fact or fiction

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:53 am

my suzy can read romantic trash i mean romantic books till the cows come home ,me i could not read a fiction book if i was paid to do it ,but give me a book about space ,time travel ,anything to do with evolution ,animals ,technique on a mma arm bar Thai boxing or any thing with facts in i'm hooked i cant put it down how about you guys fact or fiction

before my head injury i used to enjoy reading and writing poetry ,i think that part of my brain was destroyed ........ not much left really is there :wah:

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:00 am

jimbo;632657 wrote: my suzy can read romantic trash i mean romantic books till the cows come home ,me i could not read a fiction book if i was paid to do it ,but give me a book about space ,time travel ,anything to do with evolution ,animals ,technique on a mma arm bar Thai boxing or any thing with facts in i'm hooked i cant put it down how about you guys fact or fiction

before my head injury i used to enjoy reading and writing poetry ,i think that part of my brain was destroyed ........ not much left really is there :wah:

My favourite type of books are forensic detective types, authors like James Patterson, Patricia Cromwell, quite like Martina Cole, I just love reading, but can't stand things like space, time travel....zzzzzzzzz

KB keep going I'm enjoying the stories :-6

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:02 am

Hmmm im pretty easy, but forget about what the boys say :rolleyes:

A combination of both really :-6

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:06 am

Time travel is pretty damned fictional. In every bit of fiction there is a grain of truth, and in every statement of fact there is an underlying of fiction.

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:11 am

KB.;632670 wrote: Time travel is pretty damned fictional. In every bit of fiction there is a grain of truth, and in every statement of fact there is an underlying of fiction.

ok time travel is not exactly based on factual events but its a theory based on fact

as for the rest of what you said yada yada

i like your posts but your play on words in almost every post is er .. er ...yada yada

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:15 am

I just write like that; I don't talk that way.

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:22 am

KB.;632679 wrote: I just write like that; I don't talk that way.

i know mate i love your posts ,your word play is bril i use it up the pub ,i'm having a laugh .. i guess the humour just dont travel across the pond to well :wah: :wah:

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:27 am

Nah, I see where you are coming from. I've just been up too long and am already irritated just from thinking about quitting smoking. Now that I have said it out loud (text wise), I will smoke twice as much tomorrow just on principle.

Believe me, I know you are just aggravating me. I like to be aggravated.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:28 am

Challenged is a better word

IMO of course

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:34 am

buttercup;632689 wrote: Challenged is a better word

IMO of course

yada yada challenged :wah:

no he said annoyed i cant spell aggravated

where does this challenged crop up from bc

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:37 am

Ill yada yada about aggravation. I don't use it in a bad sense of the word. I save irritate for that, and you don't irritate me, or annoy. Aggravate to me is to tease with mischevious, but good intentions. Bed time for me, enjoy the day.

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:41 am

KB.;632694 wrote: Ill yada yada about aggravation. I don't use it in a bad sense of the word. I save irritate for that, and you don't irritate me, or annoy. Aggravate to me is to tease with mischevious, but good intentions.

if thats a good thing then thats me all over :wah: :wah:

sorry buddy where you are a friend of almostirritating I thought you would find the same sorta things funny :wah:

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:43 am

oh crap i have totally taken my own thread off track and ruined it :-5 :-5

how very very challenging :wah: :wah:

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:08 am

jimbo;632693 wrote: yada yada challenged :wah:

no he said annoyed i cant spell aggravated

where does this challenged crop up from bc

Oh words words, challenged to me means (makes you think) not irritating or annoying you, just making you think deeper about the given subject, how can you find ways around it. Is that explained ok to you Jim? Probably someone will now come in & tell me thats not what it means at all but its what it represents to me. In that case

i will 'yadda yadda' it, unless of course its fiction

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:12 am

jimbo;632698 wrote: oh crap i have totally taken my own thread off track and ruined it :-5 :-5

how very very challenging :wah:

Its only challenging if challenging means what i / you / we think it means. Maybe it is in fact irritating or annoying. :-3

If its fact does that mean the thread is back on track?

