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Post by don on Sept 29, 2024 13:03:48 GMT
I’m in respite care for two weeks and over the last six days I’ve spent six hours and forty two minutes on here (it’s over seven hours now) I was surprised. I’ve spent almost 34 hours reading on my Kindle app 24 hours playing cards and 29 minutes on Facebook and over two hours reading AP . So this board according to my iPad is my fourth favorite time waister. I don’t have much else to do whilst in here so my iPad is my safety blanket so to speak.
I never knew that those stats were as in depth as they are. My eyes have been opened to the world of statistics 📊 .
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Post by Chester PB on Sept 30, 2024 22:07:41 GMT
I recently spent 8 days in the cardiology ward of a large hospital whilst the NHS tried to determine if my problem was gastric or cardiac. The results of various tests were inconclusive, and the final answer will (hopefully) be known after blood samples taken last week and again in six weeks time have analysed. I was very fortunate to be in a single 'side room' with no television or other unwanted distractions, and only had my kindle (and its charger) to help pass the time.
This relates to the subject of the thread because I had recently put a collection of all the novels of H. G. Wells on it, plus a few other varied things, and spent at least 12 hours a day reading it. The nurses told me I was 'a bit unusual', since most people put in such rooms moan constantly about the lack of TV. However, if I owned a laptop I might have been tempted to use the wi-fi there and visit the SSC too. However, since I don't own a laptop, you have all been spared posts about H. G. Wells novels written in the first twenty years of the last century.
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Post by don on Oct 1, 2024 13:56:35 GMT
This relates to the subject of the thread because I had recently put a collection of all the novels of H. G. Wells on it, plus a few other varied things, and spent at least 12 hours a day reading it. The nurses told me I was 'a bit unusual', since most people put in such rooms moan constantly about the lack of TV. However, if I owned a laptop I might have been tempted to use the wi-fi there and visit the SSC too. However, since I don't own a laptop, you have all been spared posts about H. G. Wells novels written in the first twenty years of the last century.
Beware the theory that one can prove virtually anything with statistics. Thank goodness for small mercies! I’m not sure I’d manage to see the Invisible Man or discover what the time 🕰️ was from the Time Machine and as for War of the Worlds it’s bad enough with Israel and Hezzbolla let alone the rest joining in. I like being in a side room on my own I has eight days earlier this year in one but was so ill I couldn’t have read anything even if I’d had my kindle. Hospital is full of sick people so I’d rather be in a room on my own. |
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Post by Chester PB on Oct 1, 2024 15:37:34 GMT
This relates to the subject of the thread because I had recently put a collection of all the novels of H. G. Wells on it, plus a few other varied things, and spent at least 12 hours a day reading it. The nurses told me I was 'a bit unusual', since most people put in such rooms moan constantly about the lack of TV. However, if I owned a laptop I might have been tempted to use the wi-fi there and visit the SSC too. However, since I don't own a laptop, you have all been spared posts about H. G. Wells novels written in the first twenty years of the last century.
Beware the theory that one can prove virtually anything with statistics. Thank goodness for small mercies! I’m not sure I’d manage to see the Invisible Man or discover what the time 🕰️ was from the Time Machine and as for War of the Worlds it’s bad enough with Israel and Hezzbolla let alone the rest joining in. I like being in a side room on my own I has eight days earlier this year in one but was so ill I couldn’t have read anything even if I’d had my kindle. Hospital is full of sick people so I’d rather be in a room on my own. The Time Machine and War of the Worlds are atypical of the novels written by H. G. Wells. I'm about half way through the collection, and most appear to be contemporary novels about social attitudes and injustices (which would match his personal beliefs). A small minority appear to be extended essays about 19th century ideals of socialism which are very boring (I abandoned one) and I suspect were only published because of the author's previous work.
Last year I also read the collected novels of Bram Stoker (another 99p Kindle bargain), and Dracula is also atypical of his novels, most of which are contemporary stories featuring well observed (and quite subtle) social comment about wealth, privilege and the use of railway timetables. He also wrote fewer novels than H. G. Wells. |
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Post by don on Oct 1, 2024 18:29:02 GMT
Thank goodness for small mercies! I’m not sure I’d manage to see the Invisible Man or discover what the time 🕰️ was from the Time Machine and as for War of the Worlds it’s bad enough with Israel and Hezzbolla let alone the rest joining in. I like being in a side room on my own I has eight days earlier this year in one but was so ill I couldn’t have read anything even if I’d had my kindle. Hospital is full of sick people so I’d rather be in a room on my The Time Machine and War of the Worlds are atypical of the novels written by H. G. Wells. I'm about half way through the collection, and most appear to be contemporary novels about social attitudes and injustices (which would match his personal beliefs). A small minority appear to be extended essays about 19th century ideals of socialism which are very boring (I abandoned one) and I suspect were only published because of the author's previous work.
Last year I also read the collected novels of Bram Stoker (another 99p Kindle bargain), and Dracula is also atypical of his novels, most of which are contemporary stories featuring well observed (and quite subtle) social comment about wealth, privilege and the use of railway timetables. He also wrote fewer novels than H. G. Wells. I started reading The Invisible man, but I gave up about 100 pages in |
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Post by gezza on Oct 1, 2024 20:00:20 GMT
Saw a production of Dracula at Shelley's family theatre a couple of years ago.
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