Book Board Chat

Dolores, I guess that reading his books may not corrupt you. But Archer the man is not a good model to emulate.

Dolores, careful that Archer feller doesn't corrupt ya. He's a bad influence!

Beautiful bunny-eared Betty Boop, Beth.

Beth, this e-reader came pre-loaded with 1500 books in the Public Domain (over 50 years old), but if you look up e-books on eBay there are plenty of bulk sales out there: I also bought 2 DVDs on eBay loaded with - get this - 32,000 books - for $12.50.
I guess if you want the latest best seller, you'll pay more, but you won't find those in thrifts for awhile either.
Thanks for the info that some have read-in-the-dark screens. I should've checked that aspect before buying mine, but it's a good learning experience, and a great 'entry-level' reader for someone who knew nothing about the technology.

I look forward to Betty's next incarnation, lol.

Beth, I LOVE your green Betty Boop, LOL.

Greetings!
Does anybody here use e-book readers?
I just bought one, (a cheap Chinese generic brand) and I'm disappointed in that I always thought you could adjust the illumination on the machines, to enable one to read in the dark, or outside in the sun etc.
Not with my machine!
I can adjust the font size, which does help with reading in lower candlepower situations, but it's a page-turning hassle when there's only 30 words per page, lol.
Are all Kindle-type readers like that?

Wellington, metrics (and the worm that tracks the metrics) has to do with people's view over a specified period of time.
Bodene continually gestured towards a whiteboard or screen to the side, off camera, as did the lady who mentioned the worms, where the metrics were apparantly displayed.
Bodene was saying they used the metrics to gauge eBayer's reactions to an eBay change, over time: When it was first announced, eBayers mainly hated it, then as it was being brought in, they liked it a bit better, and once it was up and running, the worm showed it was mainly 'loved'.
The worm is a squiggly line that moves above and below a zero, or neutral, line, depending on likes and dislikes.

In some countries including Australia (and that's why I know about it, lol), metrics is used in politiocal debates to see who 'won' the talkfest, and the worm moves either side of the zero line as the politician gabs.
They fill the studio audience with 'unaligned voters' who have joysticks, and they move the joysticks left for dislike and right for like.
I know you're on dial-up and probably can't watch video, but here's a debate, complete with on-screen metrics worm, from Britain ...

I promise you, Bodene's worm had nothing to do with eBayers being worked as though we're part of a worm farm, lol.

Jack, I love the last para of the Amish in traditional garb, plus Nike shoes.

wellington, re your posts on the BB, worms are a measurement-indicator of metrics, just as straight lines are indicators in graphs.
Instead of straight lines going up and down, metrics use squiggly lines, called worms.

What about all the trolls, trouble-makers and garage-door breakers?
Where will they go when the public chats are gone?
If they’re not allowed here, what’s to become of them?
What about their mental health? Their Special Needs?
Does nobody care?

NOBODY?
Sob.

Liz, if you do happen to look in during the next day or two, (doubtful I know), I wish you a speedy recovery.

And then there's DGS

Beth, - or as Bill said, Breyer don't make anatomically correct sculptures, lol.

Beth, um, er, following on from Bill’s observation, a stallion has one of those, arrrrh, and a mare does not.
Today’s thoroughbreds all descend from three Arabian stallions imported into England in, I believe, the 17th century. (Googling will narrow down my faulty memory to a date.)
Anyway, it would take a true horseperson to tell the difference. (The Arabian has more flared nostrils and a ’finer’ bone structure, among other differences.)

Sorry Patsy, I didn't see your reply to me at 2.23. Yes, this is a lovely lively place, lol.

My two dogs are pirate-ship-builders: They can turn any deck into a poop deck.

Irene (lovetohike), I love to hike too.
Only as I live in Australia, we call it bush-walking, arrrr, we do.

Arrrr Beth, now see, I didn't know there wuz something called PBS, nor a programme on it called Poetry Everywhere.
Local knowledge, as a pirate would say, is a wonderful thing, arrrr.

Thanks for the Welcome, Patsy. What's a lovely place?

No Paula, it's more like, "Arrhhh ye scurvy scum"

Why, thank you Paula, and may you never feel the itches from a thousand camel fleas.

Great sleuthing Beth, to find that poem. What keywords didja use? (I tried, and failed, using all sorts of keywords.)

Talking of Terra Nova, which was filmed in Australia (and still is being), I came this close to Steven Speilberg three weeks ago.
See the explanation in this short footage ...

Beth, a truly peaceful Book Board is almost a non-sequitur, lol.
Many people including myself, used to lurk, just to follow some of the debates on the BB.
So many logical arguments for and against the subject.
But, apart from when politics got out of hand, everything was usually orderly and, as you say, civilised.

JoAnne, when I said 'peaceful', i know the Book Board is famous for having spirited (usually intelligent) debates, lol.
I guess I should have said nastiness, rather than peaceful.

Morning all.
Thank you, Beth, Liz and JoAnne, for your welcomes.
I’ve been posting on the new PB for a bit, so thought I’d pop in here and say g’day, – I was also curious to see what a peaceful book board looks like, as I’d never actually seen one before, ROTF.
I have to say, it suits y’all very well.

Hi all.
Don't mind me. I'm just peeking around to see who all is here.
I recognise many.