Re: Jeanne: Rosemary: linda

[Guest guest]

,

I know what you mean. We go to the library and get " books on

tape " . We don't usually listen to them together unless it is

something we both want to read, but we use them a lot for commuting.

I am an avid reader(hence degree in English and library wrok), but

hubby rarely ever picked up a book. Since we've had the TV cut off,

he has become a reader. He asked me the other day if I ever cried

while reading a book, and I said, " all the time " . I love that he is

experiencing all these new things with books. It's never too late to

become a reader. We tell all of our friends that " tv rots your

brain " . I'm able to keep up with the news by reading the newspaper,

and on the TV's at the gym. Sometimes I can't believe I wasted so

much of my life in front of a TV! Well, I guess now I do it in front

of a computer screen, but often times, I'm at work, getting paid to

do it!

manda

> My TV broke a while ago and I couldn't afford to replace it for a

few months

> and I was AMAZED to realize how much time I was spending in front

of it! I

> began reading, etc., instead. Of course, then I got another TV,

but I make

> an effort to just put on CNN, etc., and walk around the house doing

chores

> and the like.

>

> Re: Jeanne: Rosemary

>

>

> Rosemary,

> You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. When I read your

> messages about your plateus, I just wanna reach out and hug you!

> I know what you mean about the TV. I watched my parents for

years

> just sit in front of the TV and not talk, and they seemed okay with

> it. My hubby and I were starting to have some problems, not

spending

> enough time together, so I turned the cable off. We only get a few

> fuzzy channels now, so we don't bother. Our marriage is so much

> better for it, and we have extra money every month. As a child, I

> spent summers in front of the TV stuffing my face, so a lot on my

> weight, I blame on inactivity. I just saw a TV guide where they

are

> coming out with a new Star Trek, and I was tempted to have it

turned

> back on, but I think we're just going to get an antenna to make our

> fuzzy channels not so fuzzy so hubby and I can continue to be

> trekkies.

>

> manda

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I hardley ever watch tv, there isnt anything worth

watching on there. I usually crochet, do

ceramics,scrapbooking, read, stuff like that. Usually

Im busy doing other things and dont have the time. Ive

been taking college courses over the summer and so

that has kept me busy too. He hates to read so that

ends that. He is a channel surfer...he watches one

station for about 3 minutes and then turns it to

something else...I think its a male thing...lol

Jeanne in NY

--- Manda <eskieluvr@...> wrote:

> ,

> I know what you mean. We go to the library and

> get " books on

> tape " . We don't usually listen to them together

> unless it is

> something we both want to read, but we use them a

> lot for commuting.

> I am an avid reader(hence degree in English and

> library wrok), but

> hubby rarely ever picked up a book. Since we've had

> the TV cut off,

> he has become a reader. He asked me the other day

> if I ever cried

> while reading a book, and I said, " all the time " . I

> love that he is

> experiencing all these new things with books. It's

> never too late to

> become a reader. We tell all of our friends that

> " tv rots your

> brain " . I'm able to keep up with the news by

> reading the newspaper,

> and on the TV's at the gym. Sometimes I can't

> believe I wasted so

> much of my life in front of a TV! Well, I guess now

> I do it in front

> of a computer screen, but often times, I'm at work,

> getting paid to

> do it!

>

> manda

>

>

>

> > My TV broke a while ago and I couldn't afford to

> replace it for a

> few months

> > and I was AMAZED to realize how much time I was

> spending in front

> of it! I

> > began reading, etc., instead. Of course, then I

> got another TV,

> but I make

> > an effort to just put on CNN, etc., and walk

> around the house doing

> chores

> > and the like.

> >

> > Re: Jeanne: Rosemary

> >

> >

> > Rosemary,

> > You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.

> When I read your

> > messages about your plateus, I just wanna reach

> out and hug you!

> > I know what you mean about the TV. I watched my

> parents for

> years

> > just sit in front of the TV and not talk, and they

> seemed okay with

> > it. My hubby and I were starting to have some

> problems, not

> spending

> > enough time together, so I turned the cable off.

> We only get a few

> > fuzzy channels now, so we don't bother. Our

> marriage is so much

> > better for it, and we have extra money every

> month. As a child, I

> > spent summers in front of the TV stuffing my face,

> so a lot on my

> > weight, I blame on inactivity. I just saw a TV

> guide where they

> are

> > coming out with a new Star Trek, and I was tempted

> to have it

> turned

> > back on, but I think we're just going to get an

> antenna to make our

> > fuzzy channels not so fuzzy so hubby and I can

> continue to be

> > trekkies.

> >

> > manda

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

that is so great, Manda!!

Cat and I listen to books on tape together all the time...

particularly Cornwell... We recently experienced the,

" death, " of our tape player in the car and are scrambling for the

funds to repair the short in our car speakers. (The books on tape

make our frequent trips to Redding, CA, all the much shorter.) In

fact, we listened to the unabridged 9-book version of King's,

" The Green Mile, " on tape going to/from Redding. (So much better than

the great Tom Hanks movie!!)

