[Shasown]

Originally Posted by setanta

Like we were discussing earlier on though - to me time is just a human creation that we use to shackle ourselves to the past and future rather than to the now. Always worrying about what we have done or should do etc., rather than enjoying the time we have now just like the birds and the bees do lol. So yeah, it was easier to immerse yourself in a book as a child because there wasn't such a conflict within you, you know? Reading requires a certain concentration and imagination that usually aren't prerequisites for enjoying the usual shi$e on tv. If that makes any sense.

Nah I think you have missed my point, you obviously dont have kids, an example, I tell my 11 year old "in five minutes" to something she has asked, I can bet a pound to a pinch of shit she will ask again before 3 minutes are up, I will look at the clock and say "no wait" That3 minutes she actualy waited seems to her like hours, I can sit and watch her fidget.

However if I were to gauge 5 minutes it would either be about 5 minutes or just over.

Our brains are excited when we learn, they are sponges, they want to learn, we cant feed them experience fast enough, as we age the brain learns to accept the concept of what we know as time, therefore it savours the learning experience and almost equates its own clock with time as we know it.

[setanta]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Nah I think you have missed my point, you obviously dont have kids, an example, I tell my 11 year old "in five minutes" to something she has asked, I can bet a pound to a pinch of shit she will ask again before 3 minutes are up, I will look at the clock and say "no wait" That3 minutes she actualy waited seems to her like hours, I can sit and watch her fidget.

However if I were to gauge 5 minutes it would either be about 5 minutes or just over.

Our brains are excited when we learn, they are sponges, they want to learn, we cant feed them experience fast enough, as we age the brain learns to accept the concept of what we know as time, therefore it savours the learning experience and almost equates its own clock with time as we know it.

Yep, I do agree with you when it concerns brain activity and the restless nature of children which contrasts so tellingly with that of our own, but I just wanted to add that I believe that it takes more of an effort to immerse oneself in that kinda learning enviroment because, as you said, we have slowed down in a certain sense and our brains have a rhythm/habit of their own. Old dog new tricks type of jobby. I'm generalizing obviously, but it seems to me that most adults are too busy worrying to really enjoy reading. Tv is just a drug for many to "chill out" to.

But yeah, I remember how long the trip up to my grandparents was a child... it got shorter and shorter as I aged. Mad how that works.

[Princess]

Well it's much easier to concentrate on or remember things you enjoy.

[Stacey.]

nopee, Ive read quite a few full books. and lots of magazines.

[eye sea]

It's about 15 years since I read a book. That was a time when I was doing my A levels. I had to read books. But I didn't read them all.

I just got the synopsis and studied that.

Books are boring. Unless they're non fiction, in which case biographies can be interesting.

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by Princess

Does that apply for anyone on here? And how come you've never read a book?

Just wondering!

edit:This statement does not include me I have read plenty of books.

You had me worried there!

[Ruth*Star]

No. I've read autobiographys, wrestling autobiographys mainly. reading kurt angles book at the moment.

[Jayson]

I read quite often, although I usually choose the less serious/intellectual books, opting for books like Maddox's Alphabet of Manliness

[lily.]

Originally Posted by Jayson

I read quite often, although I usually choose the less serious/intellectual books, opting for books like Maddox's Alphabet of Manliness

Maddox is a legend.

I read all the time, and my kids do as well. They've always had loads of books through all the stages of childhood, and now my oldest is 12, she's reading some of the same books as me. She prefers fiction, whilst my son prefers factual books.

[xDramatick]

I used to LOVE reading as a child, at one point I wanted to be a writer. I always enjoyed English though and would've taken it for A Level if I hadn't done Performing Arts.

The only books I've read in the past few years though, would be autobiographies, & performance related/analysis ones.

[Crimson Dynamo]

There is no question that reading books enriches the mind and intellect. It makes you a more interesting person, more employable, more attractive and so forth.

Its not so much the physical aspect of reading or the book but a willingness to continually learn, to learn, to experience and to progress as a human.

if you dont, you should.

[Enid]

I don't read much at all. Well, at least not plain text books. I read graphic novels a lot. I think I said somewhere else that I'm a very visual person. That doesn't mean I lack an imagination. I admire the art, and if you've ever read a graphic novel, I think you'd agree that some of it is just down right mind-blowing.

[Twilight]

I don't read much, but when i read anything its mostly Manga.light novels,etc

[Niamh.]

I used to read so much when I was younger, then stopped for a long time after I had kids but I've recently rediscovered my love of books again

[Crimson Dynamo]

I often wonder what non book readers do at bedtime. Do they just crawl into bed and put off the light. That seems so alien to me (unless I am pissed) personally but I guess that is what they do?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I often wonder what non book readers do at bedtime. Do they just crawl into bed and put off the light. That seems so alien to me (unless I am pissed) personally but I guess that is what they do?

bring the lap top into bed? watch TV? have a ride? possibilities are endless!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamhxo

bring the lap top into bed? watch TV? have a ride? possibilities are endless!

tv and laptops for bed are bad for sleep

having sex is excellent as it releases the sleep drug

alcohol and drugs also bad for sleep.

[30stone]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

tv and laptops for bed are bad for sleep

having sex is excellent as it releases the sleep drug

alcohol and drugs also bad for sleep.

Tv is great for me. helps me sleep.
As do sex and reading.

Alcohol really helps me sleep..

Laptops never good, but if im on laptop then its usually real late and i fall straight asleep..

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by 30stone

Tv is great for me. helps me sleep.
As do sex and reading.

Alcohol really helps me sleep..

Laptops never good, but if im on laptop then its usually real late and i fall straight asleep..

Yeah but it's like a fake sleep with alcohol I think

[Stu]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

tv and laptops for bed are bad for sleep

having sex is excellent as it releases the sleep drug

alcohol and drugs also bad for sleep.

I beg to differ. Smoking pot will send you off on a nice, long sleep that leaves you feeling great in the morning. It utilizes most of the same brain chemicals, anyway. I don't buy the 'it's a fake sleep' argument. Sleep is sleep, and Cannabis's mode of action makes it perfect as a sleep drug, not crap like sleeping pills that just put you out cold with no choice in the matter.

[setanta]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I often wonder what non book readers do at bedtime. Do they just crawl into bed and put off the light. That seems so alien to me (unless I am pissed) personally but I guess that is what they do?

Alot have the tv on for comfort.

[Enid]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I often wonder what non book readers do at bedtime. Do they just crawl into bed and put off the light. That seems so alien to me (unless I am pissed) personally but I guess that is what they do?

Usually a film before bed.

[Stu]

A nice pull on the johnson for me.

[Tom4784]

I can't stand biographies at all, I much prefer fiction really.

[pinkmichk]

i've always been a bit of a bookworm from as long as i can remember i always have a book on the go (sometimes have a couple at same time so flit between) i love reading and make full use of my library card plus i do like charity shops for books (there is something about second hand books i love, maybe its the fact they been loved already)
my daughter is also a book lover which makes me happy that she can appricate a good book