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I like books. Call me a Luddite; call me backwards; I have a difficult time enjoying reading on a monitor. I'll do it when I must - I wouldn't miss reading the posts here just because they are on a screen - but this (board) type of reading isn't technical, nor is it long term pleasure reading (the sort I do for hours on any given evening, eschewing TV but reading while chewing my dinner).
Magazines, too. NO, not for dinner - for reading...
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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couldn't get the true value of a story (without) a trained bard.
Actually I'll agree with that too. Go to a story telling competition sometime or even try books on tape if they are done well, often by professional actors such as Tony Robinson reading Terry Pratchett (a perfect combination). It adds a whole new dimention of enjoyment. I love them for long drives.
Never tried a scroll but I have some books dating back to the mid 1800's and they feel wonderful, definitely not for speedreading or skimming.
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I'd much prefer to read books the way I did for many years.
But now I have macular degeneration, and now have difficulty reading books or magazines with the six inch magnifying glass that was OK until a couple months ago.
Now I am totally dependent on reading on my monitor, where I can increase the font. Netscape used to let me
increase font four times. When Yahoo took over PadBell's DSL, they forced me to use Internet Explorer, which gives only half as much increase in font size. So I have to use
magnifying glass with it. I am very grateful that there is so much to choose from. Take my advice, and don't get old.
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re:Take my advice, and don't get old.
What's the alternative?
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the alternative
Dr. A addressed this very question in his landmark book, Sex and the Dirty Old Man. He had decided early on that he didn't want to get old, but then he considered the alternative and decided that getting old was the better choice.
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I thought about turning Muslim, and becoming a martyr. But I read article by a Muslim who writes for Newsweek, and he
spoild things by saying the seventy two vigin enticement was based on an erroneous interpretation of the Koran. And since none of the religions guarantee that your odometer will be set back to 21 in Paradise, martydom is no bargain.
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Try the Heinlein version of heaven where you can go visit the Muslim Paradise on your day off!!
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...Take my advice, and don't get old.
What's the alternative?
Actually, there is one. It's fine to get old; just don't be old.
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My father never grew up so I don't see why I should have to.
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My father never grew up so I don't see why I should have to.
Well, that's the whole point. It's hereditary. Like having children. (Just think for a minute: if your father didn't have any children, and his father before him didn't have any children...chances are, you won't either.) [straight-face-emoticon]
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