Floof! Funny quirks..SO edition!
amylou321
3 years ago
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Do you hoard garden magazines?
Comments (33)Only one: "Texas Gardener." because it has sooo much info that I can use, AND that I can't find in another mag or on the web. They're really skinny and jam packed with info, so they're easy to store. And I DO refer back to them (I'm reading February 08, 07, and 06 right now,and occasionally I'll pull all the ones that deal with, say, tomatoes.) Most of those others are just adverts and impossible pictures. Not worth saving IMHO. And how many "Best Perennials Ever" articles do we really need to clip? I also keep 2 or 3 catalogues for a year--then recycle them when the new ones come out (yes, I can look up everything online, but I can't make notes in the margins on the web!)...See MoreFloof: It's NOT thanksgiving without...
Comments (88)Iris,me and SO have an arrangement for holidays. I go to my family's thing, He goes to his family's thing,and then we come home happy to each other. Both of us are welcome and invited to each other's family events,but that is how we do it. There is no expectation from his family that i will be there,and none from mine that he will be there. I won't say there is no family foolishness,but I don't have to deal with his and he doesn't have to deal with mine. It probably helps that my family is flexible. No one in our family is stuck on having the family together on the actual day of the holiday. My sister is hosting thanksgiving on thursday,my mom will be having another big dinner (not turkey) on friday. I am working both nights though,so no party for me. :( I hear more and more that holidays are a source of stress because of family drama. Makes me sad. If a holiday is not enjoyable, what's the point? Iris,I would totally bail on thanksgiving this year in your shoes. Who wants to "celebrate" with someone who is always upset about something? On thanksgiving of all days????...See MoreFloof - misused phrases
Comments (172)I think it was the Norman conquest in general that brought so many French words into English but I'm not sure. I cited a curious example of a few related words but the uncountable number of food related words and the many other words of all kinds are much more numerous than most people realize. I don't know and didn't look for the answer but I wonder if words of French origin outnumber words from any other single source. In return, many English words are used as shortcuts in French. Not so much incorporated into the language as with other words but rather for colloquial, informal use. A typical comment among co-workers on Friday afternoon is to say "Bon weekend", the meaning of which is obvious to an English speaker. You wear "un smoking" (tux) to formal affairs, leave your can in "le parking", work up "le business plan", and on and on....See MoreFloof! For fans of audiobooks.....
Comments (16)For me, the appeal of audiobooks is the ability to do two things at the same time. I don't have the patience to sit in one place and read a physical book for very long. But I do love to read. With audiobooks, I can read when driving, when exercising, when alone doing nothing or mindless tasks (if my wife isn't home or is elsewhere)., etc. As far as being read to is concerned, if you listen to the news on the radio, isn't that the same as someone reading you newspaper articles? Podcasts have gotten very popular and I listen to them regularly too. I never listen to the radio and watch little TV. For those who DO listen to podcasts or the radio, listening to an audiobook is a similar experience with one exception - you can't divert your attention to think of something else, or be mentally distracted. If you do, if even for 20 seconds, you'll find yourself a bit lost (like turning two pages instead of one with a physical book) and you'll need to go back. I've learned that when I need to think about something else, I pause the playback, do so, then resume listening. My audiobook habit was developed decades ago. A pioneer in the field was the company Books On Tape, who had a printed catalog of available books in cassette tape format sent in boxes with prepaid return postage. One book could be 10 cassettes or more. I started using them in the 1980s but limited my consumption because it was expensive - $15-$20 per book at the time, more for longer books.. I'd do no more than one every month or two, listened to in the car while driving. Today, the format of digital books and the ability to download most anything from the internet is much more compact and convenient. I do prefer small MP3 players but smartphones work equally well. With Overdrive from multiple libraries and even CDs available from libraries that I can rip, I rarely have to buy anything from Audible but I do when I can't get a book I want from other sources. It does take practice at first, for the first several books or more, to get good at focusing one's attention and turning off side thoughts. An unexpected benefit though is that you'll become a much better listener, with the discipline to concentrate on someone speaking and avoid mental distractions....See Moreamylou321
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