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  1. Ted Varrick

    Ted Varrick Well-Known Member

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    Someone told me Timmy's been a booze hound for many a year...
     
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  2. jins13

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    Also, it's good to show visitors and potential plus ones on my extensive knowledge!
     
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  3. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    More like expensive knowledge.

    You are far better to show people your knowledge by applying what you read, rather than show people shelves of books you have never read. Otherwise, like many things, they are empty "status symbols", intended only to impress other people, and not to imprive one's own life.
     
    geoffw, 6th Nov, 2016
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  4. jins13

    jins13 Well-Known Member

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    That's true, but fortuntely I have read the majority of the books. Most books on my bookshelf are textbooks from uni.
     
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  5. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    I do have a library full of paper books myself. I haven't bought a new paper book for some years though. My books are in my study, so they are not visible to most visitors.

    Kindles, along with steaming music and video, have substantially cut back my discretionary spending.
     
    geoffw, 6th Nov, 2016
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  6. jins13

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    Curse you @Terry_w. Addicted to audio books but I feel that it's a skill that needs to be developed because the rentention seems to be abit lower for me.
     
    jins13, 13th Nov, 2016
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  7. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    I am listending to about 1 book per week now. I am finishing books that I would never get around to reading such as
    The Good Spy
     
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  8. samiam

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    just finished reading
    Girl on the train &
    One child- this one is a bit disturbing though... I don't know how children psychologists cope @Tim86
     
    samiam, 5th Jan, 2017
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  9. Tim86

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    Nah my job is easy. It's the kids with the issues that have it tough.
     
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    Just reading the The Barefoot investor and finding it a pretty good read. I am always open minded to learning and improving my own practices.
     
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  11. trinity168

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    I found myself reading mostly investment or property or self improvement books of late and, could not remember the last time I just read something else. So, after hearing a interview by Tim Ferriss on Cheryl Strayed, I ordered "Wild" which she authored...
     
    trinity168, 21st May, 2017
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  12. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    Thanks trinity. I will have a listen to this one:
    How to Be Creative Like a Motherf*cker — Cheryl Strayed
     
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  13. Ambit

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    Just read A God in Ruins and Life After Life by Kate Atkinson after a long drought in the book reading department. She's an amazing writer.
    Ebooks are not as satisfying as physical books I find, but it does get expensive.
     
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  14. trinity168

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    “How wild it was, to let it be.” - thoroughly enjoyed the book. I thought Cheryl Strayed wrote beautifully and just took me along the journey with her into the Pacific Crest Trail, as well as her troubled past.
     
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    I was especially interested to see this, as I have hiked an 80km stretch of the trail.

    The actual title of the book is "Wild - a Journey from Lost to Found".
    https://www.amazon.com.au/d/ebook/W...e=UTF8&qid=1497178521&sr=1-1&keywords=strayed

    It rates quite well. Apparently there was a movie as well.
     
    geoffw, 11th Jun, 2017
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    Whoa! @geoffw that is amazing. When did you do the hike and how many days did 80 km take you? Which part of the trail?

    I have not seen the movie version yet. I enjoyed her writing, the composition, the story telling. It is the first book of hers that I have read. The quote above is the very last sentence of the book. :)
     
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  17. geoffw

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    I went many years ago. It was in the Cascades in Washington State, around the Goat Rocks Wilderness Area. It was spectacular, although sometimes a bit precarious. Edging across a glacier with a steep angle and a long drop was a bit scary. Parts of it were along the crest of the mountains..

    We did it over a week, so not especially a long distance each day, although there was some quite steep climbing on some days.
     
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  18. bob shovel

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    Hi terry

    What app do you use for audio books? Can you speed them up like podcasts?
     
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    I always thought that Timmy was shifty.
    I'm re reading Angela's Ashes, for the gizillionth time, it never fails to make me realise how fortunate I am. One of my favourites that had to be ordered in from the magical land of the USA about 22 years ago is "your money or your life". Also re read The Shark Net recently, wonderful. I'Ve also been gathering books by only Australian authors and preferably Western Australian ones. I'm intending to put these in the granny flat when I turn it into an Airbnb, hope that is not too naff.
     
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  20. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    I use Podcast Addict which I find to be very good. I didn't realise but it looks like you can speed it up and any speed up to 5x is possible.

    There is a free version with ads and a paid version without.
     
    Terry_w, 12th Jun, 2017
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