AAR

[Kass]

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
--Well, I think so, Romance Brain, but how do we get the virgin midget into the rich tycoon's office in the first place?
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[chiricahuagal]

I think "ponder" has a little bit more... nuanced meaning? than "thinking" - I mean, I think all the time. I'm hungry. I need a glass of water. I need to go pick up the mail - I think those things inside my head as my body or brain reminds me to do so.

"hmmmmm...." (wondering why so many people thought this was good and I thought it was crap and what I missed that they saw...) "hmmmmm...." (that's me pondering this issue) Maybe it's a more active and involved verb than "think"
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[Gail K.]

[Tee]

[Gail K.]

Tee, there's a diff between thoughtful discussion and an insistence on having the last word, like a pitbull (lipsticked?) with a bone.

[Tee]

[Amanda]

I know very few people who will admit to reading romance novels and I find that I'm very frustrated trying to have an intelligent conversation about the book I just read with the few people who do. These forums give us an oportunity to discuss plot devises, characterizations, motivations and the feelings they generate within us. As a result, I think people get so passionate about their experiences with this type of book that they may be a bit over zealous. I think we just get so excited to talk about a part of our lives we go a bit crazy and may come across as 'bothered' during discussions. Really, it's a lot to ponder.

[Linda in sw va]

[Schola]

[Tee]

[Gail K.]

Schola, there's also a diff between continuing a conversation for the sake of offering variant opinions and continuing a conversation for the sake of continuing, once the main opinions from all sides have already been expressed. But, carry on...I'm going to amuse myself on other threads

This is what I don't get about the Wild Wild West board, either. Clearly we all come in with strong stances...Very few minds will be changed. Oh well, I guess the human race is just programmed to be argumentative...especially those attracted to internet boards

[Schola]

I'm not sure what you mean, Gail. I mean, if we all gave our varying opinions and left it at that, it wouldn't seem like a conversation to me. It would be more like a survey: say your piece and leave it at that. I like the give and take of saying what we think of others' opinions--even if it sometimes seems like an argument.

I see a lot of threads die a natural death when I feel that there is a lot more to be said--and not just by locquacious me, I might add!
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[Gail K.]

I guess I have a lower tolerance than most, Schola, for repetition of ideas...not to mention a shorter attention span! This is sorta what I meant when I said I wanted "new blood" to chime in on these boards. To keep things fresh. I get bored when it's the same regulars chiming in with the same "type" of opinions, which, honestly, I can predict after a while. Anyway, sorry if my explanation offends but that's just how I feel.

[dick]

to gailk: I sense that some of the opinions expressed, or perhaps the perseverance of some posters has made you angry. If I was one of those, I regret that my doing so led to your anger. Still, don't you think that even re-iterated opinions often expose something more to discuss? I will admit to becoming attached to my own thoughts, as others do also. Don't you do that as well? I have no quarrel with those who like a book I don't like, but I'm always willing to discuss the elements of the book which led to my dislike of it and willing to read yours.

Isn't that what the directions at the beginning of the boards ask us to do?

[Gail K.]