I found this website that has Audiobooks (mp3 or ogg files) of Public Domain stories (free download). Click on their catalog link for their entire catalog. http://librivox.org/ Some authors of interest include L Frank Baum (many Oz books), Arthur Conan Doyle, Howard Pyle (Robin Hood), Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Maurice Leblanc (Arsene Lupin), etc. Enjoy.

Oh how cool! Something else I can listen to at work...while I'm reading and posting on the boards...and writing fic...and doing everything except the work that's piled on my desk...

Great find Tim and it means I will have something to listen towhile typing away at home. Dont know why but I love background noise

Sounds good for long car trips.....

I could never cope with the audio books. They're too fast for my brain to keep up!

I much prefer a real book over an audiobook but it depends on the book in question. I pretend that these audiobooks are like the old radio programs and I listen to them in that fashion. Some readings are better than others (naturally).

A little secret about me is that eons ago I worked in a library, so I'm a big proponent for books, and the written word. I like the idea of audiobooks and think that they are awesome for the car (or work!), etc., but if I have a choice between an old-fashioned book and audio, I would choose the book. (I wonder if I never worked in a library if I would still think this way!) And, btw, I was never an actual librarian - you have to have an MLS for that (Master of Library Science), so please remove all those mental images of me being an old lady with gray hair and glasses from your minds!

That's cool! When i was a kid I wanted to be a librarian. I just wanted to be around the books all day! I'm with you. I'd much rather have a hard copy to read than listen to something.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun That's cool! When i was a kid I wanted to be a librarian. I just wanted to be around the books all day!

Working in a library definitely had its moments! I personally always loved when someone walked in and said, "I'm looking for a book..." Libraries also have their own cast of characters. The stories I could tell about that alone! And yes, I did work with your quintessential librarian. Scary how some of them really are old gray haired ladies who do nothing but shush you all day!

When I think of that kind of librarian, I always think of the little old lady librarian who had the pants scared off of her at the beginning of Ghostbusters....

I preffer a book too. I have a thing for the librarians since I need to read a lot for school and they got to know me from attending the local library so much. "Oh dear you're such a studious little girl!" Me #roll-eyes# Uhm, yeah, sure..... Geez, now they only need to pinch my cheeks!

Oh. I'd say you were quite studious. I can only imagine the number of hours you have spent studying Ego....

I have several friends who are Librarians in Georgia. I met them through one of the writer's groups I used to belong to way back in the day. Nice guys both of them. I thought of another use for this site - play the children stories to the kids at bed time. I'm enjoying the Howard Pyle "Merry Adventures of Robin Hood". I plan on putting several of these audiobooks on my mp3 player so I can listen to them while commuting on the bus/subway.

You know, anatomy is one of my favourite objects!

Originally posted by Hinotori A little secret about me is that eons ago I worked in a library, so I'm a big proponent for books, and the written word. I like the idea of audiobooks and think that they are awesome for the car (or work!), etc., but if I have a choice between an old-fashioned book and audio, I would choose the book. (I wonder if I never worked in a library if I would still think this way!) And, btw, I was never an actual librarian - you have to have an MLS for that (Master of Library Science), so please remove all those mental images of me being an old lady with gray hair and glasses from your minds!

I have a diploma in Library Technology. So I could work in a library. While completing my Lib. Tech programme I had a month long practise session in a school library. That is when I decided to become a Teacher Librarian, and the only way I could do that, here in Ontario, was by becoming a teacher first. I went on and completed a Certificate of Education and have not left the classroom since. I really enjoy working with the kids. Although, on really bad days I do wonder why I don't go work in the school library, and then I can give those horrid children back to thier teacher after a period with me.

I've thought about going back to school and getting my MLS (or MLIS), but once I start thinking about the tests and papers...ugh! I just don't think I have it in me anymore. I give tons of credit to anyone who goes back for their Masters or PhD after taking time off!

It's not that hard, actually. Just think about the differences in vacation time and personal scheduling!

Originally posted by Hinotori I've thought about going back to school and getting my MLS (or MLIS), but once I start thinking about the tests and papers...ugh! I just don't think I have it in me anymore. I give tons of credit to anyone who goes back for their Masters or PhD after taking time off!

I depends of your free time and motivation Hino. I'm in my terminal year and I know the pain of test papers and exams! Still if you like the object and if it holds the promise of a good job, it will worth the effort!

Originally posted by amyltrer I depends of your free time and motivation Hino. I'm in my terminal year and I know the pain of test papers and exams! Still if you like the object and if it holds the promise of a good job, it will worth the effort!

