Booking Through Thursday

A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading.

Manual Labor Redux May 15, 2008

Filed under: Wordpress — --Deb @ 1:39 am

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Following up last week’s question about reading writing/grammar guides, this week, we’re expanding the question….

Scenario: You’ve just bought some complicated gadget home . . . do you read the accompanying documentation? Or not?

Do you ever read manuals?

How-to books?

Self-help guides?

Anything at all?


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

 

And also–don’t forget, folks–sometimes WordPress’s spam filter seems to decide that a lot of perfectly valid answers are spam. I periodically check throughout the day for lost comments. But, PLEASE–if your comment doesn’t show, don’t post it four more times in the hopes that one of them will go through. I get very, very tired trying to sort out the duplicates.

 

86 Responses to “Manual Labor Redux”

  5. BooksPlease Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 2:27 am

    Here’s my answer if WordPress lets it through. Thanks Deb for sorting through the comments – it must be a trial of patience.

    http://booksplease.blogspot.com/2008/05/booking-through-thursday-more-work.html

  9. Peta Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 3:05 am

    Bother – so much for the nice neat hyperlink method I hoped would work! I suspect I should have practiced it before posting!

  10. Seasonal Plume » BTT: Manual Labor Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 3:39 am

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  14. Dot Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 5:24 am

    I enjoyed this but I am afraid that mine may have turned into a bit of a sexist rant!!

    http://dotspagesandpages.blogspot.com/2008/05/booking-through-thursday.html

  15. madi Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 5:25 am

    I’m up!!

  16. Tami Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 6:11 am

    Ok, big question! Do cookbooks count as “how to manuals”?

  17. JLS Hall Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 6:19 am

    Way too early to be thinking about instruction manuals, but here’s my answer:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2008/05/booking-through-thursday-manual-labor_15.html

  27. Kiki Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 7:26 am

    Good morning! Mine is up here: http://multifacetedmama.com/index.php/?p=782! Have a great day!

  29. Pea in a Pod Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 7:46 am

    My first time!

    Mine’s uP!

  31. Matthew Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 8:02 am

    Mine is up. Happy BTT everyone! :)

  33. Megan Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 8:14 am

    http://bookerina.com/?p=13

    27 already? i thought I was pretty early this week :)

  35. Barbara H. Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 8:15 am

    I heard this kind of example used once to illustrate different kinds of learning styles — it was very helpful when I was home schooling. My answer is here:

    http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/booking-through-thursday-manual-labor-redux/

  36. deb Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 8:38 am

    Mine’s up! I had fun with this one :)

    http://www.sugarfused.net/?p=4593

  39. Traci Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 9:32 am

    This is my first Booking through Thursday, but I’ve enjoyed reading all of your posts in previous weeks. It looks like fun, so I thought I’d join in. Here’s my response to this week’s:

    Traci’s Book Bag

  40. Suey Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 10:08 am

    I’ve answered!

  45. bookroomreviews Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 11:01 am

    My first time too. Im looking forward to reading your blogs! some of you I noticed I already read so hi!

    http://www.bookroomreviews.wordpress.com
    Thanks tracy

  46. carol Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 11:16 am

    You can find my answer at http://www.charliandme.blogspot.com/ Have a good week.

  48. Mo Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 11:22 am

    My answer.

    Have a great weekend, y’all!

  51. katrina Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 11:27 am

    Booking Through Thursday: Redux

    Following up last week’s question about reading writing/grammar guides, this week, we’re expanding the question….
    Scenario: You’ve just bought some complicated gadget home . . . do you read the accompanying documentation? Or not?
    Do you ever read manuals?
    Only if something has gone wrong when I look for the tips on how to sort the problem out before I phone the help line.
    How-to books?
    Never, I don’t think I’ve ever even owned one
    Self-help guides?
    Again no, never owned one.
    Anything at all?
    I’m terrible a reading the backs of cereal packet, adverts on trains, other peoples newspapers from across the seat on the tube ect

    http://katrinasreads.blogspot.com/2008/05/booking-through-thursday-manual-labour_15.html

  57. Virginie Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Hi everyone! It’s been quite a while since I came around here, but I was really busy recently. But I’m back and my answer to today’s question’s here http://theliterarydetective.blogspot.com/

  59. Moon Rani Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Here is my wordy reply. Happy BTT, everyone!

  61. Virginie Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    Hi everyone! It’ s been quite a while since I came around here, sorry i’ve been busy recently, but i’m back and my answer to today’s question’s here : http://theliterarydetective.blogspot.com/

    happy BTT

  62. Juli (Can I Borrow Your Book?) Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    Hello. Happy Thursday. Here is my post.

  63. Terri B. Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    Here is a link to my post

  65. Geranium Cat Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    Mine is here: http://geraniumcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/booking-through-thursday-manual-labour.html
    but my connection tonight is so bad that I’m going to wait for tomorrow before going visiting.

  68. Michael Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    My answers are here.

  70. Planet Books Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    This is my first week of participating in BTT. Please check it out at http://planetbooks.wordpress.com
    -K

  72. CJHill Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Mine’s up, hopefully via the link below… If I did things correctly, that is.

  75. Sandy (Strlady) Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    Back on this one, here is my entry:
    Manual Labor

  78. The Book Stacks » Blog Archive » Booking Through Thursday - Read the Manual Says:
    May 15, 2008 at 11:52 pm

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  79. John Says:
    May 16, 2008 at 1:31 am

    Hi, here is my post. Click on my name and it takes you to the relevant post on my blog

  80. Joelle Says:
    May 16, 2008 at 2:18 am

    First time for me … but it’s interesting and fun ! My answer is here but in French : http://bibliodudolmen.canalblog.com/archives/2008/05/16/9197934.html

  81. Florinda Says:
    May 16, 2008 at 8:47 am

    Here’s mine. Have a great weekend!

  82. C.B. James Says:
    May 16, 2008 at 9:35 am

    Mine is up here

    http://readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com/2008/05/booking-through-thursday.html

    Though they may not count as manuals I do like to read the recipes in Bon Appetite magazine.


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