My very first...

....time reading a new book as a non-smoker. Wow, I think I've
gotten even faster than I already was? The kids are in awe: I read
the new Harry Potter book in less than half a day *and* managed to
cook dinner and do the dishes and all too. :-)

This means my mother can read it tomorrow and son #2 can start the
day after.

Quick flash:
Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). € 95,61 added to the
Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.

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If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

My teen and I are taking turns - she finally left for the night. Methinks
she can have it tomorrow!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

"Vashti" <vashti.nl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9975EBAC765Bvashtinl@130.133.1.4...
> ...time reading a new book as a non-smoker. Wow, I think I've
> gotten even faster than I already was? The kids are in awe: I read
> the new Harry Potter book in less than half a day *and* managed to
> cook dinner and do the dishes and all too. :-)
>
> This means my mother can read it tomorrow and son #2 can start the
> day after.
>
> Quick flash:
> Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). € 95,61 added to the
> Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
> 13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.
>
> --
> If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
> Sarah in AS3

On 21 Jul 2007 23:26:54 GMT, Vashti said:

>Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). ? 95,61 added to the
>Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
>13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.

Hey you've started gaining up on me!

I have been quit for 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 35 minutes and 24
seconds (53 days). I have saved 742,33 kn by not smoking 1.855
cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days, 10 hours and 35 minutes of my life.
My Quit Date: 30.5.2007 1:00

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... All warranties expire upon payment of this invoice.

I preordered the book awhile back for my son and picked it up for him today.
Since I am not into Harry Potter and have no vested interest in the
outcome,I went ahead and cheated by looking at the ending. I aint gonna say
how it ends. My husband and son would have killed me if I did.I can say that
it is a nice big book,well worth the $$$. of course getting it at 40% off
the list price by preordering it was nice too hehe!
becky
One month, two weeks, four days, 22 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds. 2447
cigarettes not smoked, saving $227.63. Life saved: 1 week, 1 day, 11 hours,
55 minutes.

"Vashti" <vashti.nl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9975EBAC765Bvashtinl@130.133.1.4...
> ...time reading a new book as a non-smoker. Wow, I think I've
> gotten even faster than I already was? The kids are in awe: I read
> the new Harry Potter book in less than half a day *and* managed to
> cook dinner and do the dishes and all too. :-)
>
> This means my mother can read it tomorrow and son #2 can start the
> day after.
>
> Quick flash:
> Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). ? 95,61 added to the
> Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
> 13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.
>
> --
> If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
> Sarah in AS3

On Jul 21, 8:30 pm, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> I preordered the book awhile back for my son and picked it up for him today.
> Since I am not into Harry Potter and have no vested interest in the
> outcome,I went ahead and cheated by looking at the ending. I aint gonna say
> how it ends. My husband and son would have killed me if I did.I can say that
> it is a nice big book,well worth the $$$. of course getting it at 40% off
> the list price by preordering it was nice too hehe!
> becky
> One month, two weeks, four days, 22 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds. 2447
> cigarettes not smoked, saving $227.63. Life saved: 1 week, 1 day, 11 hours,
> 55 minutes.
>
> "Vashti" <vashti...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:Xns9975EBAC765Bvashtinl@130.133.1.4...
>
>
>
> > ...time reading a new book as a non-smoker. Wow, I think I've
> > gotten even faster than I already was? The kids are in awe: I read
> > the new Harry Potter book in less than half a day *and* managed to
> > cook dinner and do the dishes and all too. :-)
>
> > This means my mother can read it tomorrow and son #2 can start the
> > day after.
>
> > Quick flash:
> > Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). ? 95,61 added to the
> > Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
> > 13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.
>
> > --
> > If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
> > Sarah in AS3- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Becky - Well, pre-ordering & getting at a discount is pretty good, but
pre-ordering at the library and getting on the "waiting list" when it
comes out, is even better, if you don't want to "keep" the book. Works
for me. Doesn't cost a cent.
Hugs,
Pam

