| Re: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents [message #9908 is a reply to message #9904 ] |
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| Robin wrote on Tue, 13 January 2009 21:26 |
Grrrrr . . . So, I'll PLANT the frellers . . . in POTS. And put them in with the JUNGLE. And have roses in March. Yessss. . . .
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*g* Sounds like a pretty decent plan^ (esp. now you have a grow light!). Of course you could convert the cottage^^ to a 'Suitable Facility' ... but then you would either have to buy the 4th House or else live at the 3rd House. Huh. Could be problems with that scenario too.... :S
^wonders if this might be a suitable plan to repeat over here for a dwarf magnolia which won't like being outside due to the wind.... hmmmmm Maybe I should stick to African Violets.
^^otherwise I'm thinking the only way forward will be to make the entire backyard into a glasshouse...! (That's a *lot* of books...eeek.. and there is the attic to do first)
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents [message #9909 is a reply to message #9865 ] |
Wed, 14 January 2009 00:00 |
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Diane in MN
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| Susan from Athens wrote on Tue, 13 January 2009 13:19 |
I agree: I read e-books as my storage capacity in-house has maxed out (that's what I say before I squeeze in one more book and one more CD) but most of my fifteen year old computer files can barely be read by my latest computer or it has the hiccoughs when dealing with them. What about in thirty years? Who knows. The software will be incompatible, the hardware will be non-functional and we'll be longing for a hardback of that book we fell in love with. So I buy my "disposable" fiction in e-book formula and my authors I love on paper.
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Exactly right, and you don't have to go back 15 years and n generations of computers, either. I have a substantial investment in audio books, most on cassette tape, and my new van doesn't have a cassette player. The likelihood that ANY new vehicle will ever again have a cassette player is nil. I am currently looking around for an easy and affordable way to convert my tapes to CDs. (Or maybe MP3s, but then I'd have to buy an MP3 player--the problem perpetuates.) Fact is, a book is perfected technology, and all the electronic stuff is work in progress and subject to drastic change. If I did a lot of traveling, I'd want an e-book reader for convenience, but never as a substitute for an actual book.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents [message #9916 is a reply to message #9909 ] |
Wed, 14 January 2009 01:30 |
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Lianne
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| Diane in MN wrote on Tue, 13 January 2009 21:00 |
I have a substantial investment in audio books, most on cassette tape, and my new van doesn't have a cassette player. The likelihood that ANY new vehicle will ever again have a cassette player is nil. I am currently looking around for an easy and affordable way to convert my tapes to CDs. (Or maybe MP3s, but then I'd have to buy an MP3 player--the problem perpetuates.)
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You're of course correct about all this. My mom also has a ton of cassette audio books and has been pondering this very problem. She ended up purchasing some kind of modified cassette deck thing that will convert to mp3... once she figures out how to work it. I don't think it cost that much, though, if it's something you want to investigate. I saw it on her desk when I visited over the holidays, but I know she hasn't done anything with it yet. She's been working her way through the CD audio books first, converting them to mp3. She finally caved and got an iTouch (she has a gadget-phobia, but can deal with touch-screen controls). For converting either one, though, it's an enormous undertaking. I will say, though, that if you convert your cassettes to mp3, then you already have them in mp3 form if you want to get an MP3 Player down the road AND meanwhile you can easily put them on CDs. It won't be a wasted effort if you don't get the player.
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| Re: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents [message #9928 is a reply to message #9926 ] |
Wed, 14 January 2009 09:39 |
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Lucy Coats
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| southdowner wrote on Wed, 14 January 2009 13:59 |
| Melissa Mead wrote on Wed, 14 January 2009 01:28 |
| Robin wrote on Tue, 13 January 2009 18:44 |
A canine poultice WOULD heal the world! I think we should start a SOCIETY! 
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That would be one mighty big dog!
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| Robin wrote |
No, no! Lots of little dogs! Southdowner has eleven, I have two . . .
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Yaay! We can cover the world with little furry canine poultices, one Pawltice at a time
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Oh Southdowner, dear--you crack me up. Totally barking doesn't even begin to cover it (but would like to see a world overlaid with Pawltices all the same). 
Lucy xx
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| Re: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents [message #9951 is a reply to message #9808 ] |
Wed, 14 January 2009 22:14 |
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And has your public library got the audio books which come packaged in their player? You pay $1 for earphones (or use your own) and a battery comes already installed.
They are the size of a small paperback.
Quite a few state libraries are also providing free downloads of audiobooks ... haven't tried those yet.
But all in all I prefer paper.
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Very Old Eden, and Modern Serpents [message #10061 is a reply to message #9808 ] |
Sat, 17 January 2009 14:43 |
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I have one, my brother has three... (dogs)
[Updated on: Sat, 17 January 2009 14:44]
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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