Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

wageslave

I adore ebooks. I honestly can't remember the last time I read the dead tree version of anything. No backlight:o

I'd think twice about buying a kindle, it ties you totally to amazon. Unless you want to get into the whole ripping and converting thing.

If it was me, I'd try various formats out on my laptop first and see which, if any, I preferred. Then I would make a decision.

Baen does loads of free ebooks if you like science fiction, try Guttenburg for the classics and many authors do downloadable short stories as tasters on their websites.

If, like me, you have absolutely zero morals, IRC has just about every book out there in every format. I use Chatzilla because it is a small add-on to firefox but any client will work.

/server irc.irchighway.net

/join #ebooks

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

To me, the idea of the bath is the nicest place. I do love a bath, I remain convinced of its healing potential for the tired body which needs to rest & recuperate.

But the risk of splashing onto the precious book!:eek:

Plus if you're as clumsy as I am, you'll drop something sooner or later!:eek:

I love books that show ''life''. I don't mind my own books being a little splashed. I love finding annotations in second hand books,and I make my on sometimes too. I wouldn't take a borrowed book or first edition into the bath...just in case. paper back dries out readably on a radiator. I'm probably clumsier than you!

& lastly, you're sitting there in the dirty water for how long?:eek:

I had a friend who read in the bath. His baths lasted 4 hours, with regular top ups of hot water. I never understood the impracticalities of it myself.:)

By dirty you obviously mean deliciously scented water, don't you? Book-baths use some bubblebath, bath oil, milk powder or bath bombs if its a long book/special day.

And how long...well, I might not read war and peace cover to cover in the bath,just take an hour watery interlude, but a short book happily read the whole think in there....I'ma quick reader, I couldn't find four hours when I didn't need to feed someone here.

I'm sure i was here I read about someone having perfected the art of reading in the shower...can't remember who. I've tried a few times, but can't get this right!:o

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

why? Apart from the prune skin? I put a towel on the floor by the bath so I can keep drying the hand and to rest wrist upon in the side of bath to be comfy and keep book dry. The bath is the nicest place to be. I can't wait till we get a new bath here, the one here is mean and sharing it is no fun, we're looking at lots of double ended baths. DH fancies a copper one, and I guess he might win. I like the idea of a wooden bath, but it also sounds like hard work.

Problem with buying baths is that you don't get to try them first. If you want a bath for sharing, aside from making sure the taps and plug point are central, there is little you can do to judge whether it will be comfortable. A reasonable width is important, particularly if you have to compromise on length. Also go too wide and too long and they take hours to fill and excessive hot water costs money. The bath in our en-suite (with the house not chosen by us) looks a reasonable shape whereas in practice the sides are too slopey and you end up sliding down the bath and underwater, so you have to use your arms to constantly keep yourself more upright.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Problem with buying baths is that you don't get to try them first. If you want a bath for sharing, aside from making sure the taps and plug point are central, there is little you can do to judge whether it will be comfortable. A reasonable width is important, particularly if you have to compromise on length. Also go too wide and too long and they take hours to fill and excessive hot water costs money. The bath in our en-suite (with the house not chosen by us) looks a reasonable shape whereas in practice the sides are too slopey and you end up sliding down the bath and underwater, so you have to use your arms to constantly keep yourself more upright.

Can't you get in them in the shop?

treliac

lostinrates wrote: »

Can't you get in them in the shop?

I'm sure you could lir, complete with a bucket of scented warm water so you could recreate the full experience.

wageslave

I don't have a bath. I had it ripped out.

I have a huuuuuge shower that pelts you from about 100 directions. The kids hate it.

I am seriously going to miss that shower:cool:

treliac

wageslave wrote: »

I am seriously going to miss that shower:cool:

Why, where are you going?

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

By dirty you obviously mean deliciously scented water, don't you? Book-baths use some bubblebath, bath oil, milk powder or bath bombs if its a long book/special day.

Your baths may be like this. Mine are not.:D

lostinrates wrote: »

I love books that show ''life''. I don't mind my own books being a little splashed. I love finding annotations in second hand books,and I make my on sometimes too. I wouldn't take a borrowed book or first edition into the bath...just in case. paper back dries out readably on a radiator. I'm probably clumsier than you!

I agree...to a point. I belive books should have life too, but there is something sacreligious about dropping a book in the bath!

wageslave

treliac wrote: »

Why, where are you going?

It is the shower that will soon be history. Small children insist on a bath. Disney don't do shower gel

misskool

Strangely, my dad runs a showroom that displays bathrooms (among others) and he has a wet room where you can turn the showers on to see which ones you like. He doesn't do baths as not many people have them where I'm from.

Absolutely not missing the real book feeling. The kindle is LIGHT and one handed reading is an absolute godsend. Except I've spent most of today looking for car insurance. I'll be paying almost the same for insurance as the car. It's insane.