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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes there are quite a few of them around! The temperature for tomorrow is due to be much nicer than today! Yay!!

[Alice]

It was warm yesterday but its become quite cold here now; all my cat wants to do its cuddle up like I'm her personal heater.

[Sally906]

Alice wrote: "It was warm yesterday but its become quite cold here now; all my cat wants to do its cuddle up like I'm her personal heater."

Cats are selfish like that - BUT (looking over shoulder in case cat in the ara) what they haven't figured out is that we get to be warm from them too - LOL!!!

[Dale]

Well, me and the ipad are having problems again. Julie I think it was you helped me out last time. I thought I had saved your instructions but now I can't find them. Can you remind me of what to do to get all the links etc back please? Thanks in advance.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Dale wrote: "Well, me and the ipad are having problems again. Julie I think it was you helped me out last time. I thought I had saved your instructions but now I can't find them. Can you remind me of what to do..."

No worries Dale, try this quick fix...
Go right down to bottom right of this page, you will see switch to: Click on the version at the right.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Dale I just realized that wont work for you because that is how it happened ;)

Go to the very top left of the page you are in and press the horizontal lines to pull down menu, then click on switch to desktop.

[Dale]

Okay, thanks so much Julie. I will save these instructions and try it next time I get near the i pad, which won't be for a while.Thanks.

[Dale]

Thanks so much Julie. That worked I have saved the instructions this time in case it. Happens again and I have another mental blank.

[Marianne]

The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do.
At work, when I have to transfer a call to another number, I always have to ask how to do it, or give it to someone else to do. It happens to me so seldom, that the next time I need to do it I have forgotten. If I had to do it 3 times a day, no problem! but weeks between? no chance!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Dale wrote: "Thanks so much Julie. That worked I have saved the instructions this time in case it. Happens again and I have another mental blank."

No worries Dale, anytime...glad it helped :)

[Dale]

Marianne wrote: "The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do.
At work, when I have to transfer a call to an..."

Thanks Marianne and Julie for making me feel better and not like an idiot because I didn't remember. This is why computers and me are not a good combination.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Marianne wrote: "The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do.
At work, when I have to transfer a call to an..."

I know what you mean Marianne, when this first happened to me it took me ages to figure out what had happened. My first reaction to these kind of troubles is to look for the 'settings' button on the page, but in this case it was so difficult to discover that it was only desperation that made me click on those lines to discover the all important pull down menu. After that it was a logical choice. I think there is room for improvement there, on the part of Goodreads...its way too easy to accidentally hit that 'switch to' instruction on the bottom toolbar of this page...that's the culprit!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Dale wrote: "Marianne wrote: "The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do.
At work, when I have to tran..."

I think they just scare us more because we are not familiar with them Dale, the young people today are born into this technology so its easy for them, whereas we have to learn it from scratch...so that makes us smarter doesn't it!? ;)
If you just make a note somewhere that the instructions are on page 417 of this Chat about Whatever...thread. :))

[Dale]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Marianne wrote: "The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do.
At work, when I have to tran..."

Yes, that will be my excuse Julie. Because as far as I know I did nothing, at least not intentionally.But then you can't convince me computers don't have a mind of their own. LOL Anyway all sorted and saved info for future reference now. Thanks for the help.

[Marianne]

One of my GR friends was trying to change her settings so she didn't get notifications of my book reviews at 1.30am (she has to have her phone bedside when she's on-call), I knew she was using her phone to access GR, but she couldn't see where to change her settings on the mobile version. I was trying to explain (by email) how to do it, so I changed mine to mobile version to work out the steps and of course couldn't work out how to get back, although I knew there was a way. It's not at all intuitive, is it!
Once I had explained it to her (and it worked!! for her), I knew what to do. But ask me again in 3 months' time.....

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Marianne wrote: "The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do.
At work, whe..."

Dale if I didn't write things down step by step, I wouldn't remember them either! I always do that:) It's as Marianne says; we can't remember things if we only do them infrequently...

[Dale]

Brenda wrote: "Dale wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Marianne wrote: "The trouble is that it's too long between times when you have to do it, so you forget. You know it's easy, but just can't remember exactly what to do. ..."

I am glad to know it is not just me like that then.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Definitely not Dale:)

[Elizabeth]

Can anyone recommend where I could share a link for my Author Page on Facebook on Goodreads? :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Liz wrote: "Can anyone recommend where I could share a link for my Author Page on Facebook on Goodreads? :)"

You do that on your author profile Liz. Just edit and add it in. If you have a blog that will link with good reads too. Go to the GR author support if you're not sure :)

[B the BookAddict]

Good morning, EBs:)

[Marianne]

Good morning Bette, and anyone else who's lurking around the threads this beautiful Tuesday morning! Have a great day.

