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| 8 FEB 2003 at 9:03am |
JoYSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 208
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I would probably read more....
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 9:09am |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Solving problems and anything that comes by
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 1:25pm |
judyannSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 319
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Do more of other things I like to do - read, crafts, garage sales. I think it would cost me more.
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 1:57pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Visit this board.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 5:11pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Elfstone (8 FEB 2003 1:57pm)
Visit this board.
True! And other stuffs like : study, read comics, watch movies, play non adventure games(sims, rpg's), sleep( I love dreaming. Used to have a book about my dreams)
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 5:14pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Listen to more music. Wait, I do that all the time anyway. :
Read - definitely read more. I have like 20 books waiting on me.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 6:22pm |
sennebecGuild Master
Posts : 3334
Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | read... read... read...
and then.... read some more....
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 7:46pm |
RpauPrivate Detective
Posts : 439
Joined: 15 NOV 2002
Status : Online | read also....
“even the lover of the myth is in a sense a lover of wisdom, for the myth is composed of wonders”
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 8:50pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Read and have two books sitting in front of me.
Movies and wandering. Going to parts of O.C. like old downtown areas and such.
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 9:00pm |
CarlaJourneyman
Posts : 836
Joined: 12 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I'd read more books...(and study, I have to study!!! , but adventure games are sooo addictive... :)
[b][center]Aut inveniam viam aut faciam[/b][/center]
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 9:38pm |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Read and read. Always listen to music anyway have a classical radio station going through the house in the background all day - leave it on for company for the cat!!
Used to go sailing but sold the boat. Oh well that's life.
Probably read more adventure forums instead of just this one too.
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 11:01pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
Posts : 2093
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | hmm.......is reading 'really' stimulating the brain mentally? You aren't really using your brain to figure out anything when you read.
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| 8 FEB 2003 at 11:09pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | I would read more, since I have about two or three shelves worth of books to catch up on! Also, I probably would do more puzzles, crosswords, maybe subscribe to a word puzzle magazine.
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| 9 FEB 2003 at 1:42am |
sennebecGuild Master
Posts : 3334
Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Belinda48 (8 FEB 2003 11:00pm)
hmm.......is reading 'really' stimulating the brain mentally? You aren't really using your brain to figure out anything when you read.
depends on the subject matter...
fiction... non-fiction...
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| 9 FEB 2003 at 1:53am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | well since i listen to music the whole time that i'm home, except from when i play games or watch movies, obviously i'd be listening to even more! then read more comic books, or watch more movies (which will take music back to the normal amount per day )... games from other genres and going out won't be affected
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 9 FEB 2003 at 3:43am |
BelindaSchattenjger
Posts : 2093
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Reading and music are more for relaxing your brain.
Myself, if I didn't have an adventure game to stimulate my brain, I would start doing a jigsaw puzzle, work in my puzzle books, play Scrabble or word games. And other things that would MENTALLY stimulate my brain, so it doesn't go 'stale'............
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| 9 FEB 2003 at 8:13am |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Jigsaws are great fun, don't really know if they are mentally stimulating - hadn't thought about that before. We had some real doozies but they were so large that even with a really large table they were hard to do.
Also because our large table is highly polished they rather messed it up. We had thought at one time of getting a huge board and putting it on top of the pool table (don't have one anymore), but of course like all good ideas it just didn't happen. Anyway my husband, son & wife and daughter & husband would have rather played snooker or pool, so I was sort of out voted there.
You are probably right about books, I read them for relaxation more than anything.
Playing the piano is my other thing I guess (badly I might add), again I'm not sure if its mentally stimulating or just a relaxation.
Actually trying to answer or write posts in this forum is quite mentally stimulating at times I'm sure for most people - me anyway!
Playing scrabble is really something you cannot do by yourself unfortunately, but its certainly stimulating for "the little grey cells". I had Lexicon on the computer and after reading Belinda's remarks about Scrabble, looked for it and its B**** well gone!!!
Well I'm going to have dinner, so I've gone too.
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| 9 FEB 2003 at 11:55pm |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I would probably have a cleaner house.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 12:01am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By narji (9 FEB 2003 8:13am)
Jigsaws are great fun, don't really know if they are mentally stimulating - hadn't thought about that before. We had some real doozies but they were so large that even with a really large table they were hard to do.
Also because our large table is highly polished they rather messed it up. .
Narji, I do enjoy jigsaw puzzles to, but they are such a pain, they take up so much space, Im trying to remember where I saw this pad that you can do puzzles on and then when your finished for the time being you can just roll it up and all the pieces stay in place, when you ready to work on it some more, you just
roll it out. I was just looking at some puzzles today at the store and could kick myself for not buying that "pad" when I saw it, been having the itch to work on one.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 1:00am |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | I know the sort of pad you mean Gamer, haven't seen them in the shops, but had some "junk mail" some months ago that advertised one. Like you I wish I'd bought it at the time, now don't know who the supplier was.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 11:49am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I beleive thats where I've seen them, in one of those 'Junk magazines" Ill have to keep an eye out.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 12:19pm |
| Deleted User | Being a programmer, my work involves a lot of abstract thinking, concentration and problem-solving (I create some of the problems myself... ). I'm sure there are many other lines of work that present such challenges.
I read a lot of mysteries and other literature with surprise endings, and I always try to figure out the solution before it's revealed. (I usually get it right, too! ) So it's possible to exercise your brain with fiction books.
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| 10 FEB 2003 at 11:43pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
Posts : 2093
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Gamer.......you can order those pads and lots of puzzles at this site, or request their free catalog. I've ordered from them, and they are great. Been getting their catalogs for a long time now.
www.bitsandpieces.com
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