Book Board Chat | Gordon | Activity https://www.bookboardchat.com/members/gordon/activity/ Activity feed for Gordon. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:32:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.3.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 a2079c2d6bc8e78296860763f48f7893 Gordon posted an update: Dolores, I guess that reading his books may not corrupt you. […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/10849/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:58:59 -0400 Dolores, I guess that reading his books may not corrupt you. But Archer the man is not a good model to emulate.

]]> 7132eaf62d4d89ea1c623f7939a3173a Gordon posted an update: Dolores, careful that Archer feller doesn't corrupt ya. […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/10839/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:26:18 -0400 Dolores, careful that Archer feller doesn't corrupt ya. He's a bad influence!

]]> b6d95051a74af583040df84fae6264c4 Gordon posted an update: Beautiful bunny-eared Betty Boop, Beth. https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/10793/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:50:36 -0400 Beautiful bunny-eared Betty Boop, Beth.

]]> 7736265653130c88bab16afcf28ec283 Gordon posted an update: Beth, this e-reader came pre-loaded with 1500 books in the […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/10756/ Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:42:33 -0400 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.

]]> f63bf2eb36bdc2ca637c1dd0a0cfd258 Gordon posted an update: Beth, I LOVE your green Betty Boop, LOL. https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/10753/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:11:19 -0400 Beth, I LOVE your green Betty Boop, LOL.

]]> c0bc50680d25266d45a7951831d617aa Gordon posted an update: Greetings! Does anybody here use e-book readers? I just […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/10752/ Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:02:16 -0400 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?

]]> 2242d3b60ef212692d83269b6111f58d Gordon posted an update: Wellington, metrics (and the worm that tracks the metrics) […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/5359/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:25:47 -0400 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.

]]> ba7e4fae62a8c3cc2abe5cda05063196 Gordon posted an update: Jack, I love the last para of the Amish in traditional garb, […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/5343/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:49:14 -0400 Jack, I love the last para of the Amish in traditional garb, plus Nike shoes.

]]> 5403fd2c6ee92090db1939d0a5758961 Gordon posted an update: wellington, re your posts on the BB, worms are a […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/5341/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:53:53 -0400 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.

]]> be478c925c2e287a4532ae4b98486b08 Gordon posted an update: What about all the trolls, trouble-makers and garage-door […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/5218/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:54:13 -0400 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.

]]> c5a23a896afa94867ac4fa3a233b4cdf Gordon posted an update: Liz, if you do happen to look in during the next day or […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/5217/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:50:14 -0400 Liz, if you do happen to look in during the next day or two, (doubtful I know), I wish you a speedy recovery.

]]> a4eb16df73cc8b22b8a112e591cbc52c Gordon posted an update: And then there's DGS https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/5084/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:15:50 -0400 And then there's DGS

]]> 1bef426dd6fac7797322b17f6ad2ee65 Gordon posted an update: Beth, - or as Bill said, Breyer don't make anatomically […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4629/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:50:29 -0400 Beth, - or as Bill said, Breyer don't make anatomically correct sculptures, lol.

]]> 677a494c4438065aa99c3e71148ef6b8 Gordon posted an update: Beth, um, er, following on from Bill’s observation, a s […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4626/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:11:15 -0400 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.)

]]> aa847af25494da9fde582d9be0d7e12f Gordon posted an update: Sorry Patsy, I didn't see your reply to me at 2.23. Yes, […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4618/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:05:47 -0400 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.

]]> 0e16878a003b42c4b58231f6816173d5 Gordon posted an update: Irene (lovetohike), I love to hike too. Only as I live in […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4606/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:26:10 -0400 Irene (lovetohike), I love to hike too.
Only as I live in Australia, we call it bush-walking, arrrr, we do.

]]> 3b4576b9dc3c319f154a983165c7b034 Gordon posted an update: Arrrr Beth, now see, I didn't know there wuz something […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4605/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:24:36 -0400 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.

]]> dc94b7696a9d36e11f9dc58890b914ff Gordon posted an update: Thanks for the Welcome, Patsy. What's a lovely place? https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4603/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:22:28 -0400 Thanks for the Welcome, Patsy. What's a lovely place?

]]> 762ba43ff7cc579144e09407408bfadf Gordon posted an update: No Paula, it's more like, "Arrhhh ye scurvy scum" https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4602/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:21:14 -0400 No Paula, it's more like, "Arrhhh ye scurvy scum"

]]> dac0d36e9241b7a6fc8069b577443ee6 Gordon posted an update: Why, thank you Paula, and may you never feel the itches from […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4587/ Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:49:36 -0400 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.)

]]> 5af4475c37db37b2974595577c47bf6c Gordon posted an update: Talking of Terra Nova, which was filmed in Australia (and […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4556/ Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:37:41 -0400 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 ...

]]> 523d6fcb6a1288a4147efb7cd29a7720 Gordon posted an update: Beth, a truly peaceful Book Board is almost a non-sequitur, […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4545/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:32:06 -0400 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.

]]> 219002a8c4ab76e37b04f42c3b1a7485 Gordon posted an update: JoAnne, when I said 'peaceful', i know the Book Board is […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4542/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:56:17 -0400 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.

]]> 988cd87b45e484d273be73da7b76cc5e Gordon posted an update: Morning all. Thank you, Beth, Liz and JoAnne, for your […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4539/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:30:19 -0400 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.

]]> fbda239bf2607e97f041738c34f65d29 Gordon posted an update: Hi all. Don't mind me. I'm just peeking around to see who […] https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4505/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:29:34 -0400 Hi all.
Don't mind me. I'm just peeking around to see who all is here.
I recognise many.

]]> 476e8ab5da3d91e7a2edc3548e29f973 Gordon became a registered member https://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/4504/ Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:28:08 -0400