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May. 20th, 2017 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkat1.How did you name your pets?
Eh, I am not good at naming things. My brother did it for the later pets. And we had no real plan. It was just -- oh whatever came to mind. Sort of similar to coming up with passwords.
Don't own any pets at the moment...
2.Poirot or Miss Marpel?
Depends. Poirot was a little more darker, and exotic. Marple more homespun and somewhat down-to-earth. I think I liked Poirot better -- more variety. Marple's cases got a bit like Murder She Wrote after a bit. (Repetitive and rather dull, although I did like Sleeping Murder). And Poirot...was a bit more clever in how she wrote him and killed him off. (It is telling that Christie killed off Poirot and never did kill off Marple.)
I don't read many mysteries now...because unless they are hybrid genres (ie sci-fi, romance, fantasy, etc...they can be rather repetitious and dull. Let's face it there are only so many ways you can kill someone and then investigate it, hence a tendency towards serial killer plot-lines -- more drama, more urgency, and more danger.)
3.Do you have a FB account too?
Yes. It's how I stay in contact with old college chums, my extended family, and to some degree people on past fan boards that I met in person. Interestingly enough, there's people on FB who used to be on LJ and DW and have given up on DW and LJ ages ago and stick only FB, or Twitter. While there are people on DW and LJ who gave up on FB and Twitter.
4.Books - hardcover or paperback
Ebooks, largely. You can increase the size of the print, it lights up in the dark, doesn't take up any space, no moldy or dusty smell, tends to last longer, easy to cart around, and easier to hold and read while in transit.
Paperbacks -- take up less space, easier to lug around, cheaper.
Although should be mentioned I saw a book on Amazon, where the e-book was more than the hardback, and that's just odd.
5.Mobile(cell phone): Windows/Android or Apple?
Apple, currently. Android for my last three phones. I don't recommend Android. The Apple has lasted longer...is easier to use in some respects, although there are ticks with both. Apps work better with Apple - I've discovered. As do calls. But Apple did away with their "ignore/take" bit and copied Android's slide to take phone call bit, which just ...no.
Also the photo capability is much better.
Android is for techies, Apple is for the rest of us.
Eh, I am not good at naming things. My brother did it for the later pets. And we had no real plan. It was just -- oh whatever came to mind. Sort of similar to coming up with passwords.
Don't own any pets at the moment...
2.Poirot or Miss Marpel?
Depends. Poirot was a little more darker, and exotic. Marple more homespun and somewhat down-to-earth. I think I liked Poirot better -- more variety. Marple's cases got a bit like Murder She Wrote after a bit. (Repetitive and rather dull, although I did like Sleeping Murder). And Poirot...was a bit more clever in how she wrote him and killed him off. (It is telling that Christie killed off Poirot and never did kill off Marple.)
I don't read many mysteries now...because unless they are hybrid genres (ie sci-fi, romance, fantasy, etc...they can be rather repetitious and dull. Let's face it there are only so many ways you can kill someone and then investigate it, hence a tendency towards serial killer plot-lines -- more drama, more urgency, and more danger.)
3.Do you have a FB account too?
Yes. It's how I stay in contact with old college chums, my extended family, and to some degree people on past fan boards that I met in person. Interestingly enough, there's people on FB who used to be on LJ and DW and have given up on DW and LJ ages ago and stick only FB, or Twitter. While there are people on DW and LJ who gave up on FB and Twitter.
4.Books - hardcover or paperback
Ebooks, largely. You can increase the size of the print, it lights up in the dark, doesn't take up any space, no moldy or dusty smell, tends to last longer, easy to cart around, and easier to hold and read while in transit.
Paperbacks -- take up less space, easier to lug around, cheaper.
Although should be mentioned I saw a book on Amazon, where the e-book was more than the hardback, and that's just odd.
5.Mobile(cell phone): Windows/Android or Apple?
Apple, currently. Android for my last three phones. I don't recommend Android. The Apple has lasted longer...is easier to use in some respects, although there are ticks with both. Apps work better with Apple - I've discovered. As do calls. But Apple did away with their "ignore/take" bit and copied Android's slide to take phone call bit, which just ...no.
Also the photo capability is much better.
Android is for techies, Apple is for the rest of us.
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Date: 2017-05-20 04:01 pm (UTC)Louie C.K.
I swear, true story.
2. Poirot. For "Curtain" alone.
3. No. Facebook is the devil. I hear people complaining endlessly about their "wall" and I say to myself, "Never. NEVER."
4. Hard covers. When the Great EMP wipes out our digital archive, hard covers will carry humankind forward.
5. Android. But I don't really use it the way techies can.
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