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Rumpelteazer · 08-03-2014, 01:34 PM

Just booked my next vacation.
In September my sister and I will go to Newcastle by boat. It's been a while since I've been to the UK and I need my fix!

Hopefully the boat trip will be smoother than the first time we took the ferry from Calais to Dover (when my parents brought me to uni). There was a storm with high waves. It took hours before the boat was allowed into the harbour of Dover. I don't get seasick quickly, but even the boat crew was greenish.

Rumpelteazer · 08-06-2014, 11:57 AM

I just read on Facebook that author Deborah Harkness will be visiting my local bookstore on Friday 5 September! I've recently discovered her All Hallows Trilogy and loved the first two books. One of the few downsides of ebooks it they can't be signed. However, I did buy a copy of the first book for my sister for her birthday so I might borrow her copy and get it signed for her.

badgoodDeb · 08-06-2014, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

I just read on Facebook that author Deborah Harkness will be visiting my local bookstore on Friday 5 September! I've recently discovered her All Hallows Trilogy and loved the first two books. One of the few downsides of ebooks it they can't be signed. However, I did buy a copy of the first book for my sister for her birthday so I might borrow her copy and get it signed for her.

Have you discovered the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison? (The setting is in "The Hollows" so your comment made me think about it.) I thought they were lots of fun. The 12th and final book is coming out next month. They're light weight, somewhat akin to the Sookie Stackhouse series (which isn't very much like the TV series).

ProfCrash · 08-06-2014, 01:16 PM

Ack this is going to be the last book? I love that series. She did a much better job of making it interesting are fun as the series went on then the Sookie Stackhouse series.

badgoodDeb · 08-06-2014, 01:27 PM

I agree! Sookie was going downhill; this series (so far) seems to be ending on an Up!

(Though I still had to find out what happened to the people in the Sookie world.)

Rumpelteazer · 08-06-2014, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Have you discovered the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison? (The setting is in "The Hollows" so your comment made me think about it.) I thought they were lots of fun. The 12th and final book is coming out next month. They're light weight, somewhat akin to the Sookie Stackhouse series (which isn't very much like the TV series).

I've read most of Sookie Stackhouse, but got burned out by reading them too fast. I've tried the first of the The Hollows but couldn't get into it and put it aside. I might give it another try when I feel I'm in the mood for something light.

ovaughn · 08-06-2014, 09:38 PM

Sitting here, Watching TV..

with some Vodka, Want some?

Stitchawl · 08-07-2014, 09:09 AM

Wasting my life playing the new game "2048."
If you value your time, do NOT look at this site...
(My wife has been playing for the past six hours without a break...)

Stitchawl

orlok · 08-07-2014, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Wasting my life playing the new game "2048."
If you value your time, do NOT look at this site...
(My wife has been playing for the past six hours without a break...)

Stitchawl

A NUMBERS game??? But you hate numbers. Or they hate you, I can't remember which

.

Stitchawl · 08-07-2014, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

A NUMBERS game??? But you hate numbers. Or they hate you, I can't remember which

.

I don't hate 'em. I just can't keep them in the proper order. It's Dyscalculia. Same as a Dyslexic with letters, but for me it's with numbers. I can say 1,2,3,4,5, but if I try to write them, they come out mixed up. (Well, actually, I can do 1,2,3,4,5, but that's about it. If I try to write a telephone number, it usually takes me 2 or 3 tries. I have no difficulty reading numbers and saying them. It's only when I try to get them from my brain onto paper.)

But in this game, I don't have to get numbers from my brain through my arm to a pencil onto paper and keep them in order. I just move the up, down, left, and right arrow keys! No problemo!

Stitchawl

Rumpelteazer · 08-08-2014, 10:46 AM

Settled in at my friends' place.

They left yesterday morning for France for three weeks. I got here around noon, did some shopping, walked the dog and waited for my father to bring my stuff. I can remember the first time I went housesitting, for my aunt and uncle, and all the stuff I needed fitted into a big backpack and my bicycle bags. Now I have one weekend bag for my clothes and toiletries, one box filled with my towels and electronics, one box partially filled with my scrapbooking stuff, my notebook backpack, my quilt and my pillow. LOL.

