General Chit-Chat Part 2! Showing 2,651-2,680 of 2,680

[Tweedledum]

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[Christine]

IT’S DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!

[LauraT]

Here is raining cats and sogs, and has started to be chilly indeed!

[Christine]

IT’S VETERANS DAY!

[Christine]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

[Greg]

Yes, hope everyone in the United States or regions that are celebrating Thanksgiving has a wonderful one! What is everyone's plans? Ron and I are having his brother and parents over, and we're going to do the traditional thing (with some cooking shortcuts) :)

[Christine]

Thanks Greg and celebrating Thanksgiving at the Hatfield house Greg and oh that’s cool Greg

[Christine]

HAPPY DECEMBER EVERYONE!

[Christine]

HAPPY HANUKKAH!

[Alannah]

I have set up a poll to decide dates for the December readathon: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Please vote if you love to take part.

[Christine]

I’m sorry I haven’t been on here much but it’s been crazy at the Hatfield house but in a good way

[Christine]

IT’S WINTER!

[LauraT]

And little by little light will take predominance!

[Leslie]

LauraT wrote: "And little by little light will take predominance!"

Looking forward to that - I suffer from Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD, appropriately enough) which means a lack of sunlight triggers clinical depression. Luckily for me I actually like snow so it could be worse...

[Leslie]

So my home screen here no longer shows progress on my currently reading books nor allows me to update. Is anyone else having this issue? So annoying if that feature has been removed as it is one that I really like!

[Alannah]

Leslie wrote: "So my home screen here no longer shows progress on my currently reading books nor allows me to update. Is anyone else having this issue? So annoying if that feature has been removed as it is one th..."

Yes, removed for me too. I have seen a lot of comments with people saying the same thing. I am hoping it's a glitch.

[Leslie]

Thanks Alannah. I am glad it isn't just me! Fingers crossed that it is a glitch and that it will be fixed soon.

[Leslie]

Seems to be fixed now. Yay :)

[Leslie]

So, as I have posted elsewhere, I have decided to tackle the complete Samuel Pepys diary this year. My copy, courtesy of Project Gutenberg, includes extensive notes by Lord Braybrooke (who wrote them in the 1800s). In the preface/introduction, I was surprised to learn that the English pronunciation of 'ea' changed in the early 18th century: 'ea' used to be pronounced "ay" as in the word great, now it is commonly pronounced "ee" as in the word treat. So before this switch, tea was pronounced 'tay', treat was 'trait', etc. Braybrooke comments that the Irish still keep to the original pronunciation. Who knew that the Irish spoke purer English than the English did!!?!

And suddenly some of the older English poetry I have read became much more understandable to me! Those poems actually did rhyme :)

[LauraT]

Leslie wrote: "LauraT wrote: "And little by little light will take predominance!"

Looking forward to that - I suffer from Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD, appropriately enough) which means a lack of sunlight tri..."

Definitly!!!

[LauraT]

Leslie wrote: "So, as I have posted elsewhere, I have decided to tackle the complete Samuel Pepys diary this year. My copy, courtesy of Project Gutenberg, includes extensive notes by Lord Braybrooke (who wrote th..."

Tough job this one! Let us know how you're getting on!

[Leslie]

LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "So, as I have posted elsewhere, I have decided to tackle the complete Samuel Pepys diary this year. My copy, courtesy of Project Gutenberg, includes extensive notes by Lord Braybrook..."

LOL!! I'm taking it in very small doses! So small that despite the fact that I have read a bit every day, my progress has been at 3% for a week.

[LauraT]

Leslie wrote: "LOL!! I'm taking it in very small doses! So small that despite the fact that I have read a bit every day, my progress has been at 3% for a week"

Baby steps Leslie! Always the best way!!!

[LauraT]

Hi everyone, I need your help!!!
Can you please visit the website that I update on my citu, and expecially the news on our summer events? I need it to be more visited, especially from abroad!!!

Thanks!

https://turismo.comune.perugia.it/art...

[Steve]

Wow! Such a beautiful web site. I want to go to Perugia! Thank you for sharing Laura T. I look forward to exploring more of the web site. Have fun dining under the stars tomorrow night!

[LauraT]

Steve wrote: "Wow! Such a beautiful web site. I want to go to Perugia! Thank you for sharing Laura T. I look forward to exploring more of the web site. Have fun dining under the stars tomorrow night!"

Do come!!! And let me know

[Alannah]

Sorry Laura, forgot to comment. It's a lovely website. Very easy to navigate. Would love to visit one day.

[LauraT]

Alannah wrote: "Sorry Laura, forgot to comment. It's a lovely website. Very easy to navigate. Would love to visit one day."

Hope you will one day! And I'll be here to tour you around!!!

[Greg]

Oh, so sorry to have missed your post until now Laura! I was offline for several months in the summer because of a work disaster.

[LauraT]

Greg wrote: "Oh, so sorry to have missed your post until now Laura! I was offline for several months in the summer because of a work disaster."

I'm also very ofpten off line. In Italian we say "Meglio venga"!!! (Better to come!) Fingers crossed