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[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

Sorry you're not 100%, Michelle.

[Lizzie]

Hey ladies xxx

[Phoenix (Online Elf)]

Hi, Lizzie! **waves**

[Lizzie]

Hellooo *waves*

[Carol]

Warm here today. Very still on the Downs. Sea as flat as the proverbial pancake and Union Jacks all hanging limply from the flag poles.
Most of the people I meet on my walk are dog walkers. Is it that people who like walking have dogs, or just that dogs have to be taken out and so the owners walk? Always wonder.

[Abigail]

Michelle, have you already watch the series? Don't get me started on the finale.

[Carol]

Raining here today, but at least it's warmed up. Had a coal fire last night. Not good for the climate, but lovely to sit in front of.

[Lizzie]

Its pissing it down here today. I had to go home and dry my hair off before I go out again, that and I forgot my brush lol.

[Jonel]

It's raining here too. Looks like it's a global pour day.

[Lizzie]

too right lol

[Heather L]

We had rain Monday and Tuesday. Overcast skies again today with some light drizzle and temps only 50-55F. These chilly autumn mornings make it difficult to get out of bed.

[Lizzie]

It rained for about an hour and stopped. It became sunny yet chilly for the rest of the afternoon.

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

It threatened to rain last night, but if it did, it was only a sprinkle. We still need it desperately here in California.

[Lizzie]

I'm glad it rained today than yesterday. I was on a walking trip and I would not need it or want it. It was nice and sunny.

[Jonel]

It's been pouring for about 22 hrs here... I"ll trade ya Lisa Kay.

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

Deal, Jonel.

[Jonel]

:)

[Carol]

Yes, will also trade you our damp, miserable weather, Lisa Kay. Becoming a bit sluggish, now it's autumn. Will be hibernating next.

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

Yes, time to hibernate. LOL!

[Lizzie]

Been asleep for most of the day LOL

[Melissa]

http://bookriot.com/2014/02/09/became...

This is so me!

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

LOL! Yes, I used to read one book at a time, but I became a Book Polygamist, eventually. Great article, Melissa.

[Lizzie]

I'm the same for books (not relationships) hahaha

[Carol]

Yes, I'm in the middle of 3 books at the moment. Like to flit around a bit, as I have a range of tastes, so it depends on my mood. Live in Agatha Christie country and have read all of hers, but actually prefer to see them as films on the TV. What is good about her writing is the story, the mystery, and not her actual writing which seems a bit dated now. That is why they are so good as films.

[Heather L]

I prefer one book at a time, rarely have more than one going at a time. When I do have multiples going, one is usually a collection of short stories or essays that I work in between what ever books I'm reading.

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

Carol, I'm doing a re-read of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series and watching the BBC productions. Totally agree with you; this is a rare instance where the BBC shows are often better than the books; they do such an excellent job.

[Pamela(AllHoney), Fairy Godmother]

I've always been one book at a time but I have started more than one within the past few years. Reasons for it could be because I was bored with one or needed to get to one for a challenge or I had my kindle available and not the book I was reading....

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

Yes, different media make it easier for people to have more than one book going at a time. I've found it true for me. I usually have on going in each for PB/HC, Kindle, and audio.

[Carol]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Carol, I'm doing a re-read of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series and watching the BBC productions. Totally agree with you; this is a rare instance where the BBC shows are often better than the b..."

I love all the Marple films, but my favorites are the ones which star Joan Hickson.

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

I like all the actresses, probably because I love the character.

[Carol]

Agatha Christie grew up here in Torquay, but the house she lived in has been demolished. However, she had a summer home at Greenways, nearby on the Dart River, and that is now open to the public. Intend to visit it in November as a treat for wedding anniversary.
One of the beaches I swim at (Meadfoot) is also where she used to swim.

[Jonel]

That is really quite neat.

[Lizzie]

I live like 2 hours away from Torquay lol

[Carol]

Lizzie wrote: "I live like 2 hours away from Torquay lol"

South Devon's lovely, isn't it?

