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It's a good-news, bad-news deal. I currently read about a book per week, which makes about a 12-year backlog of unread stuff already on the Kindle.Originally Posted by Jim Becker
That's bad enough at my age, but I average buying about 75 new books per year, so "lifetime supply" is an understatement.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
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$10 month is all I spend on books with Kindle Unlimited. Yes, some things are not covered, but so much is that i don't miss those that are not. With my wrist surgery happening last Monday, I just started my fifth book for the week...rhe only reason it's not more is because of watching YouTube videos. LOL
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And now, this:
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Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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Also a voracious reader. I have a Nook and I love using that for reading in bed and taking on trips. But much prefer real books. So I have a daytime book and a night time book-on-Nook. I must say the cost differential isn't that great, so having a real book I can pass on or trade in at the Half Price Bookstore is a factor.
I cant abide reading a newspaper online. You miss the stories (and ads) that would catch your eye if you were just browsing on line. I am only one on my block that still gets a local paper and the WSJ delivered. The Star for local news, and the WSJ for national and international news. I can read either online, but seldom do. I dorn trust online documents because they can be edited later, so there is no reliable record of what was actually published on that day.
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I never quite understood that argument. If you don't trust the edit/correction/whatever, why would you trust the original text from the same source?
And unless you're a hoarder with a LOT of time on your hands (or have perfect memory), how is the paper edition any different?
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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