"Pam" <PFaust@Fortune-Johnson.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 21, 8:30 pm, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>> I preordered the book awhile back for my son and picked it up for him
>> today.
>> Since I am not into Harry Potter and have no vested interest in the
>> outcome,I went ahead and cheated by looking at the ending. I aint gonna
>> say
>> how it ends. My husband and son would have killed me if I did.I can say
>> that
>> it is a nice big book,well worth the $$$. of course getting it at 40% off
>> the list price by preordering it was nice too hehe!
>> becky
>> One month, two weeks, four days, 22 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds.
>> 2447
>> cigarettes not smoked, saving $227.63. Life saved: 1 week, 1 day, 11
>> hours,
>> 55 minutes.
>>
>> "Vashti" <vashti...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:Xns9975EBAC765Bvashtinl@130.133.1.4...
>>
>>
>>
>> > ...time reading a new book as a non-smoker. Wow, I think I've
>> > gotten even faster than I already was? The kids are in awe: I read
>> > the new Harry Potter book in less than half a day *and* managed to
>> > cook dinner and do the dishes and all too. :-)
>>
>> > This means my mother can read it tomorrow and son #2 can start the
>> > day after.
>>
>> > Quick flash:
>> > Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). ? 95,61 added to the
>> > Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
>> > 13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.
>>
>> > --
>> > If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
>> > Sarah in AS3- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Becky - Well, pre-ordering & getting at a discount is pretty good, but
> pre-ordering at the library and getting on the "waiting list" when it
> comes out, is even better, if you don't want to "keep" the book. Works
> for me. Doesn't cost a cent.
> Hugs,
> Pam

Oh my son definitely wants to keep it!! Plus I got it lots faster by buying
it than by reserving it at the library.He is a total HP fan.
hugs back at ya
Becky

Pam saved a few cents by writing:

> Becky - Well, pre-ordering & getting at a discount is pretty good, but
> pre-ordering at the library and getting on the "waiting list" when it
> comes out, is even better, if you don't want to "keep" the book. Works
> for me. Doesn't cost a cent.

Yeah, Pam. But, by then you will have already heard that Harry gets
decapitated by Ron who was secretly Voldemort's robot (sorry to
spoil it..someone had to do it).

Rob
- liberally stealing material from Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show"

Finished it this morning... and loved it!!!
With hope and HP,
Kathleen


> My teen and I are taking turns - she finally left for the night. Methinks
> she can have it tomorrow!
> With hope and heart,
> Kathleen
>

>> ...time reading a new book as a non-smoker. Wow, I think I've
>> gotten even faster than I already was? The kids are in awe: I read
>> the new Harry Potter book in less than half a day *and* managed to
>> cook dinner and do the dishes and all too. :-)
>>
>> This means my mother can read it tomorrow and son #2 can start the
>> day after.
>>
>> Quick flash:
>> Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). € 95,61 added to the
>> Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into ash. 4D
>> 13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007 13:30 CEST.
>>
>> --
>> If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
>> Sarah in AS3
>

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Kathleen wrote:

> Finished it this morning... and loved it!!!
> With hope and HP,

Oh thank goodness for that! I just can't imagine taking turns with
a book... that'd be torture for all involved (and not all inflicted
by me!). We tend to read in order of speed: either my mother or I
first since the rest, like my 10 YO, may take a few weeks to finish
a single book.

As the child said yesterday: how can you really enjoy a book when
you finish it so quickly? I wish I could read slower!

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Becky wrote:

> I preordered the book awhile back for my son and picked it up
> for him today. Since I am not into Harry Potter and have no
> vested interest in the outcome,I went ahead and cheated by
> looking at the ending. I aint gonna say how it ends. My husband
> and son would have killed me if I did.I can say that it is a
> nice big book,well worth the $$$. of course getting it at 40%
> off the list price by preordering it was nice too hehe!

Hehe - I preordered the book and had it delivered to my home...
never even had to leave the house but the kid delivering did ask if
it was "it" in a slightly jealous tone.

