Totally ashamed... No excuses... BUT...

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Sept 22, 2013 20:08:54 GMT Raffles said:

I'm going to watch the new series of Downton Abbey tonight. Never bothered with the previous series until I watched it on ITV3 recently, and got hooked. I am so, so ashamed.... but sod it, who cares.

I'm a fan, of sorts. Have been since series one.
I'm a sucker for all sorts of costume drama, largely out of historical interest - I watch these things with a highly critical eye, seeing what liberties have been taken with the times or technology and pouncing gleefully on trivial mistakes that I can parade in front of other sad geeks enthusiastic viewers.

[Karma]

Sept 22, 2013 20:27:54 GMT Raffles said:

Sept 22, 2013 20:23:20 GMT sammy13 said:

Tv - no never- it is rubbish to corrupt your brain,
read an intellectual book

Sammy, I used to love reading, but my eyesight has gone along with my age, and it hurts now to read more than a page or two. I did used to love it, and miss it.

Have you tried an E reader Raffles?  you can make the print really huge  

[Raffles]

Sept 24, 2013 16:23:25 GMT Karma said:

Sept 22, 2013 20:27:54 GMT Raffles said:

Sammy, I used to love reading, but my eyesight has gone along with my age, and it hurts now to read more than a page or two. I did used to love it, and miss it.

Have you tried an E reader Raffles?  you can make the print really huge 

Thanks for the suggestion Karma... I've used my sons' iPads... but, call me old fashioned, I still prefer the feel of a 'real' book where you physically turn the pages, and can see how far you've got just by looking at the still pristine pages left.

ETA: Just going back to Downton... I fell asleep within half an hour, so haven't a clue what happened.

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Honestly Raffles I ummed and ahhed and about getting an e-book. I originally got a basic Kobo and found that I loved it but it didn't last a year

I now have the basic Kindle, bought it with a dissie code that a kind member here PM'd me with, she also gave me the link to sign up for the free books. I no longer need the light on to read read in bed as I bought this from FT, so hubby is happy

www.fasttech.com/product/1383700

I've gone digital with my smokes AND my reading