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[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "So when do you go? When is your big night at the Opera House?"

I'm away from the 22nd to the 26th November. "Frankenstein" is showing on 23 and 24th.

[Dawn]

I can't believe you're going to the Opera house and not seeing an opera!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "I can't believe you're going to the Opera house and not seeing an opera!"

Hmmm. Good point. Though apart from Bizet, I am not a fan of opera.

[Dawn]

They're having a La Bohème Gala on New Years Eve. I love Puccini, I wanna go! :)

I still haven't seen Carmen live. But I really need to see it somewhere fabulous, it's such a great opera.

[Jane]

Margaret wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I can't believe you're going to the Opera house and not seeing an opera!"

Hmmm. Good point. Though apart from Bizet, I am not a fan of opera."

For shame! :)

[[deleted user]]

I do not want to read Patricia Cornwell's dust! Leave me alone Goodreads! Ads are driving me crazy.

[Dawn]

I know what you mean, I have an ad blocker at home but when I get to work I get all those annoying ads too. I especially hate the videos, so obnoxious!

[[deleted user]]

Yeah...I'm at work right now(not getting much work done obviously) & can't escape them.

[Jane]

I just try to ignore them.

[Mark]

Same here.

[Dawn]

I'm glad I'm not the only one on here while at work! :)

[Jane]

If I were not retired now, I'm sure I would be, too.

[Dawn]

When I'm retired I'm gonna read as much as you Jane. Over 200 books every year!!

[Jane]

Reading is my main 'entertainment'. Movies and tv on the whole leave pretty much to be desired. And it's great, like today, we had the first snowfall of the season overnight so I've been hunkered down reading today.

[Dawn]

We were discussing how my sister is always interrupting me when I'm reading and she said that in her defense, I was always reading so she had no option. :)

I hope we get some snow this year, I have an offer of a ride from someone with a bigger car whenever it does so I won't mind getting to work. Or maybe preferably not getting to work!

[Jane]

Yes, I always used to like it when the college was closed!!!

My husband says I'm 'addicted to reading.'

[Eileen]

Jane wrote: "Yes, I always used to like it when the college was closed!!!

My husband says I'm 'addicted to reading.'"

How does one break an addiction with libraries and bookstores around? Plus, now with kindle, they are always open!

[Jane]

Eileen wrote: "Jane wrote: "Yes, I always used to like it when the college was closed!!!

My husband says I'm 'addicted to reading.'"

How does one break an addiction with libraries and bookstores around? Plus, ..."

Pretty darned difficult!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

There is no cure for such an addiction. Give up.


(I sound like an enabler) :)

[Jane]

no you aren't.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I sound like one though, but I think we all know I am just preaching the book addicts gospels. :)

[Bryn]

I don't know what this means exactly for Australians, but -- Amazon opens a Kindle store in Australia. http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/11/...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Not really a threat to Australian online book stores yet is it? Seeing as Australian Kindle owners can already download ebooks from the Amazon US site..can't they?

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Not really a threat to Australian online book stores yet is it? Seeing as Australian Kindle owners can already download ebooks from the Amazon US site..can't they?"
Yes...but not all books. Some authors don't have agreements that allow for Kindle books to be sold outside of the USA and Canada.

[Bryn]

Yes, seems limited, at first glance. I'll read more in The Australian tomorrow (they said).

[Dawn]

And sometimes Canada doesn't get them either. I've had quite a few not available here. Not that I have a Kindle but I notice every once in awhile when I'm looking books up.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

So those agreements would stick though. Even though it is .au?? Bryn is on the job. She'll get the answers.

[Alicja]

Terri wrote: "I sound like one though, but I think we all know I am just preaching the book addicts gospels. :)"

BA - Book-a-Holics Anonymous?

[Bryn]

Oh God do I have to figure this out? I guess I better try.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "Oh God do I have to figure this out? I guess I better try."


You promised more....tomorrow. ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Alicja wrote: "

BA - Book-a-Holics Anonymous?"

We could put it after our name and pretend we have a qualification.

The BA would be a BA of literature. :)

[Alicja]

Terri wrote: "Alicja wrote: "

BA - Book-a-Holics Anonymous?"

