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Rob’s making a big deal about this because HE has a Kindle and I don’t yet.

1% of Americans pay 40% of the income tax.
5% of Americans pay 60% of the income tax.
10% of Americans pay 70% of the income tax.

Well someone should get you one for Christmas.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

That old naughty and nice rule gets me everytime.

1% of Americans pay 40% of the income tax.
5% of Americans pay 60% of the income tax.
10% of Americans pay 70% of the income tax.

Quit being naughty.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

How much do they cost, Rob? How much is the service, or is it per book? Sorry, I don’t know anything about how this works, but I am definately interested. Can you explain it a little more?

Maybe Di is considering getting me one for Christmas.  That’s not impossible since she doesn’t know me.

1% of Americans pay 40% of the income tax.
5% of Americans pay 60% of the income tax.
10% of Americans pay 70% of the income tax.

The pricing for the Kindle itself is here.

There is no service plan or anything like that.  It has wireless internet access built in for free.

For books, you pay a per-book fee (though you can find a lot of older books in the public domain online for free).  You don’t necessarily have to buy the books from Amazon.  I’ve been buying a lot of older Sci-Fi books from internet book sellers like Baen for very cheap.

For blogs, you do pay a monthly subscription fee.  But it’s very, very cheap.  $1.99, for instance, for SAB and a bunch of other blogs.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

Thanks rob, I may ask Santa Hubby for one for Christmas.

I LOVE the idea of the Kindle.

It just seems like a lousy design.

They should let Apple build the next one for them.

I may ask Santa Hubby for one for Christmas.

Ask him for me too.

1% of Americans pay 40% of the income tax.
5% of Americans pay 60% of the income tax.
10% of Americans pay 70% of the income tax.

It just seems like a lousy design.

That was my only hesitation in buying one, and it’s probably the biggest weakness in the product, but it’s not much of a downside.

The biggest problem is holding/handling the thing without inadvertently pushing buttons.  But you get used to it, and ultimately it’s not much of a problem.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

What if you want to loan a book to a friend?

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

Well, you can assign multiple Kindles to the same Amazon account and share books that way.

And depending on the DRM restrictions on non-Amazon e-books you could just email them the book.  But that would require them to have an ebook reader of their own.

But that is a limitation.

I’ve never shared books much, so I guess that’s not really something that bothers me.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

I’ve never shared books much, so I guess that’s not really something that bothers me.

Jerk.

1% of Americans pay 40% of the income tax.
5% of Americans pay 60% of the income tax.
10% of Americans pay 70% of the income tax.

Ha ha ... I just found the copy of ANGELA’S ASHES I borrowed from a friend in 1996!  (Normally I return them right away.)

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

Wgen you return it get the sequel, ‘Tis

Will do!

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

Rob: I’ve never shared books much, so I guess that’s not really something that bothers me.

TW: Jerk.

Looks like Rob never went to Karl Marx Kindergarten.

“It’s a dog eat dog world and we’re wearing milk bone underwear.” NP

359.00 for that thing? its like having another lap top.

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Goon’s World

... what the hell is a kindle…

Whistler,

Are you willing to pay Santa Hubby the same way I planned to for the Kindle??? I think you might want to rethink the idea.

I can bake cookies.

1% of Americans pay 40% of the income tax.
5% of Americans pay 60% of the income tax.
10% of Americans pay 70% of the income tax.

... what the hell is a kindle…

Click the links, you Luddite.

The purpose of government shouldn’t be to do good, but simply to refrain from doing evil.

Whistler,

Well, cookies are better than sex.

Click the links, you Luddite.

lol! I did! I had just never heard of such a thing…. if I want to read on a screen, I’ll do it on my laptop…