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Tihomir wrote:

> On 21 Jul 2007 23:26:54 GMT, Vashti said:
>
>>Breathing freely for 1M 1W 11h 55m (37 days). ? 95,61 added to
>>the Save Vashti Fund, as I didn't turn 1.312 cigarettes into
>>ash. 4D 13h 20m of my life saved for later. Quit: 14-6-2007
>>13:30 CEST.
>
> Hey you've started gaining up on me!
>
> I have been quit for 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 35 minutes and 24
> seconds (53 days). I have saved 742,33 kn by not smoking 1.855
> cigarettes. I have saved 6 Days, 10 hours and 35 minutes of my
> life. My Quit Date: 30.5.2007 1:00

LOL, not gaining: couldn't do that unless you er- lapsed and we
*don't* want that, right? Or do you mean gaining in the amount not
smoked? I did smoke quite a lot... :-/

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Billy Bob F. wrote:

> Yeah, Pam. But, by then you will have already heard that Harry
> gets decapitated by Ron who was secretly Voldemort's robot
> (sorry to spoil it..someone had to do it).

S P O I L E R - S P A C E - D O N ' T - R E A D !
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Ookay, question... WTF didn't he die on page 52???

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If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Pam wrote:

> Becky - Well, pre-ordering & getting at a discount is pretty
> good, but pre-ordering at the library and getting on the
> "waiting list" when it comes out, is even better, if you don't
> want to "keep" the book. Works for me. Doesn't cost a cent.

<g> For ADHDers like me buying books is cheaper in the long run
than library fines, plus we get to read 'em multiple times over the
decades... hand 'em down to our grandkids (ok- maybe in a few
decades, LOL), rediscover them behind other books etc. :-)

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

Once upon a time, Vashti said:

>As the child said yesterday: how can you really enjoy a book when
>you finish it so quickly? I wish I could read slower!

I agree with your kid, I can't remember reading a book in under 3
days. I maight be lazy or I might be a slow reader, what I do know is
that I enjoy it this way.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

"Solutions are not the answer." -- Richard Nixon

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Kathleen wrote:

> think I really enjoy it the 2nd - 50th times.

Yup, there's some Diana Wynn Jones' (and other author's too) books
that I first read when I was 7 or 8 that I *still* love reading
like Eight Days of Luke.

> You know it's a good book when it sticks with you and you think
> about it for the next several days.

Or years! :-)

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

I think I really enjoy it the 2nd - 50th times.

You know it's a good book when it sticks with you and you think about it for
the next several days.
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

"Vashti" <vashti.nl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9975EBB2C2FE8vashtinl@130.133.1.4...
> It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Kathleen wrote:
>
>> Finished it this morning... and loved it!!!
>> With hope and HP,
>
> Oh thank goodness for that! I just can't imagine taking turns with
> a book... that'd be torture for all involved (and not all inflicted
> by me!). We tend to read in order of speed: either my mother or I
> first since the rest, like my 10 YO, may take a few weeks to finish
> a single book.
>
> As the child said yesterday: how can you really enjoy a book when
> you finish it so quickly? I wish I could read slower!
>
> --
> If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
> Sarah in AS3

Once upon a time, Vashti said:

>LOL, not gaining: couldn't do that unless you er- lapsed and we
>*don't* want that, right? Or do you mean gaining in the amount not
>smoked? I did smoke quite a lot... :-/

I don't know *how* you are doing it, but I just *know* you're doing
it. Paranoid? Me? Stop gaining up on me and I will stop being
paranoid!

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

"Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common
sense rounded out and minutely articulated." -- George Santayana

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Tihomir wrote:

> Once upon a time, Vashti said:
>
>>As the child said yesterday: how can you really enjoy a book
>>when you finish it so quickly? I wish I could read slower!
>
> I agree with your kid, I can't remember reading a book in under
> 3 days. I maight be lazy or I might be a slow reader, what I do
> know is that I enjoy it this way.

I know... problem is that I can't slow down: I practically finish
reading cornflakes packets before I realise I've started. And to
think I once bought a speed reading book (unread) to make up a ten
books for x amount of money thing.

