Blather, Waffle and Poppycock!

[fsn]

The original book ofThe Expanse on audiobook.

[Heedless Horseman]

Enjoyed The Expanse 1-3 so far, but will wait until latest may come out as R2 DVD... and favourite character killed off.
The cancellation of Dark Matter... leaving it on massive cliffhanger was annoying. Surely just one extended episode ... as wrapped up Firefly with Serenity movie?
Never really got into Trek franchiise afret original series and got bored with Star Wars after first 2.

[Raider4]

"Leviathan Awakes. Book one of the . . ."

Hmm, doesn't get the title of the book right.

[fsn]

That Sir, is a fine piece of nit-picking.

I applaud you, and trust that this small (albeit repeated) error, will not ruin your enjoyment of the presentation.


As compensation, I can offer "Round the World in 80 days", "Lice in Wonderland", "'Merican Gods" or,  of course, "Nimal Farm"?

[Raider4]

That Sir, is a fine piece of nit-picking.

Not nit-picking. If I listen to an audiobook, I expect the speaker to accurately convert the written word to spoken.

I presume The Audiobook Guy is "just" an enthusiastic amateur (and that's not meant as any kind of insult) rather than a professional voice actor?

Good luck to him, honestly.

[fsn]

I apologise for bringing this dross to your attention and hope you won't lower yourself to access it. 

The reader, Jefferson Mays is in fact an award winning actor. Recently he has concentrated on stage work, but he has appeared in a number of films an TV series. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Mays

[Raider4]

I apologise for bringing this dross to your attention and hope you won't lower yourself to access it. 

I hate this place sometimes, far too full of snide and snark.

[Matt J]

As an infrequent poster (but long time member/reader), the preponderance of angry old men can be a tad off putting at times 

There is alot of reading certain posts as a grevious insult to be attacked in retribution when it is just someone's opinion/critique.

Wish everyone would just pack that in.

[fsn]

I hate this place sometimes, far too full of snide and snark.

From the person who dismisses 16 hours of entertainment for a letter "a"

There is alot of reading certain posts as a grevious insult to be attacked in retribution when it is just someone's opinion/critique.

I apologise. I usually post in good humour, but sometimes a well meant post is responded to with snide and snark which I find difficult not to respond to.

I withdraw from this element of the thread, disappointed that a link to an audiobook has resulted in such bad humour. 

[Matt J]

Great, now I feel bad (I have a tendency to be hyperbolic).
 

This is why I avoid posting..

[fsn]

Not at all. You are quite correct and it's time we moved on to something more interesting.

Perhaps you can help me with a dilemma?

I'm trying to track how much I spend on this great wargaming hobby. Anything spent with, for example, Pendraken for figures, paints, terrain are obvious costs.

I bought a book of wargames scenarios and that too is an obvious wargaming cost, as is the books that I bought to support my Napoleonic Ottoman project.

What then of books that are of military history? A book about the doings of said Ottoman army for example?

Going further afield, I bought a book about Renaissance warfare, a period for which I will never field an army. Is that a wargames cost?

What about buying a fiction book in the same vein? A DVD of "The Longest Day"?

Where does one draw the line?   

[flamingpig0]

Great, now I feel bad (I have a tendency to be hyperbolic).
 

This is why I avoid posting..

Don't worry, he will be back

[d_Guy]

'Where does one draw the line?'

Indeed. One needs to also consider the cost of time spent (using what ever arcane formula strikes your fancy) on the hobby. As a pensioner I charge myself £1.00 per hour for simplicity of calculation So:
Time I spent on this forum tonight reading and replying to posts = 33p (always round up)
Time on the porcelain throne thinking about what a push-of-pikes looked like ( my obsessive specialty) = 14p
And so on.

You would then need, of course, to add in updating your timesheet.

[fsn]

What shocked me is that I assign a value x for a standard monthly Pendraken order.

I realise I am weak and so assume my standard monthly order will actually be 2x.

Then there are those impulse buys which means I am prepared to spend 4x monthly.

In January I spent 7.1x and in February 7.2x. So far in March I'm on 2.7x but also impulse bought a book which is military history (for 0.7x), but not one I game, so I'm dithering about counting that.   

Then a bulb in one of my painting lamps blew ... 

[DecemDave]

How about getting another credit card and using it (and only it) just for wargaming purchases?  For your definition problem, I would personally include everything military or history.  Which just leaves the odd situation to classify like the hotdog and coffee you bought at the wargames show. 

But is it really worth knowing? Its a hobby (unless you really want to classify it as two or more linked hobbies).
 
Assuming you have first taken care of the much more expensive hobbies like housing, eating, women, children etc. 
Spend spend spend if it brings enjoyment. A natural brake occurs when you survey piles of books and figures you will never have time to read or paint. I approach that point rapidly !!!