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 Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
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Posted - 05/03/2012 : 7:59 PM
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I picked "5" books from the little library we converted out of our guest room closet and tried something bizarre for me.. I started reading all five books, at once. I read one chapter from each book before returning to the first book and continuing on with the second chapter. I stopped at chapter two of all five books! My head was swimming. I was cocky and thought I was intelligent enough to handle it. hehe Imagine taking someone from the 18th century and teaching them to use a laptop, nonstop for a whole day, sunrise to sunset? then cut them loose and drop them off in the middle of nowhere?
It was that kind of overload, for me... I then went to... or tried to go to sleep. My head was swimming. Characters from each book were mingling and crossing into each other's stories. NO!! Stop it!! You belong back there in the murder mystery. then, people from work started mingling in....ouch!! where's the Tylenol?
I was balking and rejecting this insanity in my mind. But, still the flurry continued. I woke my wife up who shared some yogurt with me, laughed at me and went back to bed. I listened to some music and finally fell asleep on the couch.
never again.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like that, before? I once read several Hardy Boy Mysteries when I was 12 in succession and experienced the same hellish night.
"He's a very dear friend," Desere Ellis interposed, "and my father had the greatest confidence in him."
"Perhaps too much confidence!" Mrs. Hedley snapped.
oh no..... they're back......help....
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Agassiz, BC
Canada
130 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2012 : 8:19 PM
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| Ikea assembly illustrations! :) |
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100 Mile House, BC
Canada
174 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2012 : 9:14 PM
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| I played simultaneous pool, darts and backgammon with my brother once. |
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canine loving, machete-toting bushwhacking lake seeker, Indiana Jones hat-wearing off-road 4x4 guru
Surrey Hole, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/03/2012 : 9:23 PM
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Running my own autobody shop with similar vehicles and owner names can create alot of "Fun"
I hear you about staying up and wondering whats next  |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/04/2012 : 09:26 AM
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| I did something very similar for eight months a year for five years. Sometimes it would keep me up until 1:00 or 2:00 AM. I got so obsessed with it that it became a several thousand dollars per year habit. Many of the books cost well over $100 and I often had to buy five at a time! I worked all summer just to use ALL of the money to be able to do it over and over and over until finally somebody told me I could stop and get on with life. |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
1542 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2012 : 09:30 AM
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Originally posted by ChrisLink
Ikea assembly illustrations! :)
That would likely qualify you to do things like decipher the Mayan calendar, read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and interpret BC Ferries traffic director hand signals. |
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Victoria, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/04/2012 : 09:41 AM
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Originally posted by ChrisLink
Ikea assembly illustrations! :)
Ikea makes awesome, awesome kitchen setups (cabinets drawers shelving etc) but for the record... It's cheaper to go with the optional delivery and setup right off the bat than it is to crawl back on your knees and beg them to come over and set it up.
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Posted - 05/08/2012 : 09:58 AM
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| Rented Mule, start right now a few chapters of the 'Hunger Games', maybe you'll die quickly in your dreams from a number of causes and injustices, and your nightmare will be over. |
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
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Posted - 05/17/2012 : 08:21 AM
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good stuff! too funny!! |
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Got Nightmares!
