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    Been reading a lot lately, got a position at work that sometimes is slow enough that I can read 120-180 pages a day and since I read old pulp paperbacks that's sometimes close to an entire book in one day on the job.

    Currently reading :
    Dubliners by James Joyce
    All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven
    I Flew for the Fuhrer by Heinz Knoke
    Octopussy by Ian Fleming

    Finished Recently :
    The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
    Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
    Assignment Tokyo by Edward S. Aarons
    Son of Man by Robert Silverberg
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
    Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart
    Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Iron Horse Gunsmoke by Donald Bayne Hobart
    Manshape by John Brunner
    Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
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      Editing … I read every day and have done since I was around 5. I must have 2000 books on my kindle ready and waiting, I buy entire series that are on sale for 99p when I see them, and I get a lot of free books from Facebook ads, like the entry to a series so they think you'll buy the rest, but I rarely do.
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      Editing … I wish I could read as much. I like reading but for some reason I never read as much as I'd like to. I should plan it out more maybe.
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      Editing … I've been an on and off reader over the years. But lately been building a library of paperbacks via secondhand shops. Anything that catches my eye or I've vaguely heard of and I'll pick it up. I can't do the e-reader thing. Too many options I end up in paralysis and I think I like the physical representation of progression. I'm constantly checking to see how far along I am and I have separate shelves for finished titles. I get satisfaction out of being able to look at a shelf and see what I've completed.
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      Editing … I used to have physical books, I donated a car full to a charity once.
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      Editing … I feel like a big hurdle for me with reading was the commitment. And a way around that has been buying really cheap thrift store books. That way if I start reading something and don't like it after a chapter or two I'll ditch it for something else. And also doing very little research on my purchases, picking things up by cover or title alone. And then I don't know about where you are but around me have little community bookshelves made out of old newspaper stands or whatever in town. Where you can drop a book or pick one up for free so after I get a couple rejects I wasn't into I'll go drop them in the mini library for someone else to enjoy.
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      Editing … sounds like a good approach. It's kinda what I do with games now. Not the no research part but the "I'll just get rid of it because it was cheap and I don't like it enough to spend my time on" Also with thrift store stuff. If I see something interesting for cheap I take it home and if I don't like it after a while I just bring it back to the thrift store and I feel no guilt at all. It's like trying out something before you fully commit to owning it.
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      Editing … Why anybody buys anything new is beyond me. Especially stuff like furniture. Not to get grim but there's people dying every day with houses full of furniture that just goes to landfills.
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      Editing … I ain't sleeping in a haunted bed
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      Editing … mattresses may be different (I'd still sleep on a clean used mattress though) but yes furniture is SO expensive if you want good furniture. But rich people just get rid of their nice stuff if they are tired of the look. I got a humongous L couch for free and a free tv and table. All are in great condition. I bet you could furnish your entire house for free with really nice stuff if you have a little patience. Most of the stuff I got 2nd hand is of much higher quality then I could afford new. Then I think I'd be limited to ikea furniture.... And I know I hate their couches.
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      Editing … Yea, I'm mostly talking non-porous furniture made of wood, metal, plastic, or glass. Couches are alright with a little TLC. When I was in Denver there was a place you could take an old mattress and they actually disassembled them for recycling and was a profitable business. Thought that was wild.
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      Editing … I buy new because it's nice to be able to. I've not always had money, I've lived in my damn car. I rebel against that shit life I had(all my own doing tbf) and always want the best I can afford.
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      Editing … I mean I agree for technical items. But like for instance a bowl. There's probably billions of them in the world... Why buy a new bowl? It's just a waste all around if you buy a new one. But for like a good pair of boots I'll shell out the money.
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      Editing … I can't argue against bowls. My mrs mentioned this literally 30 minutes ago! I still use the bowl I stole from my grandma, and by the looks of it she had it since the 1950s at least. But it's perfect, the edges bend out so you can make a good pie. And growing up my mother had this mixing bowl. It was just a big bowl with a handle. Being a lazy teen I just threw all food into it no matter what it was and carried it up to my room with said handle cavemanesque. When I left home I took it with me. It broke about 3 years ago, I was about 40 years old. I was properly heartbroken, maybe even more so than when I lost my cat Dave, it was so much a part of my life. When we heard a ferry sank in the sea in the 80's and we thought my dad might be on it I was eating out that bowl. The first meal I ate living on my own was out of that bowl, I can even remember it was a microwave chicken korma from Tesco my very first meal in my flat. And I had it all the way through the birth of my eldest daughter, it travelled with me through everything, even being homeless for a short while in my car. I have a picture of the day it died, it cracked at the bottom. It's saved in my photos somewhere. I could find it if you want to see the day my heart was broken forever.
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      Editing … I do see bowls everywhere indeed. That and glassware. Don't ever buy a vase These are enough of them to build a glass castle out of. Nice fancy ones too. Condolences on your bowl by the way. That must have been very difficult for you. A true companion bowl gone. I still remember when my favorite printed glass broke. I also have a picture of it.
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      Editing … I'm all upset now thinking of my lost bowl. The pain never truly goes away.
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      Editing … I have a spoon I stole from the first house I rented a room in like 8 years ago. Still use it daily. I even bring it into the woods when I go canoe tripping. Perfect weight, size and feel.
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      Editing … That's so wholesome. :-)
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