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[Jo]

Sounds lovely Jason.

[Paul]

At Thorpe Park today

[Pat]

Great Jason. Btw. You bird knowledgable peeps. Saw a bird on the beach when visiting The Lizard in Cornwall. It looked heron like. Long thin legs and long pointy beak. Thinish body. However standing on a beach. Any ideas?

[Jason]

Ostrich? I heard on the news one had escaped.

[Pat]

A little small for that. It did look a bit like a small ostrich, thinner body though. Haha.

[Jason]

Sandpiper or a Godwit maybe?

[Pat]

Snap. Just looked it up on rspb bird finder, after looking at some awful sites. Possibly a godwit. I didn't get close enough to see completely its plumage etc. Dog wanted to get of her lead to chase it so stayed clear. It had gone by time dog had calmed down enough to resist. Thanks Jason.

[Pat]

Never knew there was such a a bird btw. Great name.

[Tytti]

If someone in your family is expecting their (first) child and loves the Moomins, this would probably be the perfect gift for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcFw...

(There is also a cheaper version with regular, non-brand stuff but that has even less to do with books...)

[Paul]

Any one else on here having trouble with notifications? I am getting them from threads, but not from comments on statuses and reviews?

[Tytti]

There has been talk about that in the GR Feedback group: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jason]

Paul wrote: "Any one else on here having trouble with notifications? I am getting them from threads, but not from comments on statuses and reviews?"

Yes, I have reported it, they say it could take a while.

[Pat]

Ok with general notifications but not with messages

[Tytti]

I returned a couple of books to my library and noticed that they had started to loan out umbrellas, too. Apparently they started it today.

I thought it was a great because I don't like to carry an umbrella even when it's rainy, my coat is good enough, but then I have a problem with keeping the books dry if it starts to rain. So yeah, a good idea, IMO.

[Paul]

Been out this evening to a lecture on this:

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com

Amazing project.

[Jason]

I don't understand why you would want a 1000mph car, max speed in the UK is 70mph. Seems silly to me, and how is it gonna handle all the speed bumps?

[Paul]

Jason wrote: "I don't understand why you would want a 1000mph car, max speed in the UK is 70mph. Seems silly to me, and how is it gonna handle all the speed bumps?"

Speed bumps are bad enough in a normal car!

[Paul]

If anyone has had other members asking to vote on a specific book in the Fiction Poll, can you PM me?

[Jason]

Is me publicly cheering on a book ok?

[Paul]

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American members

[Laurie]

Thank you, Paul. I look forward to a day off and stuffing myself with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

[Paul]

Who is liking the new layout on here? I like the font, but it all feels a bit washed out to me. Have had to adjust the brightness on my screen to see if that helped.

[Tytti]

It's better now when they changed it somehow. Before some letters were missing a half making it very difficult to read and especially type. Still there are problems, the font is too small in some places and the brightness is too much.

[Paul]

At least they didn't use Comic MS...

[Jason]

Yeah too bright for me, should have the option to change themes ourselves.

[Marina]

It's better now that they've made some changes, but I still feel like this is not friendly to people who have eyesight problems. I am short-sighted, which is not so bad, but still I found myself more comfortable before, with the old layout and design.

[Jo]

What is it with this then? Was just coming on to post exactly the same about font, I've not been on for a few days other than briefly on the app so hadn't noticed the change until today. My brightness feels about the same as before (I think!)

[Jo]

Oops. some quite unhappy punters!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jo]

The more I read it, the worse it gets. I now have a headache from the brightness so I see what you mean! Ugh.

[Paul]

They have made some improvements, but it still feels like the brightness is turned up to 11!

Do like the font though.

[Tytti]

I think the font is bigger, or better somehow, than it was, though it should be the same size in this comment box, too.

I would have still preferred for example a reading challenge based on pages in addition to books, and some other modifications that shouldn't be too difficult to do. I sometimes wonder does anyone working (or programming) for GR actually use the site. I could give a long list of things that should be improved, I would even call them bugs. Like I don't think the sorting actually works in many places.

[Pat]

I'm on the app and, sadly, haven't noticed anything. Am I just being ignorant? Or is the app the same?

[Paul]

The app hasn't changed Pat

[Lisa]

No indeed, it's still rubbish!

[Paul]

I use the web site on my phone as often. I only really use the app for scanning barcodes in bookshops :-)

[Trine]

It is soo bright... Actually hurts my eyes reading over a while :&

[Cathy]

Oh no! Just spent a few minutes reading and finding it very hard work because of the brightness. Can't cope with this at all!

[Cathy]

And I've just noticed that the ad on the right is for Nurofen. Someone's having a laugh...

[Paul]

Cathy wrote: "And I've just noticed that the ad on the right is for Nurofen. Someone's having a laugh..."

Oh the Irony. :-) Hope you're well

[Jo]

Cathy wrote: "And I've just noticed that the ad on the right is for Nurofen. Someone's having a laugh..."

My advert on the right is for Gaviscon - headaches AND indigestion from the new style....

[Seraphina]

Maybe goodreads have gone into partnership lol

[Pat]

App always ok. Touch wood

[Pat]

App always ok. Touch wood

[Jason]

Haha.... it doesn't make you repeat yourself then?

[Paul]

Seraphina wrote: "Maybe goodreads have gone into partnership lol"

I had Nurofen and Lemsip ads today. Managed to avoid the colds going round the office so far...

[Jason]

Just been to see Santa, he said I was getting loads of presents this year.

[Paul]

Well done! How large was the bribe?

We are up your way tomorrow as we are going here:

http://hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/...

[Jason]

No bribe needed, I just stole his sack of toys.

Milestones is a fantastic place. You going there to see the grotto?

I recommend getting there for when it opens, can get really busy.

[Pat]

Wow, maybe I hiccuped Jason

[Jason]

Pat wrote: "Wow, maybe I hiccuped Jason"

heehee