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But I have known others who are very intense, take it too serious, forget its a game.
Terri wrote: "Oh so true. There is no way one book could rule them all. My precious would be a group of books. The Oathsworn series or the Saxon series. Oh my goodness...I cannot choose between them!!"This one is a quote from GR that I kept, because I liked it very much: "If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
(George S. Patton)"
Thought I would be home for awhile but headed for Oregon for a college basketball game...home Friday!! Hope to get some reading in since its freezing rain mixed with snow in Oregon today...not headed out AT ALL!!!
Mark wrote: "Not in my club. We are long time players. When someone new joins it can get bad as they have there own ideas which is great as it keeps it fresh for us.It comes on to give and take and works best..."
Well then, Mark, I have misunderstood the purpose of those groups. I didn't realize that it was considered a game. I just thought that they took on a certain persona and just acted it out during their conversations- I experienced that on a group of cowboy action shooters, they were themselves but they spoke and acted as if it were the 1800s in the American Old West. Do you actually play a game within the group or do you conversate about role-playing games?
Terri wrote: "Too many headless covers these days....."All I can think of is that every cover uses the same models so they need to cut the heads off. :p
I've been told they have to pay more for a head shot but I don't know I believe they are that cheap.
The headless covers do tend to sell books though don't they? Whether it is Roman fiction like we talk about or the chick lit Tudor hist fic other grouos are dedicated to.... I know so many people who don't like them, but are still drawn to them. I know I sometimes am. All those 'gown' covers in the chick lit hist fic, I don t read those kinds of books and I grumble about the overuse of headless people and the stereotypical lady ina gown, but boy do I like some of those gowns. :-)
I like that quote Simona. A lot.
In fact, I think that quote should be our motto!
Thanks to Simona for the inspiration, I have added this new bit to our Group description.------------------------------------------------------------------------
We encourage freedom of opinion in this group. As long as the opinion is respectful and harmless. Don't feel you can't be honest about a book or author. No matter how popular the book or author is. Our Group Motto, courtesy of George S. Patton, is: If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
Mark, If you put < i > (take out the spaces between the i and the arrows) at the start of Darla's quoted message, and < / i > (again, retype it without the spaces between the characters and the i), it will out Darla's comment in italics.
terry i have deleted that comment will rewrite it, i am on the ipad and it will not let me do it,sorry.:(
Darla people take their role playing games to there preferred pleasure in playing the RPGs . Players take on their characters persona will only talk and act as there character would act in game play. Most who do go on to play Larp and do local theatre,
Margaret wrote: "Terri wrote: "Too many headless covers these days....."All I can think of is that every cover uses the same models so they need to cut the heads off. :p"
Two things I hate are headless covers and men with shaved chests-it's not natural.
Mark wrote: "terry i have deleted that comment will rewrite it, i am on the ipad and it will not let me do it,sorry.:("
Hi Mark,
Your iPad has these arrows < > and i and /. I am not sure what you have to tap to get the characters. My Tablet is android and I have to tap the one above the Caps Lock button on my touchscreen. The iPad uses a very similar touch keyboard.
That sounds like I am saying you have to italic. lol. I don't mean you have to do it, but if you would like to your iPad has the < > and / characters. :)
Found a HUGE indie Bookstore here in Oregon and picked up
for the wife and
for my selfish self. Cost me $12 for both!!
Anne wrote: "Two things I hate are headless covers and men with shaved chests-it's not natural."I got my cover for the Turkish edition of "Mistress of Rome" recently, and I was absolutely delighted to see that, in the fine detail on the cover, the gladiator not only had period-accurate armor, but didn't have a waxed chest. Much more realistic! Not to mention the fact that everyone on the cover had their heads intact.
Good to hear, Kate. :DI would trust that it was common for Roman men to have hairy chests.
No offense to Italian men who like to shave down ala the dudes on Jersey Shore. I just think their ancient conterparts may have been loud and proud of their carpets. ;)
Terri wrote: "Good to hear, Kate. :DI would trust that it was common for Roman men to have hairy chests.
No offense to Italian men who like to shave down ala the dudes on Jersey Shore. I just think their ancie..."
Oh yeah. Shaving or plucking would have been consider an effeminate practice. Something from the decadent East.
I would stay and converse but I have a waxing appointment in 10 minutes!!
Bobby wrote: "I would stay and converse but I have a waxing appointment in 10 minutes!!"Buawahahahahahahahahahaha
Terri wrote: "Thanks to Simona for the inspiration, I have added this new bit to our Group description.------------------------------------------------------------------------
We encourage freedom of opinion in..."
Three cheers for the new statement, and I'll shake General Patton's hand for the fine motto.
