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[Sharon]

I also have trouble with some words ... there, their, they always back to front despite knowing the meaning

[Sharon]

Guys there has been a different article go out on the Daily Mail ninesman site about my sister title

"Look beyond the moutains" Mystery facebook comments

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Tui wrote: "One more thing, I'm very sad now that you've all destroyed my illusions about snow. It's cold. It's white. It
should
taste like ice-cream.

On the other hand, imagine the sticky mess you'd have..."

Lol...not a problem Tui, by the time we're done there won't be any left to melt! ;)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Tui wrote: "Here's a rant against myself. I get so grumpy because even after 4½
decades
of typing on keyboards I still cannot type the word "from" without getting the o and the r back to front. I must have..."

Are you sure it's you Tui..or is it auto correct that keeps changing your 'from'?

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Tui wrote: "Here's a rant against myself. I get so grumpy because even after 4½
decades
of typing on keyboards I still cannot type the word "from" without getting the o and the r back to front. I must have..."

I do it too Tui. I nearly always type form instead of from. Also fro instead of for. Maybe we have some rare from (!) of dyslexia:)

[Carolyn]

Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mine's like that too Michael, but I think it's because mine has too many books on it!!"

Do you archive them to cloud storage when you've read them Brenda? That should help unless yo..."

Sorry, I just read on and can see we've already had this conversation but GR won't let me delete the comment!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

So what happens if you get a new kindle...does it automatically load your existing library or do you have to do that somehow?

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☼♄Jülie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Tui wrote: "Maple syrup! Mmmmmm. My man puts it on his porridge every day. But maybe that's just because you never get snow here. I like it on ice-cream! Snow
looks
like ice-cr..."

lol I agree Julie

[Carolyn]

I have the kindle app on my laptop as well as my phone and iPad. I rarely read on the phone or laptop and don't have many books downloaded onto them but I can see them all in the cloud and download one when I want it.

So I think if you got a new kindle they would all be there in storage. You'd just have to download the ones you wanted again. You can also go into your Amazon account and see your kindle library independent of the device you're using and select books to download to your device of choice.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

I just Googled and found some interesting info on this subject. I was thinking of getting a memory stick to back up my books to...just for extra insurance, but not sure these would be transferable to another device :/ will need to look into that a bit more.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

I've decided to blame yesterday's little Kindle glitch on the extra one second that was added to our time ;)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Sharon wrote: "Guys there has been a different article go out on the Daily Mail ninesman site about my sister title

"Look beyond the moutains" Mystery facebook comments

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic......"

This is good Sharon, hopefully now that the word is spreading via social media it will find some positive results <3

[Tui]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "I've decided to blame yesterday's little Kindle glitch on the extra one second that was added to our time ;)"

LOL! Amazon has too much power nowadays.

[Tui]

Sharon wrote: "Guys there has been a different article go out on the Daily Mail ninesman site about my sister title"

Let's hope and pray it helps them to come up with some answers for your family.

[Carolyn]

Phrynne wrote: "Tui wrote: "Here's a rant against myself. I get so grumpy because even after 4½
decades
of typing on keyboards I still cannot type the word "from" without getting the o and the r back to front...."

The words I have most trouble typing are cancer - always comes out as cacner and hospital - hopsital. Quite like both of them but spellcheck doesn't! Also my name more often than not comes out as Acrolyn when I'm signing off emails.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tui wrote: "Here's a rant against myself. I get so grumpy because even after 4½
decades
of typing on keyboards I still cannot type the word "from" without getting the o and the r back to front. I must have..."

Me too!!! So annoying - it's like the fingers are on auto!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Tui wrote: "Here's a rant against myself. I get so grumpy because even after 4½
decades
of typing on keyboards I still cannot type the word "from" without getting the o and the ..."

Hahaha!!!!

[Tui]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "I just Googled and found some interesting info on this subject. I was thinking of getting a memory stick to back up my books to...just for extra insurance, but not sure these would be transferable ..."

Julie, I'm sure it would work fine. I store them in my computer and I've had people send me email files of kindle books - they're called mobi files as I'm sure you know. I easily get them from the email to my kindle, just by using "save as"
You could even save them to your camera most probably - you can save any kind of file to your camera memory. Just try it and see.
But the best thing is a memory stick.

[Tui]

Carolyn wrote: "Also my name more often than not comes out as Acrolyn when I'm signing off emails. "

I do prefer Carolyn. It sound less acrimonious.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha!

[Marianne]

Oh Acrolyn, that must be embarrassing!

[Sharon]

Even worst is what you might say. When I was small I struggled with many words - one was basket. Can you imagine what I called it?

The other was hospital and they way I learnt to say it properly was being told to say horse piddle

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Sharon wrote: "Even worst is what you might say. When I was small I struggled with many words - one was basket. Can you imagine what I called it?

The other was hospital and they way I learnt to say it properly w..."

When my son was learning to talk he loved trucks and used to sit in his stroller saying "truck, truck" . Unfortunately he had trouble pronouncing tr and used an f instead. It wasn't embarrassing, it was humiliating:)

[Carolyn]

Phrynne wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Even worst is what you might say. When I was small I struggled with many words - one was basket. Can you imagine what I called it?

The other was hospital and they way I learnt to sa..."

Oh dear Phrynne! Can just imagine you pushing him down the street with him saying that over and over!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Carolyn wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Even worst is what you might say. When I was small I struggled with many words - one was basket. Can you imagine what I called it?

The other was hospital and they wa..."

Basically I ran down the street:)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

I'm Liam and my mum is Lin, but when I was younger we were Yin and Yeeam.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Liam wrote: "I'm Liam and my mum is Lin, but when I was younger we were Yin and Yeeam."

So bananas must have been yeyo.

