On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:08:29 GMT, dontno314 <dontno314@hushmail.com> wrote:
>BorkedBorg@13of9.com wrote:
>>On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:05:57 GMT, dontno314 <dontno314@hushmail.com> wrote:
>>
>(snip)
>>>>>
>>>>>Read NIVEN "Known Space Series!"
>>>>
>>>>Oh Yes! And since then, dozens of others. All-time favourite: Frank
>>>>Herbert's Dune although I was far less impressed with the others in the
>>>>series. My latest discovery, made just a few years ago when I could still
>>>>read comfortably, was CJ Cherryh. Her Company Wars series was so reminiscent
>>>>of the books that got me reading when I was young.
>>>
>>>What's your problem with reading? Because of changes in my eye sight, I use a
>>>11" Android tablet with Kindle and change the font/size to read comfortably.
>>>I
>>>also use magnifiers to read paper text (and a 4x lit headset to read
>>>labels!).
>>>With 40' of books in my library, I am getting pissed at aging!
>>>
>>>Maybe I can make suggestions.
>>
>>I read voraciously when I was younger. Now I pick up a book and within
>>minutes my eyelids are drooping. Maybe it's too much TV and computer.
>>I'm already wearing bifocals. I recently got rid of boxes and boxes of books
>>I'd gathered over the years. Lots of charities wanted them delivered. I gave
>>them to the first person who came, boxed them and carried them upstairs. Since
>>they've been gone I'm doing a lot less sneezing--they certainly collected
>>dust. LOL.
>>
>>(I should do the same with my records. After CDs and USB sticks it's such a
>>PITA to have to get up every ten minutes to turn the record over.)
>
>Hey, after 40+ years in the IT industry, my eyes have turned to sh*t. They
>warned us in the '00 about carpal tunnel, but never about tearing eyes and a
>computer squint!
>
>Still, I'm an analog guy when it comes to published or pressed software. No
>need for power, no DRM and no device (aside from a turntable and amp)!
Ha! My nym in a certain web forum is AnalogGuy
>
>leaves me wonder how their mind works. In fact the first thing I do is look at
>they organize the books as well as the selection.
Me too. I move pianos and I'm in a lot of houses and I always check out
people's books and, if I see them, records. Same reasons as you!
>
Too funny! Me too.
You'd be surprised how many grand pianos I move for people who only have them
because of the impression they give their friends. Can't play them worth
s__t! Most of them will admit it.
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