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4th March 2014, 14:29 #21
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Re: Things to do.
Originally Posted by steveaki13
One more idea is to catch up with reading all the classics you didn't read while at school - Dickens, Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, etc. It sounds a bore, but once you get into it, it's an enjoyable way to pass the time. I had an assignment abroad and found this one way of filling the evenings (that was in pre-Internet days).Duncan Rollo
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4th March 2014, 14:39 #22
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Re: Things to do.
Originally Posted by steveaki13
One further idea is to catch up with the classics you should have read at school - but didn't. Charles Dickens (OK once you realise it was written to be read slowly), Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, John Buchan, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, etc. I had a job abroad a few years ago (ie pre-Internet) and a colleague suggested this was one way to fill the evenings.Duncan Rollo
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28th March 2014, 12:34 #23
So any news and any luck trying out the suggestions?
...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...
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28th March 2014, 13:20 #24
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-I haven't done flight simming, but have done some more Rail simming. I have the old Microsoft Train Simulator and have the Great Eastern Mainline. So I have done most of the tasks on there.
-I have slept a lot.
-I watched all of the winter Olympics.
-I have read some books, that I haven't gotten round too. (Monarchy in England/Great Britain) (A couple about my home City) (A couple of Football books too)
-Believe it or not I also did the trying on old clothes suggestion. I chucked a load out. Although my general lack of exercise will make me fat soon, so I might have to throw out some more.
I haven't baked a cake, written a poem or learnt a language yet.
I have been working on the garden (easy stuff that I can do sitting down)- i.e planting seeds and weeding beds.
I have also been studying and researching a couple of things. I was never massively interested in my home town, now a city of Chelmsford. So I have been reading books, looking online and studying old photo's on Flickr.
I have also been collecting together and writing down the complete records of the England football team. Being a huge fan. I am putting a personal book together of all Full International/B team/Amateur/Olympic/FA tours and youth results of the England team
I have watched a lot of TV including more sport. generally I love sport so that has been OK. I have also got into some modern classical music too, which is a new interest for me.
I have also been transferring my DVD collection to an external Hard drive by my PC as it was something I have wanted to do for ages and due to time its never been possible.
I have also been planning things to do once I am back to normal and can get out and about by myself.
I have another appointment at the hospital on Tuesday. Just hope they tell me something positive. I just want to at least have a feeling that I am progressing.
Thanks for asking BleAivanoI still exist and still find the forum occasionally. Busy busy
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28th March 2014, 14:13 #25
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If you want to kill some time looking at the historic building of various cities and such...check out this site.
http://archiseek.com/
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28th March 2014, 14:28 #26
You can also look at this forum thread to see how Stockholm have transformed: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1503602
Also for Stockholm there is Stockholmskällan: http://www.stockholmskallan.se where you can find lots of old maps and old photos and etc of Stockholm.
http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksi...hotos=1&film=1
http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/?maps=1...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...
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28th March 2014, 14:47 #27
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You should read "Playing the Moldovans at tennis' by Tony Hawks (the moldovans were Moldova national football team ) . You'll have a laugh and I assure you that all the absurd situations aren't invented.
A good friend from the forum recommended it and even sent me his copy a few years ago when I was down. It was also great that the book travelled through 3 continents just to cheer me up.
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29th March 2014, 08:23 #28
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Sorry to hear about your slow recovery Steve. I'm facing knee surgery from my motorcycle accident. I'm not looking forward to that down time.
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29th March 2014, 10:30 #29
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29th March 2014, 13:52 #30
Keith Cronin just took a huge 18.2 sec out of both Devine & Edwards on SS4 ! Edwards says that's mental and Keith is a special talent.
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