Fun Stuff Around the House

[a_contemplative_life]

There is a radio show that I listen to once in a while that deals with words (English).

They get into where words come from and other like:

http://www.waywordradio.org/

Thank you for this link. I got ahold of their podcast and listened to a show on the way home from work. It was just the sort of thing I like!

[bore]

I should probably buy one of those.

Why?

[DMt.]

There is a radio show that I listen to once in a while that deals with words (English).

They get into where words come from and other like:

http://www.waywordradio.org/

Thank you for this link. I got ahold of their podcast and listened to a show on the way home from work. It was just the sort of thing I like!

Despite my barbarian attitude to aesthetics I love etymology too, especially those huge musty Victorian etymological dictionaries with the little tiny line drawings.

[DMt.]

I should probably buy one of those.

Why?

To torture himself?

[a_contemplative_life]

I should probably buy one of those.

Why?

To torture himself?

To clutter up my basement!

[Struan]

Is that motorcycle toy like a slot car set?

No, they're just plastic - not electrically powered, if that's what you mean. It's just a boardgame with nice bits, and the lines on the tracks are drawn. You move the bikes (the game comes with six of them) according to a set of rules by throwing dice. The rules are very simple and include provisions for negotiating corners, handle bike contact, slipstreaming, etc.

I do wish my old Scalextric set was still around.

[a_contemplative_life]

We have an SCX 1:32 Formula I set similar to this one. It's a lot of fun. I've never invested in track pieces beyond the basic set, though.

[a_contemplative_life]

Another fun thing around here is my really old iMac, that I keep only to play two games: Combat Mission and Descent II.

[a_contemplative_life]

Just finished a jigsaw puzzle. I didn't do it the way I usually do (1 figure at at time), but instead just picked up pieces at random, figured out roughly where they went by looking at the edge pieces, and put them into place. It took us about a week.

The boys (who helped at the beginning and the end only) thought the fun was enhanced by listening to the "I love kitties" song on You Tube while we worked.

[Lacenaire]

I think this is the most “fun” thing we have in our house:



It used to occupy an entire room in our flat in Japan (which we sold a few years ago). But about 8 years ago it embarked on a long journey to another continent and ended up in a house where it actually looks quite small. It sounds much better there.
(We also have an old German upright piano in an upstairs bedroom).

To describe the problems we had with bringing this thing from Japan to Poland (it was before Poland entered the EU) would take a long story with several unexpected twists (but there is not enough room here to include it ).