The one thing I like about librarianship is that you can go just about anywhere in the country (maybe internationally too??), especially if you would like to work in an academic library. But I'm not so sure I want to work in a library full-time again. Maybe a nice little part-time job in a public library. That sounds good... That way I can get my book fix but not have to deal with all the other zaniness! (I should probably mention that I've worked in both public and academic libraries, with my last job being in an academic. The public was nice and that was where I worked with the old gray haired lady who sushed you all day. The academic is where I met all the looney's. Don't get me wrong when I say all this. I enjoyed both those jobs very much!)

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by amyltrer I depends of your free time and motivation Hino. I'm in my terminal year and I know the pain of test papers and exams! Still if you like the object and if it holds the promise of a good job, it will worth the effort!

The one thing I like about librarianship is that you can go just about anywhere in the country (maybe internationally too??), especially if you would like to work in an academic library. But I'm not so sure I want to work in a library full-time again. Maybe a nice little part-time job in a public library. That sounds good... That way I can get my book fix but not have to deal with all the other zaniness!

I don't know about international working possibility, but being a librarian it's not a brilliant future option here. They're quite underpaid, to say at least!

Originally posted by Hinotori (I should probably mention that I've worked in both public and academic libraries, with my last job being in an academic. The public was nice and that was where I worked with the old gray haired lady who sushed you all day. The academic is where I met all the looney's. Don't get me wrong when I say all this. I enjoyed both those jobs very much!)

I think you have to be a little loony to work with academic people. They are all so serious, with all their studying, they need a Looney to loosen them up.

I beg to argue! I am both an academic, and a loonie!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I beg to argue! I am both an academic, and a loonie!

Ahh! but you are not an academic who sits in a library all day studying. You allow yourself to get out, once in a while, and become loonie with your family. Or maybe that is loonie FROM your family

I'm looney, and my DH knew it when he married me...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I beg to argue! I am both an academic, and a loonie!

Hey we have something else in common! We are both loonies because I'm not an an academic...LOL.

Originally posted by amyltrer I don't know about international working possibility, but being a librarian it's not a brilliant future option here. They're quite underpaid, to say at least!

How much you're paid here in the US depends on where you are. When I lived in the Southeast, the pay for an MLS was absolutely dismal. But back here in the Northeast, it's much better. Either way, if you want to be rich, don't be a librarian!

Originally posted by clouddancer I think you have to be a little loony to work with academic people.

Are you calling me looney, Cloud?? Ahh, that's ok. I knew that already. I am a member of this board, aren't I??

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by clouddancer I think you have to be a little loony to work with academic people.

Are you calling me looney, Cloud?? Ahh, that's ok. I knew that already. I am a member of this board, aren't I??

I love looney Eagles....

Originally posted by Hinotori

Originally posted by clouddancer I think you have to be a little loony to work with academic people.

Are you calling me looney, Cloud?? Ahh, that's ok. I knew that already. I am a member of this board, aren't I??

Hino are you saying we are loonies? Well I certainly am!

If the shoe fits?? (Or in this case, wings!)

Originally posted by Hinotori If the shoe fits?? (Or in this case, wings!)

Hey, if you found the Swan's missing shoe, she wants it back! She's afraid that Galactor might have gotten their hands on it and be trying to stage a beauty contest, or something...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun Hey, if you found the Swan's missing shoe, she wants it back! She's afraid that Galactor might have gotten their hands on it and be trying to stage a beauty contest, or something...

The Swan lost her shoe again? She really needs to stop doing that. Someone may become frustrated and throw her off the team for losing ISO property. Of course the Condor and Eagle would have to follow shortly after for throwing away their weapons all the time.

And don't forget, Ken's the one who has lost a bracelet in the past.

Yes. Our Eagle is not so perfect as I like to think. I remember the episode where Ken decided to quit and removed his bracelet, one of the first eps. Which episode did Ken lose his bracelet.

Episode 38, Mysterious Mechanical Jungle. There's a dinosaur parade, and Ken goes to investigate a museum with Dinosaur displays, while he's in civvies. Mecha vines come out and attack him, and he doesn't notice his bracelet fall off as he gets away. Nambu rips him a new one for losing it, even though there wasn't really anything he could have done. Of course, the Galactor Captain finds it and knows what it is, and uses it to lure the rest of the team to the base and into a 'trap. Ken hides out on the G4 with Jinpei, and only emerges after his bracelet has been returned and he can transmute. I believe there is a scene where Ken goes back to retrieve it, in civvies, and manages to deal with a few goons in a sewer somewhere.

That is right the dinosaurs! All I remembered was the vines attacking him and the bracelet falling off. I could not place what else happened in the story.