Terri wrote: "No offense to Italian men who like to shave down ala the dudes on Jersey Shore. I just think their ancie..."I feel obliged to defend the Honor of my Country: not all Italian men are oiled and waxed. Thanks God.
Bryn wrote: "Terri wrote: "Thanks to Simona for the inspiration, I have added this new bit to our Group description.------------------------------------------------------------------------
We encourage freedom..."
Bloody great motto. :-)
Simona wrote: "Terri wrote: "No offense to Italian men who like to shave down ala the dudes on Jersey Shore. I just think their ancie..."I feel obliged to defend the Honor of my Country: not all Italian men are..."
Lol. Bellissimo!
Bryn wrote: "Not that we can't cry over our books, which we also do, in a non-sex-discriminatory fashion. :D"lol
Terri wrote: "Good to hear, Kate. :DI would trust that it was common for Roman men to have hairy chests.
No offense to Italian men who like to shave down ala the dudes on Jersey Shore. I just think their ancie..."
And this makes me think of Asterix and Obelix when Asterix realised he was a Roman...
Mark wrote: "Darla people take their role playing games to there preferred pleasure in playing the RPGs . Players take on their characters persona will only talk and act as there character would act in game pla..."Thanks, I think I understand now. It seems something like the SCA (http://www.sca.org/). I have friends and relatives who are very active members. That sounds fun to me, I just have deeper interest in other things.
Yes, that's what Larp is. But what I do is just sit at table with others and use our imaginations with figures on card with squares on. We have things like the sealed knot which recreates the English civil war battles.In 2011at Alnwick we had group do mock battles I have photos of the battle. There's a link some where in one of my posts.
Bobby wrote: "Found a HUGE indie Bookstore here in Oregon..."Bobby, May I ask the name of this bookstore?
Monica wrote: "Bobby wrote: "Found a HUGE indie Bookstore here in Oregon..."Bobby, May I ask the name of this bookstore?"
Smith Family Bookstore.
Bobby wrote: Smith Family Bookstore."Thanks, I was thinking it was Powell's...and couldn't remember the name until now.
Ooer. My "To Read" list has busted the 100 mark. :p
Welcome to the over 100 club. :-)
Terri wrote: "Welcome to the over 100 club. :-)"It's like some sort of addiction. :p
Yep, the finding and the reading a both equally addictive.
Terri wrote: "Yep, the finding and the reading a both equally addictive."Oh yeah.
Here I am in my safe place not bothering anyone. To my left is that high tech ASUS mini-laptop that dings. It dings for weather alerts, e-mail, tv schedules, etc. You name it, and the thing has a loud, audible ding for that occasion. To my left is the telephone. It rings all the time. Telemarketers and people trying to sell me a grave yard plot have my number. In the middle with me is my poor little Nook. It cannot ring or ding. Like me, it is quiet, outdated and does not bother anyone. It is like the little engine that could. I love it most.
Just had very strange phone call with a sales person, who was very upset that myself and my mother don't need a stairlift.After listening to his very extensive list of benefits about having a stairlift installed for 5mins.
He got a bit miffed when I informed him that we lived in a ground floor flat.
:oD
Terri wrote: "Welcome to the over 100 club. :-)"100? My TBR list is just under 2000.
@Linda It's true I'm in Australia, but as one who CANNOT and WILL NOT stand to be either ringed or dinged (sorry to shout in capitals): I have the sound off on my devices, and my telephone number on the do-not-call list. Both excellent strategies that I heartily recommend, if they are possible to you.
Well, it was either 'ringed and dinged' or 'rung and dung' and... whichever is most correct.
I am sure they are available. I took care of the Nook early on. This ASUS I haven't used enough to find its button. Everybody I know is inundated by phone calls ftom strangers wanting to sell something. My husband particularly complains that they call at the dinner hour. On the other hand, people have to make a living, and those sale calls could be their only means to do so. I recall stuffing envelopes long ago to make my pen money.You are having a hard time in Australia with those fires. Think about you every day hoping things will get better.
Mark, I'm amazed that anyone can be patient enough to listen to a telemarketer for 5 minutes. I hang up with a "sorry not interested" in 5 seconds. We are on the "do not call list" too... which I will sometimes tell the caller, depending. We were paid over $1,000 in awarded penalty fees from tele marketeers who bothered us despite being on the list a few years ago. But industry lobbying has made it harder to collect these days ... and don't even get me started on maddening robo-calls. I have several electronic ways to read books, as many do. But my hands down favorite is my basic kindle. The screen is just the right size, the soft grey "pages" are easy on my eyes and it doesn't make any noises.
I have 138 TBR. Will I work my way through them? Not by adding several new ones each week. Sigh. So many books, so little time.
, we get them robo calls as well. Also getting calls from an energy company asking for someone who lives 145 miles away, reported them 12 times so far.
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