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brianr:
I have never read 'Gone With the Wind" but have watched the movie several times. I have the DVD. I remember the first time was when I was a university student and it was a Friday afternoon movie at the university theatre so must have been 1963-64
I have read Wuthering Heights many times, may have seen one of the movies (haven't there been several?)
I have a very good friend, Trudy. She was my assistant in the library from 1995 to 2002 and we have remained friends. I always take her out to lunch when I go back to Sydney. Like many women of that time, she had a basic education, left school, married and brought up children then went back to school and to college to become a library technician because she loved reading. She had never read WH and came to me after reading it and said something like "I was told it is the greatest love story ever written but it is a miserable story" I had to laugh, I do love it myself. Perhaps I am attracted to sad love stories which is why I am here. Actually Trudy is the only person to whom I have ever lent my DVD of BBM. Cannot remember her comment now.
Front-Ranger:
I don't believe I've ever read Wuthering Heights, the various movie installments having put me off to the story. Someone at The Guardian feels similarly:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/21/emily-bronte-strange-cult-wuthering-heights-romantic-novel
I like Tom Hardy in the PBS version best.
CellarDweller:
Hello everyone!
Just checking in to make sure everyone is ok!
Isolating and social distancing seems to be working for me. I've managed to stay healthy and safe, as have my parents. We all have masks that my brother Chris was able to secure for us, so I have one to wear when I go outside, which is very rarely.
I've made the occasional run to the grocery store, and each time I've pretty much found everything I need, so I'm not going without, so I consider myself lucky.
Even working from home seems to be a benefit. When I work at the office, I have to leave my apartment by 7:15, to be there by 8:00. I leave at 4:30 and get to Verona by 5:00 to meet my friend Tina to walk around the park for some exercise. Bed by 10:00. However, I now get up at 7:45 to sign on by 8:00. I stay up until midnight. During the day I take two exercise breaks by using the Leslie Sansone Walk from Home video series. I'm currently up to the 3 Mile Walk version, which takes 45 minutes.
With schedule, I'm working out more than I did before the virus, which is good.
serious crayons:
How do you walk to a video? Just pace back and forth in the room?
You and Tina could still walk around the park staying 6 feet apart, right? Or is your park too crowded?
There's a lake a few blocks away I could walk around, but I think too many other people would be doing the same.
Ellemeno said on Facebook that she and her husband go out for drives, and when they get anywhere they think someone might have walked or biked, they close the windows. I'm not being that cautious, but then I don't live in Seattle.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 11, 2020, 01:28:02 pm ---You and Tina could still walk around the park staying 6 feet apart, right? Or is your park too crowded?
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I haven't been walking with Tina in a while, she's been in quarantine. Her husband had caught the virus, and since she had been exposed, we stopped meeting. As of now, he has recovered, and she either managed to not get it, or she got it and was asymptomatic.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 11, 2020, 01:28:02 pm ---There's a lake a few blocks away I could walk around, but I think too many other people would be doing the same.
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That's another reason to avoid the park where Tina and I meet. I get that it's outdoors, but the park can get pretty busy, and it just doesn't seem to make sense to stay away from everyone during work hours, and then after work go to the park and get exposed.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 11, 2020, 01:28:02 pm ---Ellemeno said on Facebook that she and her husband go out for drives, and when they get anywhere they think someone might have walked or biked, they close the windows. I'm not being that cautious, but then I don't live in Seattle.
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I'm thinking I may go for a ride tomorrow, after I leave mom and dad's place. Nowhere special, just out for a little spin.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 11, 2020, 01:28:02 pm ---How do you walk to a video? Just pace back and forth in the room?
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The workout series I'm using is called "Walk Away The Pounds" by Leslie Sansone. She has 4 basic moves that you follow along with. Walking in place, kicks, knee lifts, and side steps. She rotates through those four moves, in tandem with using hand weights, at different tempos. Between the arm movements and the leg movements, in under 15 minutes, you've burned the calories you would for a 15 minute walk.
She has workouts that range from 1 mile to 5 miles (time is 15 minutes to 75 minutes).
I've been doing the 3 mile walk, twice a day for the past few days. Here is a link to that video. You don't need to watch the whole 45 minutes, but if you give it a minute or two, you'll get the idea.
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