[Leonie]

Anna wrote: "It's about 33c degrees here today (that's England) and I've been worrying in case my Kindle collapses in the heat. Then I realized you guys think 33 is pretty normal for Oz.

It's reassuring to kno..."

You're right about the temperature, Anna. For summer, it's a pretty nice day. And you can be certain that your Kindle will be fine - mine's survived significantly warmer temperatures :)

However, my sister's been living in the UK for some years, and she says that as soon as the temperature gets close to 20 degrees, everyone breaks out their shorts and t-shirts. She's usually still feeling a bit chilly.

[Suz]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "My Kindle blacked out on me today, mid sentence! I restarted and all my books were GONE!!! I nearly had a conniption, but after powering it off for five minutes and then restarting it all seems ok ..."

Jools I don't use a kindle as you probably know, but that would kill me if I did! I freak when I lose a review. But the thought of losing all of your books... Arrrgghhh

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Suzanne wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "My Kindle blacked out on me today, mid sentence! I restarted and all my books were GONE!!! I nearly had a conniption, but after powering it off for five minutes and then restarting ..."

It certainly gave me a bit of a fright Suzanne! I would really miss it if I didn't have it now, and wouldn't have half the books I have.

[Anna]

@Leonie - True to form, after a couple of days of sunshine it's rained and further north it hailed now that we're all in T shirts. It's back to 25 now so
I'm going to treat myself to a half-hour tea break in the garden with my Kindle soon before we return to normal!

[B the BookAddict]

I can get my head around a lot of internet things but the understanding what the 'cloud' is, is just all 'french' to me. If someone mentions it, I invariably find myself with an urge to look above my head!

[Vicki]

Hello, all! I hope I haven't missed anything important.

I receive a daily Word Spy newsletter. This one from last week I'm sure we can all relate to:

antilibrary
n. A person's collection of unread books.

Examples
I like the concept of the antilibrary, mostly because it justifies my habit of incessantly acquiring new books while lacking the time to read them all. There’s something very comforting about owning stacks of books — particularly non-fiction — and having them immediately on hand, should you want to know something about (say) Hitler, inequality, cats or economics.
—Hazel Phillips, “The Importance of the Antilibrary —Converting Unknown Unknowns Into Known Unknowns,” Baldwin Boyle Group, January 12, 2015

Never too many unread books for my #AntiLibrary. #RetailTherapy #Procrastination — at Barnes & Noble 86th Street...
—Sean Cusack, “Never too many...,” Twitter, May 12, 2014

I wasn't asked, but here is a sample of my antilibrary:
—“My Antilibrary [Updated],” Purpleslog, May 2, 2008

[Vicki]

B the BookAddict wrote: "I can get my head around a lot of internet things but the understanding what the 'cloud' is, is just all 'french' to me. If someone mentions it, I invariably find myself with an urge to look above..."

Just think of it as online storage. If you have to be online to access photos, documents etc, then they're in the cloud.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Vicki wrote: "Hello, all! I hope I haven't missed anything important.

I receive a daily Word Spy newsletter. This one from last week I'm sure we can all relate to:

antilibrary
n. A person's collection of unrea..."


I like that word Vicki ;)

[Sally906]

OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Sally906 wrote: "OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?"

A lot of $$$$ in gifts I should imagine?

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Sally906 wrote: "OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?"

You can invite your grandmother to a Bridal Shower but not to a Hens Night.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Phrynne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?"

You can invite ..."

Oh, lol, that makes sense ;)

[Suz]

Phrynne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?"

You can invite ..."

Well said Phrynne! The Bridal Shower is gift giving and games and more presents (haven't we got enough stuff!) and Hens night is party party.

[Suz]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?"

A lot of $$$$ i..."

I don't think you should spend a lot Sally.. think voucher?? Ikea is good if they are near one. I remember I mostly got homewares. or a groovy cookbook??

[Suz]

Vicki wrote: "Hello, all! I hope I haven't missed anything important.

I receive a daily Word Spy newsletter. This one from last week I'm sure we can all relate to:

antilibrary
n. A person's collection of unrea..."

I can relate Vicki!!

[Sally906]

Thanks everyone - get the general idea.

Thinking bottle of her favourite sparkling wine - and some fluffy handcuffs for shock value

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Sally906 wrote: "Thanks everyone - get the general idea.

Thinking bottle of her favourite sparkling wine - and some fluffy handcuffs for shock value"

Wrap the handcuffs up with a copy of Grey:)

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Hi everybody! I'm allowed free time at school so how are you all?

[Suz]

Phrynne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Thanks everyone - get the general idea.

Thinking bottle of her favourite sparkling wine - and some fluffy handcuffs for shock value"

Wrap the handcuffs up with a copy of [book:Gr..."

Oh man I've gone the boring route haven't I?!!!

[Sally906]

Suzanne wrote: "Oh man I've gone the boring route haven't I?!!!
..."


LOL - someone at work (Whose getting married in September) says that the bridal shower is when you buy gifts for the bride to use on her wedding night. so body lotions, massages, sexy nighty - that sort of thing.

I understand the hens night is going to include a visit from a stripper at some stage during the dinner - mother's and aunties not invited to this!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Thanks everyone - get the general idea.

Thinking bottle of her favourite sparkling wine - and some fluffy handcuffs for shock value"

Wrap the handcuffs up with a copy of [book:Gr..."

LOL!!!

[Faye]

Suzanne wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "OK -some advice please - I have been invited to a Bridal Shower, then a week later there is going to be a hen's night for the same bride.

What is the difference?"
..."
Hate to be a wet blanket, so you buy presents for the shower and the hens night and then the wedding?? What happened to just running away together? HA HA

[Sally906]

No - Hens night no presents - just fun