We could put it after our name and pretend we have a qualification.

The BA would be a BA of literature. :)"

Lol, or BA of history. Or BA of ancient military battles (that actually sounds like it would be a cool degree program).

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That's the beauty of it. We can make it whatever we want since it is a self appointed qualification.

It's genius.

[Alicja]

Terri wrote: "That's the beauty of it. We can make it whatever we want since it is a self appointed qualification.

It's genius."

Do we ever do challenges in this group? That could be fun...

[Dawn]

I could look real important then. RBO and BA behind my name. As long as no one asks what they mean. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Nah. No challenges. Only the challenge to read the book of the month. ;)

Basically challenges are hard work to run and people can't seem to follow directions. lol. I ran a challenge once in another group and it nearly did my head in.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Dawn wrote: "I could look real important then. RBO and BA behind my name. As long as no one asks what they mean. :)"

If they do just say "oh it means stuff you wouldn't understand"

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "So those agreements would stick though. Even though it is .au?? Bryn is on the job. She'll get the answers."

I would say so. The problem is mostly with older books that were published before the ebook revolution.

[Dawn]

Terri wrote: "Nah. No challenges. Only the challenge to read the book of the month. ;)

Basically challenges are hard work to run and people can't seem to follow directions. lol. I ran a challenge once in anothe..."

Yeah, thanks!

[Darcy]

You know you've gotten old when someone you attended high school with is inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

I don't follow the hockey, I didn't even know he was that good. hahah

[Dawn]

Definitely old now! :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Darcy wrote: "You know you've gotten old when someone you attended high school with is inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

I don't follow the hockey, I didn't even know he was that good. hahah"


Yep. No escape from age when that happens. :)

I always find an indicator of people getting old is when they say their kids just finished highschool.
How can this be? We are all too young to have kids that age.
Since I don't have kids I don't notice people's kids are that age until I bump into people I went to school with.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Dawn wrote: "Yeah, thanks! ..."

You are welcome. You did follow some directions okay I suppose. :)


(NB: I'm not in the group anymore where we were doing the challenge. Wasn't the challenge that chased me away though. lol. But I still hate running them).

I find that groups that have challenges, it becomes their identity. To members, it becomes the only reason they post in the group after a while.
They lose interest in other aspects of groups and where they used to steal some time every day to chat in other threads, they come to use up their time reporting points and what not in a challenge and then have no time nor interest in posting in non challenge related conversations.

I would hate A&M to lose its identity has a HF group and become just another challenge group to members. :(

[[deleted user]]

Darcy wrote: "You know you've gotten old when someone you attended high school with is inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

I don't follow the hockey, I didn't even know he was that good. hahah"

Who was is it, Darcy? As a sports fiend, I'm curious.

[Darcy]

It was that Brendan Shanahan.

Like Terri, I've no children, nor to any of my closest mates, so it's things like this that make me slam on the brakes and reflect on age.

[Linda]

I don't want to give up my addiction to reading, so don't even think about an intervention for me.

[Dawn]

Linda wrote: "I don't want to give up my addiction to reading, so don't even think about an intervention for me."

I'm with you, what I need is more time to read! :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Darcy wrote: "It was that Brendan Shanahan.

Like Terri, I've no children, nor to any of my closest mates, so it's things like this that make me slam on the brakes and reflect on age."

lol. We swan around thinking we are still 25. So rude of people to age around us and make us realise our true age. :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

So frustrating.
I downloaded the new Windows 8.1 yesterday (I was running Windows 8). It lost all the wireless drivers and I had to get Acer to give us the new drivers to make the wireless work.

Still, it has not been quite right since the update. Today it is awful.
POP server is dropping out and internet is really slow.

WHY! How long have these companies been at the computer and software game. This sort of thing shouldn't be happening. Especially with an upgrade from Win 8 to Win 8.1. That should be fairly simple for them to make happen without major glitches.

[Bryn]

How can a search function possibly be so useless? I type in James C. Scott, click author, and I get Romeo & Juliet, followed by Little Women, Huck Finn, Macbeth and Treasure Island. I'm trying to find an anthropologist.

It's my main Goodreads gripe.