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jlob
21 yrs ago
| 2 replies
Jason, promise not to take this personally? If you can't, don't read this.
Up to a certain age, women are attracted to older men because they want some-one their own age.
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Honestly, don't. It's classic. If you really can't live with it, turn one of the bedroom into a bathroom and just close off the pink and green one like a pharoah's tomb.
After all, did you really think bell-bottom wer…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 3 replies
Shen, you've got to post some kind of warning on posts like that; it hasn't gone above freezing this month up here. We are in the nastiest part of the year. Suicides skyrocket here this time of year (even without shag…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 1 replies
hey, Shen and Wren;
Up North we would never stake any-one naked to a fire ant hill.
We hose them down outside in February on a perfect crystal clear night. A perfect crystal clear windy night. Ideally on the beac…
jlob
21 yrs ago
While I wouldn't say some of the books I have released sucked, it's just because that would be very mean to the author. I release primarily books I can live without because they deserve a better home that I can give the…
jlob
21 yrs ago
You know all those books you've been considering making a coffee-table out of, because you know you aren't going to re-read them, but you just can't throw them out because they're, well, BOOKS? Or those books you just l…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 1 replies
There are 621 members in New Zealand
jlob
21 yrs ago
Hi, funambule. I live on the East Coast of the U.S., a very active Crossing area, and I have yet to catch a book, or have one caught.
Things really picked up here after NPR (National Public Radio) did an article on B…
jlob
21 yrs ago
Never having had any of my released books caught I must vote for the journal entry by proxy.
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 4 replies
This is such a fun thread.
My house has (or had until recently)
the aforementioned pine panelled oil painted (poorly painted, two layers) original wainscoating
pine floors that were painted (brown or gray) and t…
jlob
21 yrs ago
I have long know that inanimate objects time-travel; particularly small metal object in confined areas with lots of electrical equipment. (Yeah, I'm a scientist, and can never find a pen or my keys in the lab, but I'm …
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 23 replies
I'm not in your league, but I ripped out my pantry this week-end, leaving myself with out a sink. the pipe to washing machine split so I have to carry buckets of water down from the second floor to wash clothes.
Then…
jlob
21 yrs ago
I've been away for while; in case any one else does a whole forum search on her name, and come back to this post, I really loved all the visuals.
I really love the fine dining; now I'm hungry
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Re: What does everybody think?...In favor of multiple round-robins
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 3 replies
One last post in this forum; I am NOT being anti-non-English-speaker, but maybe people who do not write in English should not join this round-robin; maybe they should start their own; just so there are more of them.
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jlob
21 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Well, that certainly will discourage asking questions outside of a forum's main focus ...
jlob
21 yrs ago
I guess I wasn't being clear; I loved the movie 'Midnight ... ' because it touched on all my favorites little details from the book. And I really like most of the actors and their performances.
It wasn't a very good m…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 2 replies
I thinks books and movies go really well together, as long as people remember they very different media.
My favorite semi-slavish adaptation was 'Midnight in the Garden of ...'
Legolas, thank you; you'd think I coul…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 10 replies
What would be the visuals for a commercial:
This is your brain;
This is your brain on books.
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 3 replies
That sounds like a high school english teacher to me, and god knows we need a few more with some back-bone in this country.
this is the kind of thing where I like to do what-ever the people who really care want me to …
jlob
21 yrs ago
More ideas on specifications:
You should supply a locale and six characters; a male and female lead (after all, this will start and end as a romance), two other major characters, and two minor characters; at least o…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 5 replies
You feel very passionately about this. I suspect that you really enjoy tracking the books.
I'm not certain that I agree with you (maybe the release location is where people can find it?), but I will always use specific…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 1 replies
I just can not do it; but oviously it works for a lot of people.
I get so involved with a book, that trying to read anything else is jarring.
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 3 replies
Oh, of course; I do have great vision, but I have lousy depth perception (can read the trains destination before it enters the station, but I can't play pool for [feces].)
Completely outside of this forum's realm, do…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 2 replies
I think you are correct on all 4 points:
my car certainly thinks it bad luck, and so do I.
this is a widely held superstition.
it is trying to put a good spin on a nasty accident.
and your friend's mother is…
jlob
21 yrs ago
| 1 replies
I get it.
BookBox should be a separate state in each country (I'm assuming that the rings are not international; except in the EU.)