Today is a rainy day, luckily it was quiet in the store and managed to get off half an hour early so I made it back reasonably dry. There's a dry spell now, so I'll walk Luca a bit early and after that start making my pasta salad for tomorrow's dinner.

poohbear_nc · 08-08-2014, 07:31 PM

With 2-4 days of non-stop rain coming up, I dashed out & mowed the lawn ... lest it become a jungle by next Friday! A few sprinkles tried to frighten me off .... then I heard mowers firing up all around the neighborhood ..

poohbear_nc · 08-09-2014, 07:48 PM

After a lazy rainy Saturday - just returned from my after dinner walk in the rain .... mushrooms/toadstools popping [literally] up everywhere ... even a few fairy circles ....

cromag · 08-10-2014, 01:50 AM

Unwinding after a long day driving in bad traffic. On the plus side, the weather was beautiful.

Stitchawl · 08-10-2014, 04:09 AM

Polishing my guitar, oiling the fretboard, and changing the strings, getting ready to go and play some music!

Stitchawl

08-03-2014, 01:34 PM	#37936
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,357 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Just booked my next vacation. In September my sister and I will go to Newcastle by boat. It's been a while since I've been to the UK and I need my fix! Hopefully the boat trip will be smoother than the first time we took the ferry from Calais to Dover (when my parents brought me to uni). There was a storm with high waves. It took hours before the boat was allowed into the harbour of Dover. I don't get seasick quickly, but even the boat crew was greenish.

08-06-2014, 11:57 AM	#37937
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,357 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I just read on Facebook that author Deborah Harkness will be visiting my local bookstore on Friday 5 September! I've recently discovered her All Hallows Trilogy and loved the first two books. One of the few downsides of ebooks it they can't be signed. However, I did buy a copy of the first book for my sister for her birthday so I might borrow her copy and get it signed for her.

08-06-2014, 01:16 PM	#37939
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Ack this is going to be the last book? I love that series. She did a much better job of making it interesting are fun as the series went on then the Sookie Stackhouse series.

08-06-2014, 01:27 PM	#37940
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,558 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I agree! Sookie was going downhill; this series (so far) seems to be ending on an Up! (Though I still had to find out what happened to the people in the Sookie world.)

08-06-2014, 09:38 PM	#37942
ovaughn Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Calibre, Kindle	Sitting here, Watching TV.. with some Vodka, Want some?

08-07-2014, 09:09 AM	#37943
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Wasting my life playing the new game "2048." If you value your time, do NOT look at this site... (My wife has been playing for the past six hours without a break...) Stitchawl

08-08-2014, 10:46 AM	#37946
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,357 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Settled in at my friends' place. They left yesterday morning for France for three weeks. I got here around noon, did some shopping, walked the dog and waited for my father to bring my stuff. I can remember the first time I went housesitting, for my aunt and uncle, and all the stuff I needed fitted into a big backpack and my bicycle bags. Now I have one weekend bag for my clothes and toiletries, one box filled with my towels and electronics, one box partially filled with my scrapbooking stuff, my notebook backpack, my quilt and my pillow. LOL. Today is a rainy day, luckily it was quiet in the store and managed to get off half an hour early so I made it back reasonably dry. There's a dry spell now, so I'll walk Luca a bit early and after that start making my pasta salad for tomorrow's dinner.

08-08-2014, 07:31 PM	#37947
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,815 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	With 2-4 days of non-stop rain coming up, I dashed out & mowed the lawn ... lest it become a jungle by next Friday! A few sprinkles tried to frighten me off .... then I heard mowers firing up all around the neighborhood ..

08-09-2014, 07:48 PM	#37948
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,815 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	After a lazy rainy Saturday - just returned from my after dinner walk in the rain .... mushrooms/toadstools popping [literally] up everywhere ... even a few fairy circles ....

08-10-2014, 01:50 AM	#37949
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,524 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Unwinding after a long day driving in bad traffic. On the plus side, the weather was beautiful.

08-10-2014, 04:09 AM	#37950
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Polishing my guitar, oiling the fretboard, and changing the strings, getting ready to go and play some music! Stitchawl