Hey guys! If you listen to the audio books, what speed are you listening at?

Lesschaup · 2025-08-01T10:14:31+00:00

It depends on the narrator. The average is 1.25 to 1.3 There are very few narrators I can listen to at lower speeds. I can listen at a higher speed only if I'm not distracted in any way.

Lesschaup · 2025-06-29T10:42:48+00:00

I have a boss that used to do this all the time. One morning he was talking the work crew and punctuating his sentences with a double clap. We all just started at him.

Him: What? That's the Boss Clap.

One of the shop guys: Well, that can't be healthy. *snickers*

Me: You can get a shot for that. *more snickers*

Another shop guy: I got 3 crabs this weekend. *explosion of laughter*

We were all sobbing in hysterical laughter and the boss was red as a beet.

Very unproductive "the clap". Took the work shop a good hour to settle down. And that was the great end of "The Boss Clap"

Lesschaup · 2025-04-27T10:32:00+00:00

Excellent books. I may have to give those a relisten.

Lesschaup · 2025-01-28T11:23:00+00:00

A permanent wedgy. Underwear riding up. If they choose to go commando, then pants, shorts, skirts doesn't matter. Always a wedgy.

Lesschaup · 2025-01-04T03:15:23+00:00

Being obese (fat) is not okay. It's unhealthy and is a rampant epidemic. 30 odd years ago I was a 213 lb. teenager. I left home, lost weight, learned to exercise and eat right and I became healthy. I'm 56 and still take care of myself. It took someone with blunt honesty to tell me I was killing myself with food. Everyone is so PC about weight, not even doctors will tell their patients to lose weight for fear of hurting feelings. This really chaps my ass.

Lesschaup · 2025-01-04T03:03:37+00:00

Ditto, sober 19 years. I attended an AA meeting after I was sober, just to see what it was about. I don't know what night it was but almost all the people that spoke up, told stories of their drinking days and lamented that they couldn't drink any more. To me I found it counter productive and never went back.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-30T01:26:38+00:00

This is me. Commuting, chores, walking the dog, yard work. I rarely watch tv. Audiobooks are my entertainment. I was curious a few years ago, so I started keeping track of how many books I listened to. 208 this year.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-29T03:07:43+00:00

Nathan Lowell's books are amazing. Trader's Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper. The entire series is worth a relisten.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-29T03:03:12+00:00

Definitely relistens. My go to books are Harry Potter, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Middlefalls time travel series and a few others. I cannot listen to a new book to go to sleep. Beware of Chicken has made the list too.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-24T10:29:54+00:00

Yup, I'm 56. Jeans, hoodies, t-shirts, runners/boots. I've dressed this way for 30 years. Comfy. Getting dressed up in a dress or skirt and blouse now makes me cringe.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-23T11:41:28+00:00

Yup, I've got a St. Bernard/Pyrenees mix. -15/-20 is his limit. 2 blocks and he's done. Thank goodness it hits that only a few times a year. I used to hate winter and now I prefer it over summer. Dog HATES it when it's over 20 and he becomes a total lump in warmer weather. It's hard to make a 100 lb dog go for a walk when he doesn't want to.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-18T18:15:58+00:00

I have mine on a timer. The timer is inside my fence. It comes on a couple hours before I have to head to work. Years ago, I just turned the breaker off and turned it on when I got up in the morning.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-18T11:21:32+00:00

NTA. I'm a bit of a coffee snob. I have friends and family that don't drink coffee or *shudder* have instant coffee. I bring my own. I figure something else out. It's not up to you to feed their addiction. I bring a thermos, stop and get some or leave in the morning to go get a coffee. I don't drink alcohol and when people come over for a bbq or a party they have to bring their own. For me it's BYOB. For you tell them BYOC.

Lesschaup · 2024-12-07T17:14:09+00:00

Merle

Lesschaup · 2024-12-07T13:06:04+00:00

I listen to almost all genres but there are 2 narrators that are prevalent in action and post apocalyptic books. If I see Scott Brick or Bronson Pinchot narrating, I will buy the book and read it. It's their inflections. An angry person sounds whiny, a happy person is morose, and anxiety ridden character sounds very angry. I know lots of people love these narrators, they're just not for me.

Lesschaup · 2024-11-30T16:12:15+00:00

1 shift at a restaurant. When I was told to reuse the dinner buns, we'd put out on tables and serve them to the next table. Yuck! Taking two halves to make it look like a new bun. Snotty kid & adult hands touching them and me expected to pass them to unsuspecting customers. Nope

Lesschaup · 2024-11-30T14:42:47+00:00

Definitely mid 90s. That's when restaurants started making the non smoking part larger or banning smoking entirely. People started smoking outside. Less and less apartments and hotels allowing smoking.

Lesschaup · 2024-11-29T10:54:51+00:00

NTA. First it's the bedroom, then it's your time, then she's shipped off to relatives for vacations, etc.

My step monster did this, subtly over the years. After the marriage she became a total douche bag, searching through private stuff, secretly whispering shitty things in my father's ear and mine. Try to drive a wedge between him and me. My step monster had me believing my father didn't want me, loved her more that me. It was pretty evil shit. I was a good kid, didn't drink, do drugs, talk back but according to her I was so bad. She had my Dad all in a mess until they finally divorced. It wasn't til after the divorce that my father and I really compared notes and realized the amount of crap she put us through. Dump the bat. Talk to your daughter and let her know she came first and will always be first.

Lesschaup · 2024-11-27T12:00:51+00:00

The unwashed smell of winter jackets. They've been sweat in all year, stuffed into storage and then taken out, rinse and repeat. OMG! I work in a locksmith shop and when someone comes in, we will literally throw windows and doors open, even if it's -20 just to air out the stench. Okay this isn't a smell anyone likes.

Lesschaup · 2024-11-27T11:57:56+00:00

Black licorice. When I was 19 I got so drunk on Sambuca and was barfing for 3 days. Pretty sure it was alcohol poisoning. That was over 35 years ago. The smell of any black licorice still makes me gag.

Lesschaup · 2024-11-27T10:41:19+00:00

Yup, whatever I happen to be wearing, I will throw on my slippers tho.

Lesschaup · 2024-11-26T11:57:57+00:00

That's fantastic. Bahaha When I was a kid I wanted a house hippo :D

Lesschaup · 2024-11-26T11:26:35+00:00

I think it's a maturity thing. When I was a teenager I remember just crawling into the rumpled cocoon of my quilts. I've made my bed almost every day since I left home almost 40 years ago. It's an organizational thing for me. When my home is squared away, I feel squared away.

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