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:14 am

buttercup;632706 wrote: Its only challenging if challenging means what i / you / we think it means. Maybe it is in fact irritating or annoying. :-3

enough of your challenging yada yada your taking my thread off topic ,the subject is fact or fiction

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:20 am

Fact from wikipedia (see back on tract)

This covers challenge to some extent but not challenged, i could only find challenged as in physically or mentally challenged. Am i challenging you? :wah:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Grand Challenge Problem is a general category of unsolved problems. The definition of a Grand Challenge problem has a certain degree of inherent subjectivity surrounding what is, or is not, a Grand Challenge. A Grand Challenge problem exhibits at least the following characteristics:

1. The problem is demonstrably hard to solve, requiring several orders-of-magnitude improvement in the capability required to solve it.

2. The problem cannot be unsolvable. If it probably can't be solved, then it can't be a Grand Challenge. Ideally, quantifiable measures that indicate progress toward a solution are also definable.

3. The solution to a Grand Challenge problem must have a significant economic and/or social impact.

Another, more simple definition is:

A grand challenge problem is one that cannot be solved in a reasonable amount of time with today's computers.

Yadda Yadda

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:28 am

buttercup;632709 wrote: Fact from wikipedia (see back on tract)

This covers challenge to some extent but not challenged, i could only find challenged as in physically or mentally challenged. Am i challenging you? :wah:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Grand Challenge Problem is a general category of unsolved problems. The definition of a Grand Challenge problem has a certain degree of inherent subjectivity surrounding what is, or is not, a Grand Challenge. A Grand Challenge problem exhibits at least the following characteristics:

1. The problem is demonstrably hard to solve, requiring several orders-of-magnitude improvement in the capability required to solve it.

2. The problem cannot be unsolvable. If it probably can't be solved, then it can't be a Grand Challenge. Ideally, quantifiable measures that indicate progress toward a solution are also definable.

3. The solution to a Grand Challenge problem must have a significant economic and/or social impact.

Another, more simple definition is:

A grand challenge problem is one that cannot be solved in a reasonable amount of time with today's computers.

Yadda Yadda

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:29 am

I prefered the little you are here arrow

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:35 am

buttercup;632714 wrote: I prefered the little you are here arrow

is that a fact

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:38 am

I think so but it might be fiction, the challenge is to guess.

What time does Suzy set off for hospital? Are you taking her?

pinkchick · Post by **pinkchick** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:13 am

I love reading and for me it is complete escapism.

I'm a girlie girl so it's fiction all the way Jimbo.... Sorry:rolleyes:

Having said that - I don't do Mills & Boon type stuff. Not that trashy:wah: :wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:18 am

Jimbo did you find yourself waking up this morning a Jewish person. I mean all this yada yada.:wah:

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:23 am

pinkchick;632762 wrote: I love reading and for me it is complete escapism.

I'm a girlie girl so it's fiction all the way Jimbo.... Sorry:rolleyes:

Having said that - I don't do Mills & Boon type stuff. Not that trashy :wah:

"She looked into his deep blue eyes, they were filled with passion. His desire for her was overwhelming. Her knees weekened as he walked slowly towards her, his manhood ..............

:yh_drool

I don't read that either :wah:

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:24 am

They always have little curls at the back of their neck too

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:24 am

YZGI;632766 wrote: Jimbo did you find yourself waking up this morning a Jewish person. I mean all this yada yada.:wah:

i had someone say yada yada to me once when i was going on about something i found it really funny but bloody infuriating ,so there is KB who is giving up smoking and had zero sleep for days and highly irritated and butter cup with broken fingers and in pain with a fuse shorter than a midget at a urinal on a very cold day ,well whats a bored jimbo to do :wah:

yada yada yada ... i think you will agree it had the desired effect :wah::sneaky:

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:28 am

jimbo;632773 wrote: and butter cup with broken fingers and in pain with a fuse shorter than a midget at a urinal on a very cold day ,well whats a bored jimbo to do :wah:

Priceless :yh_rotfl

pinkchick · Post by **pinkchick** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:21 am

ThePheasant;632771 wrote: "She looked into his deep blue eyes, they were filled with passion. His desire for her was overwhelming. Her knees weekened as he walked slowly towards her, his manhood ..............

