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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Congrats to Mike![8D]

Jelous...[:o]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Nikademus
Now.....the big decision maker is whether to go with the 6inch reader at the reasonable price of under $200 or go with the new Kindle DX, the pricey but 9.7inch reader which is more suited to hardcover size. (thinking ahead to the glory days when books like Friedman and Lacroix and Evans/Peattie get digitalized) 6inch is great for paper backs but i'm used to bigger books. $400 however is pretty steep under my current budget. Maybe i should just stick with the smaller reader for now. It's not like any of those other books are available yet in the Kindle library. (though progress is being made....some of Clay Blair's older works are now available)

By the time the types of big books you are used to come out, there is likely to be a whole new line of Kindle's. There's also the weight issue.

This is so very true. You and my pal Laurie are on the same page. She's recommending the 6inch one for now, then when i'm ready to upgrade, she'll take it off my hands. Ironically enough, yesterday at the pub, a gentleman sat down next to me while my friend to my other side was showing me how he reads off his iPhone. This other gentleman had a 6in 1st generation Kindle. He says he loves it. Takes it everywhere. I can't wait to get one though i will miss being able to manually highlight and mark notes. lol. On the other hand.....toting around 2-4 books that eventually get worn and battered from being in a book bag will be a thing of the past. Also liking how eBooks tend to be less expensive. Wish i'd waited to get one before purchasing Hornfischer's "Neptune's Inferno" This book is awful and contains some pretty blatent errors. It certainly does the job of waving the flag however.

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Nickademus,

I must say that my wife appreciates the larger 9.7 inch version that we now have between us. Sure, she could have made do with less, but no sense in denying the bigger option, wouldn't you say? Most guys I know have the 6" version, but I'm sold on the larger format. The extra weight isn't as bad as you think and it can be a real conversation starter when one whips it out in a pub or coffee shop. Your pal Laurie would probably be as willing to accept the 9.7" version as the smaller 6" format from you too, no?

ORIGINAL: Dixie

It's a good job that I know what that conversation is about CB...[:D]

ORIGINAL: ChickenOfTheSea
I won't be able to pick mine up (the small version) tonight without laughing about this.

ORIGINAL: USS America

I just officially transitioned from unemployed status to vacation status!  [:D]

I start my new job on July 5th.  [8D]

ORIGINAL: USS America

I just officially transitioned from unemployed status to vacation status!  [:D]

I start my new job on July 5th.  [8D]

ORIGINAL: USS America

I just officially transitioned from unemployed status to vacation status!  [:D]

I start my new job on July 5th.  [8D]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: ChickenOfTheSea
I won't be able to pick mine up (the small version) tonight without laughing about this.

Well, don't feel too badly about it, ChickenOTheSea. Lots of guys don't have one at all. I assume that yours, even if a small version, is still functional? I'd focus on that when you pick yours up tonight.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: USS America

I just officially transitioned from unemployed status to vacation status!  [:D]

I start my new job on July 5th.  [8D]

Warspite1

Congrats USS A, it must be an omen, 5th July is when I first started work back in 1982. No idea what sort of an omen that is mind.......come to think of it, my career has been pretty c@£p so you may want to disregard that omen [:D]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: ChickenOfTheSea
I won't be able to pick mine up (the small version) tonight without laughing about this.

Well, don't feel too badly about it, ChickenOTheSea. Lots of guys don't have one at all. I assume that yours, even if a small version, is still functional? I'd focus on that when you pick yours up tonight.

Warspite1

Well now you know why I love Warspite so much. Personally, I love a good 15-incher.

ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Morning tithe... I am a happy Chap today, as I just had a meeting with my Cancer Specialist, and the news was all good. Also He had all the results of my latest tests, and it was all good news too. My weight is going up, by blood work is approaching normal, and the tumour cells have gone dormant. So I'm afraid that I'm going to be around to annoy you Guys for a bit longer. [:'(]

ORIGINAL: USS America

I just officially transitioned from unemployed status to vacation status!  [:D]

I start my new job on July 5th.  [8D]

ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart

ok...in the "what have you done for me lately" category, the jigantes eek by the twins on timmy's arm...mowed down 12!!! [&o]