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BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
Yes, I did know that
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
Yes it is!
paradox3
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Wholeheartedly
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
Doubt that is the reason for the delay
KayTheCurler
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Did they pay for it before taking it away?
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
Nope...I was to get the money the next day and when I asked about it 3 days later, she said she wanted to return it (and thus not pay)...I wasn't worried about not getting the money when they took the dresser because you "should" be able to trust your neighbours.
BetteTheRed
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I have read all of Lord of the Rings easily a dozen times. A couple of times as a young person, I would get up early in the morning, read ALL DAY, and finish it by the end of the day. It was remarkable enough in my reading and conversation that I got a beautifully bound and boxed copy of the entire book, on onion-skin paper, with lovely maps, etc., as fold outs, from my parents for my 18th birthday. I still have it; it's probably been a decade or so since I last read it.
He also wrote some great short stories. Leaf by Niggle is one of my favorites.
He also wrote some great short stories. Leaf by Niggle is one of my favorites.
BetteTheRed
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And no, that "blue" you've got is more turquoise. Get thee to the hobby shop and buy a Derwent in cobalt blue or indigo.
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
I have another blue to try
Used the brighter one (neon blue) first
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
WOW! Not sure I'd be able to manage a whole book in one day
BetteTheRed
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You have to get up early, read hard all day. And it helps if you're a natural speed reader (which I seem to be, even now), and have read the book a few times.
It just became my world for a day. Everything else was incidental. I'd stop to eat, but even then, I'd probably have the book at the table. Except for dinner time (when the expectation was that we would demonstrate decent table manners and civil conversation), books at breakfast and lunch tables were a normal phenomenon in my house. As it turns out, I'm kinda glad that I didn't follow the profession more or less chosen for me by family, which was librarian. There seems to be less demand for help with research than when I was a kid; I think the results are sort of foreseeable...
It just became my world for a day. Everything else was incidental. I'd stop to eat, but even then, I'd probably have the book at the table. Except for dinner time (when the expectation was that we would demonstrate decent table manners and civil conversation), books at breakfast and lunch tables were a normal phenomenon in my house. As it turns out, I'm kinda glad that I didn't follow the profession more or less chosen for me by family, which was librarian. There seems to be less demand for help with research than when I was a kid; I think the results are sort of foreseeable...
BethAnne
Rebellious mystic from Alberta
Breakfast was the only meal where books were not banned from the table because we fended for ourselves...lunch and supper were family meals. There is more to librarianship than just research
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I managed War of the Worlds in two hours (or maybe three) once. It was, of course, my umpteenth reading of it and is really a fairly short novel compared to even one volume of LOTR, which was the granddaddy of fantasy doorstoppers like A Game of Thrones. Remains one of my favorite s-f novels to this day. I am now thinking that I am long overdue to read LOTR again. I read the trilogy multiple times between my first reading in grade 7 or 8 and my last in undergrad (or maybe grad).