Re: Jimmy's stories in JAFF
Some authors prefer to have no listings in the JAFF Index. Thus, their names do not come up in the searches.
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I've had my iPad Air for all of a week and I am by no means an expert (and most of them I just transfered over from my iPodTouch).One that is new to me though that I'm really enjoying is Sketchbook...
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Though my son liked that when he was 6.The younger one liked yahtzee, notepad, Cars colouring pages, bubble shooter, Miffy. I also had some educational apps on it.I have an android device and I...
View ArticleSubsequent Connections question
I know that we have canvassed the topic before- Subsequent Connections isn't complete and most likely won't be anytime soon, correct? (I keep hoping I will be surprised and will be told it is...
View ArticleSmelling salts
I know that some forms of restoratives were used in the time of Jane Austen, but were they called smelling salts? Was it the same thing as lavender water--that is to say, would a lady have in her home...
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Not sure about the lavender water, but hartshorn was supposedly used for fainting, because it had a strong, pungent odour.This is from The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts and...
View ArticleRe: Smelling salts
I can tell you from experience that smelling salts are absolutely NOTHING like lavender water.
View ArticleiPad air for reading?
I'm sorry for jumping in, but I'm considering buying an iPad air- is it comfortable to read with it (using the Kindle app)?I know it's probably not as good for reading as an e-ink kindle, but I'd...
View ArticleRe: Subsequent Connections question
There is another version on another site (I think it was the author's site). You should be able to find it by googling "Subsequent Connections." Although the basic premise is the same, the plot is...
View ArticleRe: Jimmy's stories in JAFF
Thanks to all of you!Victoria, though I respect this author' s wish for privacy, I'm really sorry she is not listed in Jaff...Lise and Susan, thanks for your input, I'm off to read the story you linked:)
View ArticleRe: Smelling salts
Thank you! I was aware that some kind of salts of ammonia were used, just wasn't sure if they were called "smelling salts." I'm trying not to be anachronistic here but it isn't always easy.
View ArticleRe: Subsequent Connections question
Elizabeth, the author, wasn't satisfied with this Subsequent Connections, so the version posted at DWG will never be completed. (Not a bad stopping place though).I'm not optimistic about the newer...
View ArticleRe: Smelling salts
Lavender water was used to make your clothes (and yourself) smell fresh. Smelling salts are a type of ammonia, used to wake you up if you've fainted (probably because your corset was too tight).TC
View ArticleRe: iPad air for reading?
I have an iPad 2 and I read on it all the time. I usually use iBooks and Overdrive, but that's just because I don't have a kindle account. The iPad air is probably much lighter which would be nice. My...
View ArticleRe: IPad apps?
I can't say that this is in any way useful, but I'm totally addicted to playing HayDay on my iPhone. It's a free farm game, very nicely drawn and set and with lots of possibilities, and I may or may...
View ArticleRe: Smelling salts
Ah, I see. I thought I had seen somewhere that lavender water could also be a restorative, and I must have gotten them mixed up. Lavender is certainly an astringent smell, though much pleasanter than...
View ArticleSubsequent Connections resolution
You can always do what I did - take the different versions of the text and write an ending to it (although in mine Elizabeth married somebody else, because the merged-SC character of Darcy was just...
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