[Catherine]

Carol wrote: "Warm here today. Very still on the Downs. Sea as flat as the proverbial pancake and Union Jacks all hanging limply from the flag poles.
Most of the people I meet on my walk are dog walkers. Is it ..."

A little of both.I walk the big dogs because I have too and the little dogs because I want to.

[Lizzie]

Where I am from is a shithole lol sorry.

[Julia]

Jonel wrote: "It absolutely drives me batty when someone moves something on my desk. :S"

I used to work with a girl who covered for me when I went on holiday and she used to change everything round, even the computer. It made me so cross especially since I have a policy of leaving someone's desk exactly as I found it. You'd never know I'd been there. And if I borrow anything, it goes back in exactly the same place I took it from. You have to respect other people's workplaces.

[Lizzie]

It does annoy me when that happens to me too :p.

[Carol]

Hi everyone. This morning I had to go back to the post office I went to on Saturday because I had left something there. Hope that it was not a Senior Moment. Very sunny here.

[Lizzie]

Luckily I managed to get home as soon as it started raining,

[Julia]

Carol wrote: "Hi everyone. This morning I had to go back to the post office I went to on Saturday because I had left something there. Hope that it was not a Senior Moment. Very sunny here."

Talking of senior moments...I've just come back from my holiday to Sicily and one day I joined a trip to Taormina. What a lovely place; absolutely delightful. I'd ordered a packed lunch from my hotel and decided I'd find the public gardens and sit and eat it there. But I didn't follow the signposts properly and eventually found myself in the gardens of a very posh hotel (£500 per night, the guide told me). I sat eating my lunch and wondering why I was completely alone. Later I discovered my mistake and everyone on the trip found it highly amusing. The strangest thing is no one stopped me walking through these grounds. I must have looked respectable enough or did they think I was a poor, sad soul and they'd better leave me in peace?

[Lisa Kay, Tinker Bell]

**chuckles** Could be either one, Julia.

[Heather L]

Julia wrote: "Jonel wrote: "It absolutely drives me batty when someone moves something on my desk. :S"

I used to work with a girl who covered for me when I went on holiday and she used to change everything round, even the computer. It made me so cross especially since I have a policy of leaving someone's desk exactly as I found it. You'd never know I'd been there. And if I borrow anything, it goes back in exactly the same place I took it from. You have to respect other people's workplaces."

The part in bold -- EXACTLY!

I have this issue with my boss. He'll use something on my desk and I'm lucky if it even makes it back on top my desk, let alone the exact spot he got it from. Last Friday I came in to find someone had tilted my monitor down, I have no idea why.

Carol: Cool facts about Agatha Christie. I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles just a couple weeks ago. Or re-read...I don't remember ever reading/seeing it before, yet I knew bits of the story, particularly how it ended.

[Carol]

Heather L wrote: "Julia wrote: "Jonel wrote: "It absolutely drives me batty when someone moves something on my desk. :S"

I used to work with a girl who covered for me when I went on holiday and she used to change ..."
Perhaps you've seen the film a long time ago and forgotten it? One of the things that is said about Agatha Christie is that she wrote her first novel in a hotel on Dartmoor in 3 weeks. Then it took her 5 years to get a publisher. I believe she is now the second most read author in the world after the Bible.

[Heather L]

Maybe. It's also possible I saw one of the more recent BBC movies with David Suchet and don't remember it.

[Lizzie]

So I applied for two jobs online today and somewhat feel excited.

[Abigail]

Yay, Lizzie! What kind of jobs?

[Jonel]

Good luck!

[Lizzie]

Both shop assistant jobs just Christmas temps. One of them is for a jewelry shop and thank you xx

[Julia]

Lizzie wrote: "So I applied for two jobs online today and somewhat feel excited."

Good luck, Lizzie. The one in the jewellery shop sounds lovely. All those chaps buying pressies for their wives and girlfriends (and mistresses).