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Offline Danny

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Re: What a great idea!
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2011, 02:19:42 pm »
Well here I go again....All them things you all mentioned above is things I have never had.  Know a little about most mentioned, but just never had the want to buy one.  Never even had a cell phone!  Now if we go back many years I had the Atari and Netindo.  Wow! Huh?  Thery're history now.  Oh well I am very, very happy with having a Wood Workshop.  Oh yea I have NEVER heard of a KINDLE?  What is it?  I know....LOL  Hehehehe....Danny  :+}
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« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2011, 03:19:03 pm »
Well here I go again....All them things you all mentioned above is things I have never had.  Know a little about most mentioned, but just never had the want to buy one.  Never even had a cell phone!  Now if we go back many years I had the Atari and Netindo.  Wow! Huh?  Thery're history now.  Oh well I am very, very happy with having a Wood Workshop.  Oh yea I have NEVER heard of a KINDLE?  What is it?  I know....LOL  Hehehehe....Danny  :+}
Hey Danny, you have the most important gizmo, A computer and INTERNET. Anything else is non essential. But are fun to have.
A Kindle is a hand held device that takes the place of books. Once it is set up, you can shop for books, and download them in about 30 seconds. It reads just like a book. Depending on the memory, you can store thousands of books on it and recall them at anytime. My wife loves hers.
Go on to Amazon and look it up!
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Re: What a great idea!
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2011, 09:17:17 pm »
I have Kindled wood to make a fire but thats another story LOL
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« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2011, 10:08:49 pm »
I keep seeing them advertised on TV and Amazon. Seems to me a pretty expensive alternative to your local public library over a hundred bucks, plus buying the downloads. But I guess that will be the next thing made obsolete by modern technology. I still prefer a real book, call me old fashioned.
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Re: What a great idea!
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2011, 11:27:55 am »
OK. You're old fashioned!

That's a compliment. So am I, but I got partially turned around when my son and his family gave me a Kindle as a recent birthday present. Now, I carry it everywhere. I've always been a voracious reader; now, more so.

One of the things that bothered me about ereaders prior to getting one is having to pay more for an electronic version of a book than for the paper version. I learned that there are thousands (no exaggeration) of books available legally at no cost. I can download, try it, if I don't like it, hit the delete key; no trips to the library, in fact I can borrow ebooks from the library without visiting them.

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« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2011, 11:43:19 am »
Hey alien, Welcome to the forum and thanks for your input! I'm certainly not advocating that E readers are for everyone, but are a great option for the avid reader. Like I said, my wife loves hers, but she still loves the feel and smell of a real book!
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Re: What a great idea!
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2011, 01:15:19 pm »
For all you I-pad, I-pod, I-ron " gadget freaks", did you looked at the I-wood that Frankorona posted?

http://stevedgood.com/community/index.php?topic=5692.0

After applied the right "custom skin" this would do great on Steve's Istand.

I made me one myself, a nano version of course  8)

And remember, use your Isit when making the Istand  ::)
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sometimes I make designer firewood....

 

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