Do you like to write notes in books? - Page 6

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Juliette

It is dangerous!

and all this time i thought the health warnings on tobacco packages were about lung cancer !

Juliette · 09-10-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

and all this time i thought the health warnings on tobacco packages were about lung cancer !

That's always playing with fire

...now that I think about it, he's the same teacher who tried to persuade one of my classmates that smoking was healthy- and he had a medicine degree too (thankfully he didn't pass the exam enabling him to become a GP or something!). (Think about how things have changed: I just took him for a madm-, er, an eccentric character; nowadays he'd have parents screaming for his blood, hide and bones for having suggested anything like that... not that he wasn't absolutely wrong, but we were eighteeen

)

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Juliette

That's always playing with fire

...now that I think about it, he's the same teacher who tried to persuade one of my classmates that smoking was healthy- and he had a medicine degree too (thankfully he didn't pass the exam enabling him to become a GP or something!). (Think about how things have changed: I just took him for a madm-, er, an eccentric character; nowadays he'd have parents screaming for his blood, hide and bones for having suggested anything like that... not that he wasn't absolutely wrong, but we were eighteeen

)

...must have been the smoke rotting his brain.

Juliette · 09-10-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...must have been the smoke rotting his brain.

And alcohol. The fun he had in Prague during our school trip

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Juliette

And alcohol. The fun he had in Prague during our school trip

yep, i remember teachers like that... mostly from university though.

vivaldirules · 09-10-2009, 03:44 PM

Deconstruction of a thread in The Llounge:

Notes --> Lazy --> Tippex --> Pedantry --> Pesantry --> Butts --> Chocolate --> Squirrels --> More Butts --> Alcohol

Where will it all end??

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Deconstruction of a thread in The Llounge:

Notes --> Lazy --> Tippex --> Pedantry --> Pesantry --> Butts --> Chocolate --> Squirrels --> More Butts --> Alcohol

Where will it all end??

australia, probably.

pshrynk · 09-10-2009, 04:16 PM

Farking Australians.

grimo1re · 09-10-2009, 06:40 PM

Notes? Nah, I'm too busy reading

AprilHare · 09-10-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Deconstruction of a thread in The Llounge:

Notes --> Lazy --> Tippex --> Pedantry --> Pesantry --> Butts --> Chocolate --> Squirrels --> More Butts --> Alcohol

Where will it all end??

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

australia, probably.

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Farking Australians.

We Australians know the value of not defacing books!
It's tantamount to graffiti and book burning!
As for e-books - I think I'm quite out of the habit of writing in books, thank you very much. I'm surprised the e-book manufacturers think we *want* to. It's like they want back the Middle Ages again. Paper isn't *that* expensive, is it??

AprilHare · 09-10-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by grimo1re

Notes? Nah, I'm too busy reading

Mental notes are better anyway

montsnmags · 09-10-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kaan

What? No option for "I'm too lazy" ?

C'mon now, if there was one, you know you'd be too lazy to select it.

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Farking Australians.

Really? What's their names? Is this a normal part of your therapy, because if so, please cancel my appointment.

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

We Australians know the value of not defacing books! It's tantamount to graffiti and book burning!
...

What's this "we", Chicken-man?

Cheers,
Marc

eBookNerd · 09-10-2009, 10:34 PM

I learned my lesson about writing in books in kindergarten. No recess for 1 week! It left an impression...

AprilHare · 09-10-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

What's this "we", Chicken-man?

We the Australian book loving public.. who else?

This chicken doesn't scratch on books!

Katosen · 09-10-2009, 11:09 PM

Never thought to write in books. I'd rather write in a notebook beside me. That way, in case I lost a book, I'd have all my notes to use with another copy.

Plus, if its a book I don't intend to keep, I believe that writing in a book removes value in that book.

View Poll Results: Do you like to write notes in books?
I work for Sony and have a vested interest in notewriting in books	0	0%
All the time, you can't stop me defacing those books	9	8.49%
Some of the time	13	12.26%
Very occasionally	15	14.15%
Never! The printed word is sacred and should not be defiled with scribblings!	61	57.55%
Of course ! Why do you think I love ebooks so much ?	3	2.83%
the blue one next to the fish	5	4.72%
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09-10-2009, 03:44 PM	#81
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Deconstruction of a thread in The Llounge: Notes --> Lazy --> Tippex --> Pedantry --> Pesantry --> Butts --> Chocolate --> Squirrels --> More Butts --> Alcohol Where will it all end??

09-10-2009, 04:16 PM	#83
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Farking Australians.

09-10-2009, 06:40 PM	#84
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Notes? Nah, I'm too busy reading

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eBookNerd Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 1000840 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: ebookwise 1150, Kindle, Sony PRS 505	I learned my lesson about writing in books in kindergarten. No recess for 1 week! It left an impression...

09-10-2009, 11:09 PM	#90
Katosen Nerd Core Posts: 18 Karma: 32 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Prettiest Beaches on Earth Device: PRS-505	Never thought to write in books. I'd rather write in a notebook beside me. That way, in case I lost a book, I'd have all my notes to use with another copy. Plus, if its a book I don't intend to keep, I believe that writing in a book removes value in that book.