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Tihomir wrote:

> Once upon a time, Vashti said:
>
>>LOL, not gaining: couldn't do that unless you er- lapsed and we
>>*don't* want that, right? Or do you mean gaining in the amount
>>not smoked? I did smoke quite a lot... :-/
>
> I don't know *how* you are doing it, but I just *know* you're
> doing it. Paranoid? Me? Stop gaining up on me and I will stop
> being paranoid!

This is so In The Hall of the Mountain Kings! A chase scene on AS3,
LOL! Ooh, can I be the bad guy? Pleeeease? I'm good at tip-toeing.
0:-)

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Tihomir wrote:

> Once upon a time, Vashti said:
>
>>This is so In The Hall of the Mountain Kings! A chase scene on
>>AS3, LOL! Ooh, can I be the bad guy? Pleeeease? I'm good at
>>tip-toeing.
>
> Um, I was thinking more in the line of Bad Girl, but hey,
> whatever keeps you ticking is fine with me!
>
> o:-)

Oh, alright... I'll be positively evil while remaining female: many
say I already am anyway. Personally I think they're just jealous
that I'm not ticklish while they are not immune, hah. Sorry, that
should be: MwhahahahahahahahaHA!!!!

--
If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
Sarah in AS3

Once upon a time, Vashti said:

>This is so In The Hall of the Mountain Kings! A chase scene on AS3,
>LOL! Ooh, can I be the bad guy? Pleeeease? I'm good at tip-toeing.

Um, I was thinking more in the line of Bad Girl, but hey, whatever
keeps you ticking is fine with me!

o:-)

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

You'll get what's coming to you ... Unless mailed

I've read LotR so many times I can't count!
HP too, I'm now reading the Half Blood Prince again because I couldn't
remember it all.
With hope and heart,
Kathleen


> It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Kathleen wrote:
>
>> think I really enjoy it the 2nd - 50th times.
>
> Yup, there's some Diana Wynn Jones' (and other author's too) books
> that I first read when I was 7 or 8 that I *still* love reading
> like Eight Days of Luke.
>
>> You know it's a good book when it sticks with you and you think
>> about it for the next several days.
>
> Or years! :-)
>
> --
> If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
> Sarah in AS3

I speed read as well, and it is uncontrollable. Loved the HP book. I got a
kick out of the speed-reading book. Been there, done that and <gasp> got
the book.

Sarah - tongue firmly planted in cheek
"Vashti" <vashti.nl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99764EFA7E43vashtinl@130.133.1.4...
: It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Tihomir wrote:
:
: > Once upon a time, Vashti said:
: >
: >>As the child said yesterday: how can you really enjoy a book
: >>when you finish it so quickly? I wish I could read slower!
: >
: > I agree with your kid, I can't remember reading a book in under
: > 3 days. I maight be lazy or I might be a slow reader, what I do
: > know is that I enjoy it this way.
:
: I know... problem is that I can't slow down: I practically finish
: reading cornflakes packets before I realise I've started. And to
: think I once bought a speed reading book (unread) to make up a ten
: books for x amount of money thing.
:
: --
: If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
: Sarah in AS3

I speed read as well, and it is uncontrollable. Loved the HP book. I got a
kick out of the speed-reading book. Been there, done that and <gasp> got
the book.

Sarah - tongue firmly planted in cheek
"Vashti" <vashti.nl@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99764EFA7E43vashtinl@130.133.1.4...
: It wasn't a dark and stormy night when Tihomir wrote:
:
: > Once upon a time, Vashti said:
: >
: >>As the child said yesterday: how can you really enjoy a book
: >>when you finish it so quickly? I wish I could read slower!
: >
: > I agree with your kid, I can't remember reading a book in under
: > 3 days. I maight be lazy or I might be a slow reader, what I do
: > know is that I enjoy it this way.
:
: I know... problem is that I can't slow down: I practically finish
: reading cornflakes packets before I realise I've started. And to
: think I once bought a speed reading book (unread) to make up a ten
: books for x amount of money thing.
:
: --
: If I'm pregnant its sure as hell not mine!!!!!!
: Sarah in AS3