Good afternoon everyone! Oh yes Gerry, hot dark brew for me and a danish from Connie hits the spot. Hagatha, would the local library want any of those books? My mom, would have loved one of those SAD lamps for sure as the winter months were so gray... Hey Ho and G'day Drac and TaintedFury. Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.

Soot, the local library wouldn't want them. I can take some of them to a local bookstore, which sells new and used, but she'll only take a box or two. The rest may have to go tp the dump. Sad, but true. I much prefer a physical book to an ebook on Kindle, but the waste of space and paper is enormous and I'll be giving up most of my books except for the favourite sci-fi and fantasy series, and the books that John wrote or co-wrote and a few books on local plants and birds.

I wonder if a good will store could sell them?
There's so much of the world to explore and discover in books...

Again, I can take a few of them to the local Hospice Thrift Store, but the Salvation army store won't take them, nor will the Hospital Thrift store. It's a horrible waste, but they have to go. I need to clear out my house and I have limited energy for searching out places that will take books.

I feel your pain. As much as I like my "pages," I've gone to digital books for this exact reason. Iy gives me great pain to throw away ANY book, but there is just nowhere to go with them. Hospitals, nursing homes, thrift stores, Salvation Army.. no one will take them. Hubby has gone to the library to eliminate his book backup.

It’s the same where I live here in the UK.
Nowhere will accept books these days. Certainly not charitable organisations of any kind.
And that’s a horrible shame 👎

Good Morning Everyone

Thanks Soot same here take care to You & YOUR Family

Have a terrific day and Happy Gaming Boomers

Good Monday morning Everyone. More hot dark, strong brew, tea and hot chocolate are waiting for you all to enjoy.

We are having another sunless sky, cold, windy, with a chance of snow showers today. I understand hagatha about your books...it is so sad no one will take them.

Hope to be able to walk later...no plans except maybe working on end of year paper work.

Enjoy your day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today. Meeting at the Eagles tonight.

Today is claw trimming day for Willow at the vet. She has the longest, thickest, sharpest claws I've ever seen on a cat, and for years we struggled to trim her nails, but she turns into a dangerous buzz-saw. Apparently she turns into Miss Meek and Mild at the veterinarian's office, so in she goes.

It's been raining for days here so no walks for me. Time to get back on my stationary bike.

I was interested to see what was being said about disposing of old books: similar problems here, but there are a number of disused phone boxes which have turned into unofficial free local libraries, and the local amenity centre (refuse tip, but known locally as Harrods after the famous department store) has an indoor section for discarded but still serviceable items including books. The result is that quite a number of people attend to get items rather than throw them away, and on one occasion I had people queuing to receive my cast-offs as I unloaded the car!

Good Morning everyone. Interesting Lex...we also have a "reusable" area in our Transfer Station where you can leave books and other items for free. Hagatha I was lucky all my cats over the years let me clip their claws except Sweet Potato...she would only let me do one at a time so it would take forever to do them all!

Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready.

Enjoy your day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in a Break Room. Going to a Barry Manilow concert with a friend tonight.

It's a typical January day here; gloomy, howling wind, and very wet. It's a good day to do some cleanout chores and play Witcher 3.

Sounds like a plan hagatha...our weather is gloomy too. I've never played Witcher ...is it an adventure game?

Gerry

Gerry, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt is a huge RPG game with tons of monsters and bad guys to kill!

And an addictive card game to play when you're tired of killing monsters and bad guys.

I'm still getting used to Gwent! But I do like it a lot.

I was very good at Gwent after my first game of Witcher 3, but my skills are decidedly rusty. My favourite games are the ones where I have a hand full of decoys and spies. Those games can go on forever.

We've got a serious windstorm happening here, with my stove vent flapping and the furniture moving around on the deck. I keep forgetting to bring it in. I'm betting we lose our power just about now-ish. The upstairs bedroom, which has exterior walls on three sides, feels like it's about to blow away. It's also very cold. I hope it doesn't snow. I have a long drive on Friday.

Good Morning Draclvr, hagatha, Connie soot and everyone. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate ready for a cold day.

I still love replaying the old Tomb Raider games on my old computer...don't know if any Witcher games are playable on my newer IMac computer. I'll have to check it out.

We are still in a rainy pattern here...more rain expected today and more over the weekend...no snow this winter.

Have a great Hump Day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. The concert was wonderful.

Gerry, I don't think any of the Witcher games work on an IMac.

Connie, I'm glad you liked the concert. I haven't been to one in many, many years. I was just trying to remember who I would last have seen, and when, and I think it was Loreena McKennit, and that would have been thirty-odd years ago, in Vancouver.

Just a cold, rainy, dreary day here. A good day for some Witcher gaming here too! At least we don't have any wind like you do, hagatha. My 100+ year old farmhouse is on one of the highest points in this county and when the wind is ripping, it sounds like the old house is going to blow off the hill - especially upstairs!

Coffee - kept at it's proper temperature! - then Wordle and then getting our new webmaster access to the American Legion website at 10. I've been running our website for 12 years and am going to be SO happy to hand it off to someone much more capable than I am.

That heated mug is sounding better all the time.

We're in a wind tunnel here. It can get pretty fierce sometimes.

Good Morning Everyone Yummy breakfast to all

Having some cooler weather which is a relief from the hot weather.....though it's suppose to be heating up again.....

Take Care Boomers and Happy Gaming All