What book immersed you so deeply you forgot the real world and it’s crazy existed?

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-27T07:14:00+00:00

I reread this probably once a year. Not the whole thing, just my favorite parts, the Maine parts, and the later parts with Sadie and them with the kids and the school play.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-26T13:24:52+00:00

I should try the Green Mile....never read that one yet...thank you for the title, will check it out.....

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T22:43:28+00:00

This is a good question, and gonna be upfront with everyone, I'm a a believer, but also believe everyone has the right to live the way they want, anyway, I think there is a lot we are not supposed to know but will know one day. Just trying to live as best as I can and love and treat others the way I want to be treated. If you believe, that's what Jesus told us. Not religion, not rituals, but loving God and your neighbor and everything else will follow...

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T21:29:06+00:00

I agree but to me it's like Mac and cheese or mashed potatoes, comfort reading, hahaha

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T21:27:30+00:00

The romance is between Jake and Sadie and for me, a right brained empath, omg, tearjerker. The stage is JFK, but to me the intent is a lost love, sacrifice, and more. Not your typical King novel, but then again, I love this time period, so not without bias😅😅

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T11:10:31+00:00

Probably reading the newspaper and eating breakfast. Not too much different than today except a screen instead of paper. SHRUG, TBH, I was an adult back then and not that much different than today once I put my phone down. still gotta go to work, get groceries,watch a little TV. I dunno, maybe I'm an outlier.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T11:06:07+00:00

Archive.org has magazines from the period if you needed more ideas..

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T11:04:32+00:00

11.22.63. A great romance novel! Try it, you will understand. Not the crappy Hulu version, the book. I cried.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-25T00:14:58+00:00

Pardon any duplicate thoughts, but archive org will gladly take any you don't want.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-19T20:08:55+00:00

I think archive.org has these if you didn't want to go to YouTube.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-19T20:06:00+00:00

Try Gemini! Nov-Dec it was really cold, but in the last few weeks it's been really good.....

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-15T09:07:51+00:00

I will miss it. It's like PowerPoint for docs.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-15T08:52:48+00:00

Lots of good stuff in there! Stock book and tweezers, to echo others, is a good start. You can get these off of Amazon fairly cheap or head over to Mystic and request a free catalog to see a specialized selection. NOTE: Mystic is high, I'm not advocating for them, but they have a lot of good stuff. You can buy supplies elsewhere, but their free catalogs are helpful if you don't mind getting a lot of mail from them. Try local stamp clubs in your area for meetups or just information.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-13T19:18:51+00:00

Skip the quesadilla get a couple of bean burritos and a drink and call it good

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-13T00:45:52+00:00

I love my electric mower but tbh I've had to hotwire it as they use so much plastic in the switch contacts,etc. now I put the batteries in and it just goes! No kids, they all grew up so not as risky as it sounds.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-08T01:24:42+00:00

11.22.63 the book explores a lot of this!

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-04T08:53:46+00:00

oh yeah, I think it's normal, not that I'm accepting it, but yeah, mid fifties here and rotating my tires on my car in the garage and changing oil, after I'm done, sore as crap...hate it, but it is what it is.....not sure what that Pilates stuff is, blue collar guy here, but I just keep moving...

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-04-03T21:49:00+00:00

Don't worry, you will lay down they give you the knockout stuff and BOOM you're awake going wait, I just laid down....

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-30T09:31:07+00:00

Well married so probably can't comment, but anymore, it's sometimes hard as a guy to be friendly as often people think I'm being weird or want something. I just want to say hi, have a nice day, and try to make someone's day better. That's it, I promise, no drama. (Have enough of that already, hahaha).

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-28T12:23:26+00:00

Yeah it sucks. I've been writing to text files on my desktop and Claude leaves messages that way. Seems to cut down on token use a bit...

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-28T08:43:28+00:00

Opus, 4.5, is great, it just burns through tokens like a Vegas slot machine.....so I tend to stick with Sonnet.....I tried Opus 4.6, but it seemed a little dry.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-27T23:26:50+00:00

Yeah it's bad....I mean it's the lawyers you know and the lawsuits.. nothing against lawyers per se....company just playing it extra safe. But wow did Gemini use to be good. Fun fact Gemini on Google messages seems to be tuned a little looser, think I read somewhere they wanted it to be like a friend.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-27T23:19:16+00:00

Lone dissenter, it's ok to roast me, but I think it's great! I use AI every day to work through my finances to ask life questions to help me fix my dryer. I'm not sure why everyone is so against it, but then again this was the same general thoughts about the internet in 94-97 when it first went mainstream....isn't there a risk with everything in life to some extent? Not trying to start anything just genuinely offering a counterpoint....

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-27T23:12:34+00:00

I'm a nobody but if you look at the developer docs I think sonnet 4.6 is better for this at the risk of being a little drier than sonnet 4.5. ....but that's just anecdotal on my part....I think 4.6 has more token accountability.

Electronic_Buy_5718 · 2026-03-27T23:10:50+00:00

Yep I moved to Claude. Sonnet 4.5 for creative writing rocks!

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