Glad you share our Books-On-Tape passion!;

Jenn (and Cat) in Vancouver, WA

" Manda " <eskieluvr@p...> wrote:

> ,

> I know what you mean. We go to the library and get " books on

> tape " . We don't usually listen to them together unless it is

> something we both want to read, but we use them a lot for commuting.

> I am an avid reader(hence degree in English and library wrok), but

> hubby rarely ever picked up a book. Since we've had the TV cut off,

> he has become a reader. He asked me the other day if I ever cried

> while reading a book, and I said, " all the time " . I love that he is

> experiencing all these new things with books. It's never too late to

> become a reader. We tell all of our friends that " tv rots your

> brain " . I'm able to keep up with the news by reading the newspaper,

> and on the TV's at the gym. Sometimes I can't believe I wasted so

> much of my life in front of a TV! Well, I guess now I do it in

front

> of a computer screen, but often times, I'm at work, getting paid to

> do it!

>

> manda

>

>

>

> > My TV broke a while ago and I couldn't afford to replace it for a

> few months

> > and I was AMAZED to realize how much time I was spending in front

> of it! I

> > began reading, etc., instead. Of course, then I got another TV,

> but I make

> > an effort to just put on CNN, etc., and walk around the house

doing

> chores

> > and the like.

> >

> > Re: Jeanne: Rosemary

> >

> >

> > Rosemary,

> > You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. When I read your

> > messages about your plateus, I just wanna reach out and hug you!

> > I know what you mean about the TV. I watched my parents for

> years

> > just sit in front of the TV and not talk, and they seemed okay

with

> > it. My hubby and I were starting to have some problems, not

> spending

> > enough time together, so I turned the cable off. We only get a

few

> > fuzzy channels now, so we don't bother. Our marriage is so much

> > better for it, and we have extra money every month. As a child, I

> > spent summers in front of the TV stuffing my face, so a lot on my

> > weight, I blame on inactivity. I just saw a TV guide where they

> are

> > coming out with a new Star Trek, and I was tempted to have it

> turned

> > back on, but I think we're just going to get an antenna to make

our

> > fuzzy channels not so fuzzy so hubby and I can continue to be

> > trekkies.

> >

> > manda

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

>

> Glad you share our Books-On-Tape passion!;

> Jenn (and Cat) in Vancouver, WA

>

I LOVE books on CD!

I have a 40 min. drive to and from my office each day and I have

become totally addicted to listening to books!

I just went through all 4 of the Harry Potter books and let me tell

you, I completely understand why kids love those books! The

crazy pets, the funny candy...especially the anything jelly

beans....eeeww one that tastes like boogers.....although no one

admits they got one that tastes like boogers cause then

everyone will know they know what a booger tastes like

LOLOL....and the funny spells....it is just plain cute!!!!

And on a more adult line, a lot of Oprah's book of the months are

on CD. I loved White Oleander, A Map Of The World, and We

Are The Mulvaneys. Paradise by Toni on was hard to get

into at first because of all the characters and the style it was

written in...she bounced from person to person and time period

to time period..... But well worth the trouble once I got into it!

I even have a little Sony CD Walkman that I listen to as I am

falling asleep. Like I said....totally addicted!

But that can cause a problem.....They dont have as many books

on CD as they do on tape. And my dang car does not have a

tape player!! I just assumed if it had a CD player it was a tape

player also....nope not the case. So I am about to go through my

local library's complete catalog of books on CD and I dont know

what in the world I will do when that happens!

I will be like a junky needin a fix.......I will be hanging out in front of

Borders Books or and Nobles...with a tin cup asking for

money to buy me a book fix!

Glad to know we have one more thing in common, Ladies!

BethBNLiterate

[Guest guest]

I think you can also RENT them from, of all places, Cracker Barrel. You pay

for the first one whatever it costs, but then you can turn it in and get

everything back but 3 or 4 dollars...and you can turn them in at any Cracker

Barrel. I don't know if they have CDs but my mother-in-law does it all the

time.

Re: Jeanne: Rosemary: linda

>

> Glad you share our Books-On-Tape passion!;

> Jenn (and Cat) in Vancouver, WA

>

I LOVE books on CD!

I have a 40 min. drive to and from my office each day and I have

become totally addicted to listening to books!

I just went through all 4 of the Harry Potter books and let me tell

you, I completely understand why kids love those books! The

crazy pets, the funny candy...especially the anything jelly

beans....eeeww one that tastes like boogers.....although no one

admits they got one that tastes like boogers cause then

everyone will know they know what a booger tastes like

LOLOL....and the funny spells....it is just plain cute!!!!

And on a more adult line, a lot of Oprah's book of the months are

on CD. I loved White Oleander, A Map Of The World, and We

Are The Mulvaneys. Paradise by Toni on was hard to get

into at first because of all the characters and the style it was

written in...she bounced from person to person and time period

to time period..... But well worth the trouble once I got into it!

