"Michael A. Terrell" on Mon, 16 Aug 2010
11:44:31 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

pyotr filipivich wrote:

RBnDFW ? on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:15:28 -0500 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
?pyotr filipivich wrote:
?? RBnDFW ? on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:20:18 -0500 typed
?? in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
??? Wes wrote:
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???? I read about 650 wpm and for the one time in my life, I envied those that read slow.
??? That's the single reason I'm glad I never learned to speed-read.
??? I do enjoy a good book, and regret when I get to the end.
??
?? The author of Shogun (et al) - I forget his name - said that when
?? he was a POW during WW2 he realized that he had a lot of time on his
?? hands, and didn't know how long the war would last, so any books he
?? got, would have to last. So, one page a day. One page. Do not turn
?? the page to finish the sentence, wait till tomorrow.
?? But first, he just enjoyed the book. Looked at the actual
?? physical book, how it felt, hefted, the colors of the binding ... his
?? fellow POWs figured he'd gone nuts. But it did give him an
?? appreciation for literature.
?
?I heard that, but I sure do like reading ebooks on my iPhone now

I remember when they started not providing hard copy manuals.
Great idea, but you couldn't take the computer to the bathroom. And
that is sort of my criterion: can I take the "book" with me to the
can?

Why do you think they invented laptops?

Ah, but those came later. I'm dating myself, but I had one of
the New ATs (with the hot new Intel 286 chip) and the massive forty
megabyte hard drive! Yowzah, we were screaming!

Maybe I got the wrong size laptop, but this beastie is just not
convenient tot take to the can. "Live and learn".
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pyotr filipivich
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