not to leave a comment on the review saying "You don't have a clue, do you?" because I'm a grownup.

A grownup who feels like crying like a little girl because that person hurt my favourite book!

Or, at any rate, you live. (Douglas Adams)

Well, the light-up shower head didn't last more than a month. I fully expected to lose the lights, but not that instead I would get an annoying, high-pitched whine when using the shower!! Back to Aldi it went. DH took it in for me, and apparently they tried to give him a hard time because he "didn't bring the packaging." But several people behind him at the register said, "Yeah, you mean that plastic shell you have to destroy to get the object out of it? How could anyone hang onto that, and why would they?" so he got the money back. About 18 bucks! To add insult to injury, he went to a plumbing supply place and found a normal, boring old shower head with 5 different spray settings instead of 3, much lighter, and only cost about 7 bucks. When I tried it out I found out that it also seemed to have a lot more pressure to the spray than the "disco" version.