I even have a little Sony CD Walkman that I listen to as I am

falling asleep. Like I said....totally addicted!

But that can cause a problem.....They dont have as many books

on CD as they do on tape. And my dang car does not have a

tape player!! I just assumed if it had a CD player it was a tape

player also....nope not the case. So I am about to go through my

local library's complete catalog of books on CD and I dont know

what in the world I will do when that happens!

I will be like a junky needin a fix.......I will be hanging out in front of

Borders Books or and Nobles...with a tin cup asking for

money to buy me a book fix!

Glad to know we have one more thing in common, Ladies!

BethBNLiterate

[Guest guest]

Yes, but Bethie wants a CD of " The Story of 'O' " , and I don't think she's

gonna find that at the Cracker Barrel.

Pax,

Steve

Re: Jeanne: Rosemary: linda

>

> Glad you share our Books-On-Tape passion!;

> Jenn (and Cat) in Vancouver, WA

>

I LOVE books on CD!

I have a 40 min. drive to and from my office each day and I have

become totally addicted to listening to books!

I just went through all 4 of the Harry Potter books and let me tell

you, I completely understand why kids love those books! The

crazy pets, the funny candy...especially the anything jelly

beans....eeeww one that tastes like boogers.....although no one

admits they got one that tastes like boogers cause then

everyone will know they know what a booger tastes like

LOLOL....and the funny spells....it is just plain cute!!!!

And on a more adult line, a lot of Oprah's book of the months are

on CD. I loved White Oleander, A Map Of The World, and We

Are The Mulvaneys. Paradise by Toni on was hard to get

into at first because of all the characters and the style it was

written in...she bounced from person to person and time period

to time period..... But well worth the trouble once I got into it!

I even have a little Sony CD Walkman that I listen to as I am

falling asleep. Like I said....totally addicted!

But that can cause a problem.....They dont have as many books

on CD as they do on tape. And my dang car does not have a

tape player!! I just assumed if it had a CD player it was a tape

player also....nope not the case. So I am about to go through my

local library's complete catalog of books on CD and I dont know

what in the world I will do when that happens!

I will be like a junky needin a fix.......I will be hanging out in front of

Borders Books or and Nobles...with a tin cup asking for

money to buy me a book fix!

Glad to know we have one more thing in common, Ladies!

BethBNLiterate

[Guest guest]

> Yes, but Bethie wants a CD of " The Story of 'O' " , and I don't

think she's gonna find that at the Cracker Barrel.

>

> Pax,

> Steve

Steve, I thought you said you were going to record a personalized

version on CD for me?

What happened to that?

=)

[Guest guest]

My CD burner burst into flames.

Pax,

Steve

Re: Jeanne: Rosemary: linda

> Yes, but Bethie wants a CD of " The Story of 'O' " , and I don't

think she's gonna find that at the Cracker Barrel.

>

> Pax,

> Steve

Steve, I thought you said you were going to record a personalized

version on CD for me?

What happened to that?

=)

[Guest guest]

Well...there are probably some OTHER shops where Bethie could shop and I am

SURE you could help her find them...and some appropriate titles...right

Steve?

Re: Jeanne: Rosemary: linda

>

> Glad you share our Books-On-Tape passion!;

> Jenn (and Cat) in Vancouver, WA

>

I LOVE books on CD!

I have a 40 min. drive to and from my office each day and I have

become totally addicted to listening to books!

I just went through all 4 of the Harry Potter books and let me tell

you, I completely understand why kids love those books! The

crazy pets, the funny candy...especially the anything jelly

beans....eeeww one that tastes like boogers.....although no one

admits they got one that tastes like boogers cause then

everyone will know they know what a booger tastes like

LOLOL....and the funny spells....it is just plain cute!!!!

And on a more adult line, a lot of Oprah's book of the months are

on CD. I loved White Oleander, A Map Of The World, and We

Are The Mulvaneys. Paradise by Toni on was hard to get

into at first because of all the characters and the style it was

written in...she bounced from person to person and time period

to time period..... But well worth the trouble once I got into it!

I even have a little Sony CD Walkman that I listen to as I am

falling asleep. Like I said....totally addicted!

But that can cause a problem.....They dont have as many books

on CD as they do on tape. And my dang car does not have a

tape player!! I just assumed if it had a CD player it was a tape

player also....nope not the case. So I am about to go through my

local library's complete catalog of books on CD and I dont know

what in the world I will do when that happens!

I will be like a junky needin a fix.......I will be hanging out in front of

Borders Books or and Nobles...with a tin cup asking for

money to buy me a book fix!

Glad to know we have one more thing in common, Ladies!

BethBNLiterate

[Guest guest]

Bethie....be careful what you ask for....

Re: Jeanne: Rosemary: linda

> Yes, but Bethie wants a CD of " The Story of 'O' " , and I don't

think she's gonna find that at the Cracker Barrel.

>

> Pax,

> Steve

Steve, I thought you said you were going to record a personalized

version on CD for me?

What happened to that?

=)