On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:57:51 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

cavelamb on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:04:29 -0500
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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?

Michael,

Haven't you noticed how people look at you kinda funny when
you take a laptop to the bathroom???

I'm usually in too much off a hurry to notice other people.

But I do carry a spiral bound notebook at all times, and during
"the pause that refreshes" I have been known to jot down the
occasional sitzenwitz.

tschus
pyotr

Im a notorious "bathroom reader" and when PDAs were common...Id spend
far far too much time in the head when away from home trying to finish
some novel I was into.. At home of course...I have bookshelves in the
head.

Gunner


"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray;
a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't
like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all.
A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all
to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children.
A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station;
an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted."
Bobby XD9