SallyCat Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Fucking hate ebooks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My high school students seem to mostly agree. I did a sort of informal survey for a conference paper a while back and the results were surprising. You can see some of the graphed data here if you scroll down a bit past the initial text: https://facultyjacobin.com/2016/11/24/think-you-know-how-your-students-feel-about-technology-in-school/ As far as Chaucer, Salinger, et al. I will say that just because you don't like a book (or didn't like it as a 15-year-old) doesn't make it a bad book. I do think that the way reading is assigned in school often takes the fun out of it. Shakespeare, for example, I love reading now in a way that i just didn't "get" in HS, partly because I was young and callow, and partly because we read it in such small chunks instead of all the way through the way it was meant for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I am with Toast, thought I was the only one who hated ebooks. I used to go for mysteries, but now have gravitated toward survival stories, mountaineering and Buddhism themed. Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh is a favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCat Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Sorry, just realized this is the trains thread LOL, it's a fun hijack, though. I've been home sick for two days and found some old codeine in a cupboard this morning, so I'm not exactly detail-oriented today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schif Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I usually read biographies and/or history or other nonfiction kind of things. People have done some cool stuff over the past few thousand years might as well learn about it. I'm between a rock and hard place where I just moved to in terms of libraries now. As far as I can tell Montgomery County Library system doesn't have a location anywhere near me, I work close to Doylestown so I could hit up the library there but I don't live in Bucks county, and the nearby one in Lansdale is only for residents of that town so I would have to pay a monthly fee to use the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackbiker Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 My high school students seem to mostly agree. I did a sort of informal survey for a conference paper a while back and the results were surprising. You can see some of the graphed data here if you scroll down a bit past the initial text: https://facultyjacobin.com/2016/11/24/think-you-know-how-your-students-feel-about-technology-in-school/ I'm kind of surprised by the results of that survey since most teenagers are always looking at their phones. I always take a real book with me when I get on a plane but it seems most of the others are reading kindles. Last book I read is "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Scarlet-Sky-Mark-Sullivan-ebook/product-reviews/B01L1CEZ6K It's based on a true story and there is some skiing involved and even a train. Highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Planes are where I do most of my reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCat Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I'm kind of surprised by the results of that survey since most teenagers are always looking at their phones. I always take a real book with me when I get on a plane but it seems most of the others are reading kindles. Last book I read is "Beneath a Scarlet Sky" https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Scarlet-Sky-Mark-Sullivan-ebook/product-reviews/B01L1CEZ6K It's based on a true story and there is some skiing involved and even a train. Highly recommend it. True, but on their phones they're socializing or looking a YouTube videos. Reading is a different animal, especially if it's for school. They seem to be pretty savvy about what works for them in terms of getting good grades, and that's generally books-on-paper. The one time a math class used an e-textbook they NEVER stopped complaining about it all year long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 There are so many train channels on amazon. This is great. Just chilllin on trains in norway right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mixilplix Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 Wheres that? The anthracite tour in reading? Been wanting to do that for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mixilplix Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 8 hours ago, Shadows said: Wheres that? The anthracite tour in reading? Been wanting to do that for a while These were taken at Port Clinton...I finished an AT hike there....It could be the tour you are thinking of,cause there were signs for train rides.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 http://www.opb.org/television/programs/ofg/segment/train-mountain-oregon-largest-miniature-railroad/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2055 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFskiDan Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 6 hours ago, toast21602 said: http://www.opb.org/television/programs/ofg/segment/train-mountain-oregon-largest-miniature-railroad/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2055 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thats really cool. Steam baby steam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 you down with opb? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, Shadows said: you down with opb? Yeah you know me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton0688 Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 The train set is up, the snow is coming tomorrow, and the conductor is enjoying a few too many IPA's this evening! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted December 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Fap Fap Fap.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Wow. That probably costs more than all of my cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 A nice couple of steam engines there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schif Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Beautiful layout. I have a similar PRR steam engine but I'm an O-scale guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFskiDan Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 13 hours ago, indiggio said: A nice couple of steam engines there! i agree. steam engines are awesome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 I prefer the deep hum of a diesel. No hate on the steam. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toast21602 Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 My dad sent me this picture today. Looking west into the Lehigh Gap. You can see them deconstructing the old trestle that used to cross. And of course a beautiful black diamond diesel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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