[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.

[Mrluvaluva]

Never?

[Princess]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

Never?

Not me I've read hundreds,I've just heard people say it and I don't really understand!

[Shaun]

it's really quite sad those that haven't.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Princess

Not me I've read hundreds,I've just heard people say it and I don't really understand!

Oh I see. I was shocked by the statement. I can't imagine many members on here have never read a book.

[Loukas]

I have only read the Harry Potter books and The Twilight books all the way through.. i know a couple people who haven't picked up a book since they were really little and were reading Biff and Chip books

Easter Egg 8

[King Gizzard]

Do you mean a full book? back to front? ive only done it with the harry potters and 1 or 2 books for English in school..and then a couple of others

[Stu]

Voracious readers are always going to be that much more well spoken and imaginative than those who don't read.

[Billy]

I don't read often, but when I do read, I love it.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

Voracious readers are always going to be that much more well spoken and imaginative than those who don't read.

Show off.

[Princess]

I'm more in the group of I can't ever not be reading.

[Tom4784]

I love reading although I can't say my taste in books is very high brow.

[Princess]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I love reading although I can't say my taste in books is very high brow.

Mine neither! Most of mine are chick-lits.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

Show off.

I can't help my vehement beliefs in such matters.

[30stone]

Used to read when i was younger, used to help me sleep, the light dim and reading, helped relax my brain and body..

As i used to have energy all the time and would take me like 2 hours to sleep so i used to read.

Now i only ever read the beano..

[Mrluvaluva]

"figures"

[Stu]

[Jords]

Nope, you have to read set texts in English and libary books when you were in primary school. Other than that Ive read the first 4 Harry Potters, some Goosebump books when younger and the odd couple of others by my choice.

I find reading boring, only read Newspapers and Mags now.

[Shasown]

Nope I have never read a full book properly, seriously, I speed read, I always have, got in loads of trouble at school for it, I scan and know the jist of things but have real problems reading a sentence and if it has subtle nuances, I miss them.

[setanta]

As I've grown older and life seems to be going at a faster rate- which yes, I know, is probably all in my head - I've unfortunately developed the same bad habits with regard to my entertainment as I have with my culinary choices: it's far easier to gorge on quick and readily available sources than to take the time to prepare a substantial and nutritious meal. So yeah, I try very hard to get as much reading in as I possibly can, as well as the odd bit of greens!

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by setanta

As I've grown older and life seems to be going at a faster rate- which yes, I know, is probably all in my head - I've unforuntately developed the same bad habits with regard to my entertainment as I have with my culinary choices: it's far easier to gorge on quick and readily available sources than to take the time to prepare a substantial and nutritious meal. So yeah, I try very hard to get as much reading in as I possibly can, as well as the odd bit of greens!

Nope time does pass faster as you get older, or rather it was slowed by the youthful brain and as we age it becomes closer to how it really is.

[setanta]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Nope time does pass faster as you get older, or rather it was slowed by the youthful brain and as we age it becomes closer to how it really is.

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.

[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.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by setanta

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 brain 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.

Thats very true, my youngest amazes me she can put on her favourite program then channel hop come back pick it up for a short while, surf again, and then at the end give me pretty much word by word transcript of what she saw.

An amazing thing the human brain. Interest or motivation for learning as we get older, I think the brain gets a little jaded, basically we abuse it, so in turn it switches off. Give it something that stimulates as opposed to a "must learn" and you tend to pick it up, even if the motivation is lets say not exactly real.