[Dale]

Seems like you were the only one up and around that early this morning Marianne. Saying hi now. Have just come back from a walk along the bay.

[Marianne]

And is it a great day down there too?

[Dale]

Absolutely beautiful Marianne.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The cooler night last night was just wonderful:D So much cosier for sleeping!

[Dale]

True, Marianne. I even had to put something else on other than a sheet in the early morning.

[Dale]

I love this quote from A Book Lover's Calendar and Journal. 'No two persons ever read the same book.' Edmund Wilson.
True because we all bring our own baggage e.g. likes and dislikes, mood at the time, whatever else we have read before it and personal beliefs and experiences along with us when we read.. Explains I think why some of us here have vastly differing views on books. And that's okay. That's what makes reading and talking books an adventure.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's so true Dale! Profound:)

[Dale]

Dale wrote: "I love this quote from A Book Lover's Calendar and Journal. 'No two persons ever read the same book.' Edmund Wilson.
True because we all bring our own baggage e.g. likes and dislike..."

Glad you liked it Brenda.

[Ryan]

It's like that South Park episode.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Michael wrote: "Just got back from the city after seeing Jimeoin. He is such a great performer and oh so funny. Now i have just one Fringe show to go see and that ain't till next week."

I've seen him live. I cried with laughter along with many others in the audience!

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Last couple of nights I've actually been able to rug up under the covers. Nice change. And it's officially hoodie weather back at work :D Goodbye polo tops til next summer.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Liam wrote: "Last couple of nights I've actually been able to rug up under the covers. Nice change. And it's officially hoodie weather back at work :D Goodbye polo tops til next summer."

I wouldn't say goodbye just yet Liam! I'm sure you'll (we'll) get hot weather again before it's over!

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

shhh if I don't acknowledge it it isn't true.

Also I swear school library rosters me on when they know they're gonna have a bunch of little tools coming into the library. All these Year 8's giving me attitude.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Liam wrote: "shhh if I don't acknowledge it it isn't true.

Also I swear school library rosters me on when they know they're gonna have a bunch of little tools coming into the library. All these Year 8's giving..."

Haha!! You were a year 8 with attitude not so long ago Liam!!! lol

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Yeah probably. :P Also bloody hell I sound like an old man.

All these whippersnappers better get off my lawn and stop touching my books.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Liam wrote: "Yeah probably. :P"

Definitely Liam;)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Was talking to a friend the other day, about how kids born in 1997 are turning 18 this year.

Jesus.

[Leonie]

Have just done a writers workshop with Kaz Delaney - it was excellent!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Leonie wrote: "Have just done a writers workshop with Kaz Delaney - it was excellent!"

Kaz Delaney is a gorgeous person; inside and out! Such a great lady Leonie:)

[Sally906]

Leonie wrote: "Have just done a writers workshop with Kaz Delaney - it was excellent!"

I love her books, and when I reviewed a couple of her books last year she sent me an email - I was right chuffed. Lucky you for spending time with her :)

[Leonie]

She was lovely! And she provided us all with a pen and an eraser that looked like lipstick :)

[Dale]

Leonie wrote: "Have just done a writers workshop with Kaz Delaney - it was excellent!"

Sounds like you had a lot of fun Leonie. She is lovely. Only know her from online but interviewed her on my blog a while back.

[Kathryn]

The power has just gone off in the suburb I am in!!! I'm in a medical centre waiting for my last patient due in 30 min (who I'm not even sure will turn up as I haven't been able to contact them!) and the power went off about 15 min ago. It's 37 degrees outside and rapidly warming up inside...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh no Kathryn!! That's terrible:( Will the doors be closed and you can all go home?

[Kathryn]

Brenda wrote: "Oh no Kathryn!! That's terrible:( Will the doors be closed and you can all go home?"

Ha ha!! I wish! My patient turned up so we sat and sweltered for half of the appointment! It took about an hour to come back on - glad it wasn't any longer! Not sure what caused it, but maybe the power grid just collapsed under the demand for cool air on such a hot day...

[Regina]

Popping in to say hi.

"hi"

(struggling to comprehend that we are on the 5th day of March already, I seemed to have missed the last few days of February and first couple of days in March...)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Oh no Kathryn!! That's terrible:( Will the doors be closed and you can all go home?"

Ha ha!! I wish! My patient turned up so we sat and sweltered for half of the appointment! It too..."

That happens occasionally apparently..not nice when it does though. Glad you're home and in cooler conditions now :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Did you take it to the service desk Michael?