:yh_drool

I don't read that either :wah:

:wah: :wah: you crazy bird!

pinkchick · Post by **pinkchick** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:23 am

jimbo;632773 wrote: i had someone say yada yada to me once when i was going on about something i found it really funny but bloody infuriating ,so there is KB who is giving up smoking and had zero sleep for days and highly irritated and butter cup with broken fingers and in pain with a fuse shorter than a midget at a urinal on a very cold day ,well whats a bored jimbo to do :wah:

yada yada yada ... i think you will agree it had the desired effect :wah::sneaky:

Crazy Jimbo :wah:

Post by **spot** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:05 am

The last book I read - last night, actually - is "Pools Pilot" by one of my few all-time heroes, A P Herbert, published in 1953. It's a series of instructional and politico-social-philosophical thoughts on how and why to fill in the Football Pool coupon and I found it rivetting down to the last word of the appendices. As he says in his Introduction, "You will be reminded, between perms, of the crazy state of Britain's Betting Laws, which, for many years, we have sought to get amended". Note the Royal "we". Few men were ever as strange as A P Herbert. "He served as [an independent] Member of Parliament for Oxford University for fifteen years, five of which he spent on active service with the Royal Navy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiable_cow shows the extent to which he blended fact and fiction. It might even make Jimbo smile.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:36 am

buttercup;632719 wrote: I think so but it might be fiction, the challenge is to guess.

What time does Suzy set off for hospital? Are you taking her?

:wah: :wah: No, that would mean leaving you guys for a couple of hours

DelicateDominatrix · Post by **DelicateDominatrix** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:34 am

I enjoy autobiographies

but a good mystery is always cool

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:54 am

I dunno what floats my boat most.

I used to devour historical romance stuff. But after reading the entire Diana Gabaldon series of books nobody could come close to her works so I quit those.

I just pick up what ever interests me for the moment. Yay for the library ooo note to self books are overdue $$ ouch.

I like books based on some history, currently reading about the spanish civil war, kinda interesting. Second one of it's kind first one was spectacular.

Meh I can't say I have too much of an ecclectic taste.

Yada yada.

Nyx · Post by **Nyx** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:54 am

I love books and i read mostly fiction but have a soft spot for a good biography.

AngelEyes82;632934 wrote: I love reading. But my kinda books are murder mysteries. I don't get into the romantic books.. never have. I love reading anything by Mary Higgins Clark, Dean Koontz, Stephan King & more. BUT I also love reading about true crime that has happened like Mass murders & stuff. I have all the books that were written on Scott Peterson. I've also got a BTK book & a Chicago Massacre book.

I concure Angel-I love Dean Koontz but i happen to collect Stephen King.

DelicateDominatrix;632975 wrote: I enjoy autobiographies

but a good mystery is always cool

What a co-wink-a-dink! I am reading Rupert Everett's autobiography. so far so good...although i was thinking i might have to hit up some of you british blokes for some of the lingo he uses

Can anyone tell me is there already a 'what are you reading?' thread?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:34 pm

I read both types of books...factual and fiction. A factual book can be interesting if the writer lets you in on the person (autobiograohy and biography) and the era (historical). Don't just give me alot of facts--thats boring.

I just finished an autobiography by Patricia Neal, the actress. I enjoyed meeting her... so to speak. I am now reading Drive Me Home Safely, a collection of short stories by various writers on growing up in America.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:45 pm

I read mostly nonfiction. History, animal life, Ann Rule crime books, other assorted stuff.

I will read a novel but it has to really hook me.

I read a lot of poetry, especially classical.

You'll never catch me reading Harlequin romance type stuff. I can write better stuff that that.

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:39 am

Serendipity is my guide. The books I choose to read honestly seem to choose me most of the time. They whisper from the shelves. :-3

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:41 am

I, Rob;634635 wrote: Serendipity is my guide. The books I choose to read honestly seem to choose me most of the time. They whisper from the shelves. :-3

The books talk to you :-2 :wah:

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:45 am

ThePheasant;634636 wrote: The books talk to you :-2 :wah:

I'm sayin'!