Rain
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I'll be boning up on my English. :P  And destroying my eyesight - 1500 pages in fine print... But that's okay - my wife LOVES when I wear glasses. ;) After finishing the insufferable Dracula by Stoker with its innumerable inconsistencies, this will be a relief, I'm sure. P.S. Barnes & Nobles rules!
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SteveStrummerUK
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2014/08/18 19:05:54
Coincidentally...
I've just finished reading David Copperfield.
It's definitely one of Dickens' best works, but I must admit I did find it a little disappointing.
There isn't even one fecking magic trick or illusion in the whole book.
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Rain
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 17:22:03
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Since he's in Vegas, and working for MGM just like my wife, I was hoping that I'd get to meet him and ask him to sign my copy... 
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 17:23:04
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☄ Helpfulby Rain 2014/08/18 17:17:30
Charles Dickens walked into a bar and ordered a Martini.
Tha barman said......"Olive or Twist" ?
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 18:15:54
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To bad ol Charles never got in the hard cider business. Dickens Cider has quite a nice ring to it.
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 19:21:04
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I used to go out with an ex-girlfriend of Copperfield's (mid-80's), she said he's very self-conscious about being short (er, meaning he's not that tall  ) but, other than that, he's completely full of himself. Heh, sounds about right for someone in his profession! Although I love reading a "real" book, I've found going through it as a .pdf on my computer is much easier on the eyes when I turn my 21.3" monitor into portrait mode. Then I can even lean back in my chair and all the words are plenty large enough to read.   (This one isn't mine, but I've got two of these Samsung SyncMaster 213T's, and my main one is on an arm so it floats above my PC desk and can be spun 360 degrees - very cool!)
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Rain
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 19:56:39
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I do have the Kindle app on my laptop and I've used it quite a bit for lighter stuff, like musician biographies and such. And iBooks are also incredibly nice for that stuff - with embedded video and audio, interactive content and all, it makes for a very interesting experience.
But what works for a book about a rock band doesn't really work as well for those big books, IMHO.
I've read earlier this week that some studies tend to show that our brain reacts differently to paper books - stuff about mental maps (freely translated here, the article was in French) and how other sense were involved.
Nothing beats sitting out in the shade for half an hour w/ a cup of tea and a good old fashioned book to start the day, as far as I'm concerned. :)
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craigb
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 20:15:04
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Someday I think I'll have to make the perfect reading tool. Something that allows me to relax in a chair while IT holds the book and turns the pages for me. I've hated holding a book up for any length of time forever, so my preferred reading position was always laying on the bed face down. Unfortunately, now that I'm in shape (round is a shape  ), it's not a very comfortable way to be for very long!
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 20:26:33
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SteveStrummerUK
Coincidentally...
I've just finished reading David Copperfield.
It's definitely one of Dickens' best works, but I must admit I did find it a little disappointing.
There isn't even one fecking magic trick or illusion in the whole book.
No gophers either. Won't translate well to a movie unless Jonbouy does the rewrite with the gophers.
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bapu
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 20:28:32
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craigb
That juan cain't werk It's not even plugged in.
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 21:59:57
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2014/08/18 22:17:04
craigb
Someday I think I'll have to make the perfect reading tool. Something that allows me to relax in a chair while IT holds the book and turns the pages for me.
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RobertB
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/18 23:09:32
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☄ Helpfulby Rain 2014/08/19 01:47:08
Rain
I've read earlier this week that some studies tend to show that our brain reacts differently to paper books - stuff about mental maps (freely translated here, the article was in French) and how other sense were involved.
I can totally buy into that. A lot of things are missing when you are reading an image of a book. No smell, for one thing. When you walk into Barnes and Noble, it smells like a bookstore. It may border on subliminal, but even one book has that certain smell. And the texture of the paper. Paperbacks have a feel to them, and the heavier bond paper in most hardback books has a satisfying feel to it. I really like the heavy bond, glossy paper in some of my historical reference books, but these usually have photographs, so the glossy paper is warranted. I personally enjoy the tactile presence of a real book.
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/19 01:47:32
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/19 06:30:59
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craigb
(This one isn't mine, but I've got two of these Samsung SyncMaster 213T's, and my main one is on an arm so it floats above my PC desk and can be spun 360 degrees - very cool!)
How fast can it spin? Spinning monitors would make me dizzy(er than I already am), me thinks...
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Re: If you guys are looking for me...
2014/08/19 07:50:30
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In your case, the answer might be "not fast enough!" 
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