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thistlechaserThe Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition by Quark (with help from Ira Steven Behr).
If I had paid for this book, I would feel cheated. (Ironic, huh?) I thought this would be a fun, lighthearted read -- something I was looking forward to after the last couple books I slogged through. Turned out it was a 96 page book, 90 of them containing one sentence each.
Each of the rules had a page. The page contained the rule and nothing else. I had expected a write-up about each one, an example of when it might have been used, some character's opinion on it, something.
It takes someballs lobes to put out a full-priced book with so few words in it.
I've never tried to get my money back for a book*, but if I had paid for this one, it would have been the first.
* Once I ordered two copies of the same ebook by double-clicking by mistake. Amazon refunded me for one. I don't count that as really returning a book.
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By chance I'm watching Lost. Something I was watching ended, and the first ep of the first season came on, and it hooked me. They're only showing three eps today, but I really should rewatch/watch the series. (I stopped a few seasons before it ended and never went back to it.) I had forgotten how good the early seasons were. I've forgotten so much, too! It would be like new to me.
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Swimming: It's going to be a long, cold winter. I went to the Y to sign up to use their pool, only to find it's an outdoor pool. Eek. I swam today (high of 72), and I didn't make it the whole hour because I got cold. Part of the problem is I have to go underwater to get to a free lane, so my hair gets wet and that makes me colder. (Wonder if a hair cap thingie would keep me warmer? I bet it would help keep the heat in...)
They gave me a free three-day pass to try things out, and once that ends I'll buy membership. The charges aren't too bad, other than the extra fees they tack on. $45 fee to buy membership (which costs $55/month), that's a one-time fee... if you never let your membership run out. Want to buy visits day by day? Then there's a $55 charge per year for the right to do that.
The Y is a lot nicer than I thought it would be. My image of it is dated by decades: A flophouse for homeless men. It's so different they really should rename it. ("Flophouse" sounds insulting, doesn't it? I wonder if it's non-PC? Maybe it would be if it were a more common word? Anyway, I mean a very cheap place to stay that isn't a shelter.)
If I had paid for this book, I would feel cheated. (Ironic, huh?) I thought this would be a fun, lighthearted read -- something I was looking forward to after the last couple books I slogged through. Turned out it was a 96 page book, 90 of them containing one sentence each.
Each of the rules had a page. The page contained the rule and nothing else. I had expected a write-up about each one, an example of when it might have been used, some character's opinion on it, something.
It takes some
I've never tried to get my money back for a book*, but if I had paid for this one, it would have been the first.
* Once I ordered two copies of the same ebook by double-clicking by mistake. Amazon refunded me for one. I don't count that as really returning a book.
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By chance I'm watching Lost. Something I was watching ended, and the first ep of the first season came on, and it hooked me. They're only showing three eps today, but I really should rewatch/watch the series. (I stopped a few seasons before it ended and never went back to it.) I had forgotten how good the early seasons were. I've forgotten so much, too! It would be like new to me.
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Swimming: It's going to be a long, cold winter. I went to the Y to sign up to use their pool, only to find it's an outdoor pool. Eek. I swam today (high of 72), and I didn't make it the whole hour because I got cold. Part of the problem is I have to go underwater to get to a free lane, so my hair gets wet and that makes me colder. (Wonder if a hair cap thingie would keep me warmer? I bet it would help keep the heat in...)
They gave me a free three-day pass to try things out, and once that ends I'll buy membership. The charges aren't too bad, other than the extra fees they tack on. $45 fee to buy membership (which costs $55/month), that's a one-time fee... if you never let your membership run out. Want to buy visits day by day? Then there's a $55 charge per year for the right to do that.
The Y is a lot nicer than I thought it would be. My image of it is dated by decades: A flophouse for homeless men. It's so different they really should rename it. ("Flophouse" sounds insulting, doesn't it? I wonder if it's non-PC? Maybe it would be if it were a more common word? Anyway, I mean a very cheap place to stay that isn't a shelter.)
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Date: 2013-09-30 03:49 pm (UTC)If the Y is like the other outdoor pools in the area, it'll be heated in winter. It's almost painful to have to go to the pool some days (mornings), but once you're in and start swimming, it's fine.
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Date: 2013-09-30 04:33 pm (UTC)Luckily the locker room is only a few steps from the pool, so assuming I don't stand on the edge and dither, it shouldn't be too bad.