Lion in Winter

As an oppressive parent, mine didn't have any choice really. I made sure to get him his own books since he was tiny, so that he could love and cherish them and get the feel of them in his hands, including second-hand books that have a shared history. Digital stuff is fine and convenient at times, but it ain't got no soul.

Lion in Winter

Now that's what I call efficient use of resources.

Cheetah7

That is so true, dont laugh but some of my really old childhood books have that old 'smell' to them, that takes you back to your childhood years where you can remember being snuggled up in bed reading them.

The hardback books are my favourites, brightly coloured picture on the front cover, nice solid books that last forever (if you look after them). I can read my books again and again and each time be taken back to the time when I first read them.

It doesnt matter where I am - the beach, the bus, the train, if I am reading a good book I can visualize and imagine each scene and character. I hate putting the book down and can lose myself in it until I have finished and then it's a case of 'what can I read now'.

In a good book, you dread finishing it because you enjoyed reading it so much.

Nope, I will never be interested in Kindles and stuff like that - in fact, I might just take a trip to the charity shop to see what is on offer.

Dorothy

Couldn't agree more with you guys. I love books and so does my daughter. She has shelves full and doesn't mind reading them over and over. Her favourite is still The Secret Garden. My mom bought it for her when she was about 6 and they read it together.

LeVigneron_32

Jerseygirl you obviously suffer from zenophobia, language skills are very useful, especially to expats! OK Latin is a 'dead' language but, only in the sense that it suffered from lack of dynamism. It is still extensively used in the law, medicine, zoology, paleontology, ecology etc. In fact, all branches of the sciences; broaden your horizons.

Yorkieabroad

I'm in my local coffee shop and someone just walked in in their pyjamas, slippers and with rollers in their hair. Had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't in Walmart..........

SultanOfSwing

It's nothing to do with xenophobia, it's one of the site rules that all posts must be in English unless there's a translation (or it is a known phrase, I use the long form of QED from time to time ...)

Besides, what have the bloody Romans ever done for us?

Lion in Winter

Central heating and indoor plumbing.

Nutek

Roads!

mikelincs

My god, he's still alive then..

Sally Redux

I thought the spelling mistake might reel him back in

Cardienscarf

Castles and gladiator movies

paddingtongreen

Heard by a friend;
"Vermont is a city in Upstate New York, settled by pioneers from New York City who wanted to live like the backwoodsmen of England."

The Romans gave us Londinium. Ooops, that's foreign that is.

I used a search to check my spelling and found this game at the Museum of London Children might enjoy it.

SultanOfSwing

Oh aye, though I'm usually too busy during the day, I still check in on me phone from time to time.

Jerseygirl

I've moved all the 'binder' posts into a thread of their own.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=774942