Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

Nikkster

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I thought with amazon prime you could borrow kindle books for nowt, or have I just made that up. Prob not available as ebook anyway.

As newcomer to kindle ownership I think you are right with that. Definitely worth a look I would think.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

While chucking the dogs out in to the garden just now I realised as there will be no horse grazing in the garden the dogs will probably sleep through tonight without waking me up....hurrah!

You OK LIR? Is FIR around?

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

You OK LIR? Is FIR around?

I am fine Michaels, promise .

Fir is in Town nursing a rather nasty cold. I'm quite content not to have him here that considered.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

While chucking the dogs out in to the garden just now I realised as there will be no horse grazing in the garden the dogs will probably sleep through tonight without waking me up....hurrah!

I hope all's well lir. Her life's complete, and completed well by your being there for her.

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

Moral maze for the NPs. I received this email from my DD:

"Would it be really immoral to buy a book off amazon, quote a few
pages, then return it? I could have got it from my library and can go
to IOE library to read it otherwise, and it's not a book I would
otherwise have bought. Your thoughts?"

She knows perfectly well what the answer is, but in mitigation the book is £25, she's a trainee teacher, and she needs it just for one assignment.

What would you advise?

I'd very much like to get my hands on a copy of Steinbeck's "The Short Reign of Pippin IV" the only political satire he wrote. I'd only like to re-read the brief list of sensible rules he thought the country should follow. They were just throwaway lines but they seem deep indeed to to the shallow politics of Britain in the noughties and later.

Not sure I want to buy the book but no library seems to have it any more. Philistines!:mad:

neverdespairgirl

£3.64 second hand including P & P from Amazon, if you have Prime. Could be worse.

zagubov

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

£3.64 second hand including P & P from Amazon, if you have Prime. Could be worse.

Thta's about £2 less than me and my local librarian found online this arvo. Well done NDG! :beer:

GDB2222

misskool wrote: »

Does she have a university student id? Then the British Library will let her in for free, she can read the book and no problems.

Otherwise, find an academic library here
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access

*burp* may have eaten too much. giant yorkshire, cumberland sausage with guinness and onion gravy. side of spinach too.

Thanks so much, MissK. I will scrape the food debris off your very helpful suggestion and pass it on.

To everyone saying it's not all right, I entirely agree, as does DD. She was really just trying to get me to say it's okay, but I'm pleased that you've stiffened my resolve not to.

neverdespairgirl

When I was at uni, I'd have emailed my parents with one of two desirable outcomes in mind. (1) "Yes, that's fine" (so I could do it guilt-free) or (2) "Don't worry, darling, I'll pay for it."

Either would've been good!

lostinrates

lostinrates wrote: »

the dogs will probably sleep through tonight without waking me up....hurrah!

Well......it's good to be optimistic!:D

In fact the dogs were quiet, but some wretched animal which sounded like a badger but moved more like a fox, kept waking me up. Which obviously meant I had to go and check the hens each time and mess about with the out door lights to deter who ever the noisey one was.