discussion Lockdown blues?

[stona]

I have background music on for a lot of the day, courtesy of Spotify, or my own mix selection - I've discovered all sorts of new music, some good, some appalling! New Age takes my fancy at the moment.............................
Dave

I like a bit of music while I'm making a model. Thankfully the 'posh' stereo carries through to where I work. Today I've been having a funk day, building the Mustang's undercarriage, propeller assembly and other dangly bits to Betty Davis (she was briefly Miles Davis's wife and retained her married name) and then George Clinton. It certainly gets you going!

I do like reading, but enjoy a real paper and print book, though I do own a kindle for travelling. I've just finished 'Stapme', a biography of Squadron Leader Basil Gerald Stapleton, one of whose Spitfire's is my intended victim in the upcoming BoB group build.

 

[Dave Ward]

The keyboard was for web-browsing / annotating , when touchscreens were very expensive.
Some versions also had audio output connectors for headphones, allowing audio books to play from them too.

Yep, that's my version, although I used it as a mp3 player, I found that the music ran the battery down really quickly (as did the wi-fi ), so I never used it after the first month or so
Dave

 

[BarryW]

Oddly enough the wife and I have just treated ourselves to a Kindle each. She reads a lot and knows what she likes. Me, I'm a bit of a Philistine and don't read as much as I should/would like to. This thread has given me a lot of ideas - authors/books to try :thumb2:
Thanks. Grateful for all the suggestions.
Jim

Dave - the direction of the thread has changed a bit but still very valid :smiling: Glad to see you're back at the bench.

Kindles are great. They really come into their own on holiday and right now in lockdown. I have had a Kindle since the clunky first one they brought out also he he app on my iPhone and iPad.