Wives and Kindles

Kingston · 03-02-2008, 10:31 PM

I've read about 6-8 occasions online that a gadget reviewer has
'loaned' his Kindle to a wife or sig other and never got it back!

Here's another:

http://tinyurl.com/39vjer

kati42 · 03-03-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Kingston

[B]I've read about 6-8 occasions online that a gadget reviewer has
'loaned' his Kindle to a wife or sig other and never got it back!

Strangely, I can't get my husband to try my Sony PRS-505. He continues to read eBooks on his PDA.

KlondikeGeoff · 03-03-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kingston

[B]I've read about 6-8 occasions online that a gadget reviewer has
'loaned' his Kindle to a wife or sig other and never got it back!

I avoided that problem by giving my wife my Sony Reader as soon as I got the Kindle.

TallMomof2 · 03-03-2008, 01:13 PM

I've tried to get my DH to try out PDFs on my Iliad and he isn't interested. He'd rather drive in to the office and print them off and bring them home to read.

DH is not a reader so maybe that's why he's not interested in my cute gadgets.

Kingston · 03-03-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

I've tried to get my DH to try out PDFs on my Iliad and he isn't interested. He'd rather drive in to the office and print them off and bring them home to read.

DH is not a reader so maybe that's why he's not interested in my cute gadgets.

DH='Designated Hubby'?

BTW TallMom I sent you an email a couple days ago about your Iliad experience. Did you get it?

pilotbob · 03-04-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingston

DH='Designated Hubby'?

BTW TallMom I sent you an email a couple days ago about your Iliad experience. Did you get it?

I was thinking "Dear" Hubby or "Dumb" Hubby.

BOb

jacksonunit · 03-04-2008, 01:19 PM

My wife reads with twice the voracity I do but fortunately she is a confirmed luddite.

When I leave my kindle on the counter she picks it up with two fingers and seems to regard it with the sort of contempt usually reserved for things one pulls from the bathroom sink hair-trap.

She may be warming up to it though. She picked it up a few days ago and said "I thought you HATED Emily Dickens" I told her that It's not so much that I Hate Emily as it is I feel less like vomiting when I'm not reading her poetry and that the portrait of E.D. was just a random screen saver image that came with the device. She snatched it up and got it out of the screen saver mode and then just sat it down and walked off. About six hours later she asked me "Why the hell does it need a screensaver if it's got an e-ink display that does not get burn-in or draw any power?" I said I thought it was to prevent unintentional button presses. She looked left, back at me for a second, looked down, sighed, and looked back at me and said "What?" while shaking her head in a way that seemed so wise that it made me want to be a luddite too. For a second.

Later, I tried to tell her how cool it was and how much money I would be saving on books and she asked me how much it cost so I told her how beautiful her eyes were and asked her where she wanted to go for her fifteenth wedding anniversary...

badgoodDeb · 03-04-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jacksonunit

.... she asked me how much it cost so I told her how beautiful her eyes were and asked her where she wanted to go for her fifteenth wedding anniversary...

Very wise answer!!

TallMomof2 · 03-05-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kingston

DH='Designated Hubby'?

BTW TallMom I sent you an email a couple days ago about your Iliad experience. Did you get it?

Resent it to you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I was thinking "Dear" Hubby or "Dumb" Hubby.

BOb

Depending on what DH is doing the sentiments change.

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Originally Posted by jacksonunit

Later, I tried to tell her how cool it was and how much money I would be saving on books and she asked me how much it cost so I told her how beautiful her eyes were and asked her where she wanted to go for her fifteenth wedding anniversary...

But after 28 years with DH that wouldn't work with me!

pilotbob · 03-05-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

Depending on what DH is doing the sentiments change.

Or, it depends on if you are in the National Leauge or the American Leauge.

BOb

pilotbob · 03-05-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jacksonunit

My wife reads with twice the voracity I do but fortunately she is a confirmed luddite.

Keep in that way! My biggest mistake was showing my wife what it was I did "all day" that that stupid computer. After that, I had to share... now she has her own (as do each of the kids)!

At least with two readers you can share books.

Although my wife doesn't generally read the stuff I do.

BOb

03-02-2008, 10:31 PM	#1
Kingston Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 834 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Tennessee Device: Kindle, Iliad v2 & v1,Gen 3 from NAEB, Sony PRS-505, Jetbook	Wives and Kindles I've read about 6-8 occasions online that a gadget reviewer has 'loaned' his Kindle to a wife or sig other and never got it back! Here's another: http://tinyurl.com/39vjer

03-04-2008, 01:19 PM	#7
jacksonunit Sand Bender Posts: 107 Karma: 35218 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Antonio, Tx Device: Kindle1/iPhone/iPad/Droid/KindleDX/Kindle 3G/Kindle Touch/Kindle Fire	I married a luddite. My wife reads with twice the voracity I do but fortunately she is a confirmed luddite. When I leave my kindle on the counter she picks it up with two fingers and seems to regard it with the sort of contempt usually reserved for things one pulls from the bathroom sink hair-trap. She may be warming up to it though. She picked it up a few days ago and said "I thought you HATED Emily Dickens" I told her that It's not so much that I Hate Emily as it is I feel less like vomiting when I'm not reading her poetry and that the portrait of E.D. was just a random screen saver image that came with the device. She snatched it up and got it out of the screen saver mode and then just sat it down and walked off. About six hours later she asked me "Why the hell does it need a screensaver if it's got an e-ink display that does not get burn-in or draw any power?" I said I thought it was to prevent unintentional button presses. She looked left, back at me for a second, looked down, sighed, and looked back at me and said "What?" while shaking her head in a way that seemed so wise that it made me want to be a luddite too. For a second. Later, I tried to tell her how cool it was and how much money I would be saving on books and she asked me how much it cost so I told her how beautiful her eyes were and asked her where she wanted to go for her fifteenth wedding anniversary... Last edited by jacksonunit; 03-04-2008 at 01:21 PM.

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TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I've tried to get my DH to try out PDFs on my Iliad and he isn't interested. He'd rather drive in to the office and print them off and bring them home to read. DH is not a reader so maybe that's why he's not interested in my cute gadgets.