06-05-2008, 08:25 PM | #1 |
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Hello from Texas
I haven't even gotten my Kindle yet. I'm a prior Rocket Ebook user (a real early adopter type), and have loved reading ebooks for several years now.
My Kindle is due to arrive this Monday (the 9th of June, 2008) and I am already building up a large stock of books to read on it. (I'm going to revisit a lot of the old classics and even try to finish some of the newer books I've bought that were just too heavy to lug around.) I'm also big on DIY, so if I don't get a chance to purchase one of FrankN's nice leather covers, I'll probably start making my own. My preference is for simple covers out of good quality canvas and really nice leather. Other than that .... female, bordering on elderly, Buddhist, living in Texas with a bazillion cats and two dogs. (Yes, I'm one of those crazy old cat ladies that you've all heard so much about ... except I'm horribly allergic to cats, so I have to keep the house really clean or I stop breathing.) That's it. You now know more about me than you probably ever wanted to. |
06-05-2008, 08:54 PM | #2 |
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Greetings, Salutations, and welcome RickyMaveety!
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06-05-2008, 09:27 PM | #3 |
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Hi RickyMaveety and welcome to the Forum. Be sure and let us know how you like your Kindle when it arrives.
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06-05-2008, 09:47 PM | #4 |
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Hello RickyMaveety
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We'll be the judge of that. Which Star Trek series did you like the most, or which Doctor Who was/is the best?
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06-06-2008, 09:31 AM | #6 |
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Welcome Ricky!
Ignore Marc. |
06-06-2008, 11:21 AM | #7 |
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Thank you ... so furry mush
Born during the Truman administration. The shows I like pretty much depend on who I have a huge crush on. With the original Star Trek it was Spock all the way with me. By the time TNG came along I was hopelessly in love with Jean Luc Picard. The same rules apply to Dr. Who, I liked Peter Davison and I like David Tennant ... not so much Tom Baker (who is a wonderful actor ... I just never developed a crush on him).
I'm in Texas more or less by accident. I needed a larger house for the cats and the dogs, and there was one that I could afford here. I don't know if I will stay or not ... I've been here three years now (Texas Hill Country) and the general intollerance of the natives to those of us "non-Christians" is starting to wear on me. Moved here from San Diego, California .... loved it there, but real estate just got too expensive. The doggies are a mixture of wolf, akita, chow and german shepherd. They are the sweetest things that ever lived. I got them because I was afraid of dogs and felt having dogs would be a good way to get over it. It worked. I am addicted to LOLCats .... Garfield not so much. Bucky Katt (Get Fuzzy) is more my style. HUGE Simpsons fan (although I've never been known to actually throw a cat at anyone), also South Park, Drawn Together, Robot Chicken, and Family Guy. I do not watch (or like) "reality" tv. Love shows about solving crime, especially when they get the science right. Hobbies .... I build computers -- the current build has 3 terrabytes of storage, four monitors, two NVidia graphics cards running SLI, and a screaming CPU. I hate Vista ... hate, hate, hate Vista ... I run XP. Built my first from scratch PC in 1985. That one had a single 5.25 floppy and no hard drive (snork .... good times). I also like to create skins for my computers, and I do a lot of computer graphics generally (gallery on Renderosity it anyone is curious). I have a furniture store on Second Life, and love to create computer models. I use Rhino, Bryce, Hexagon, Photoshop and any other tools that work for me. My garage is a complete mess, but I have a wood working shop buried in there somewhere. I like to make furniture (mostly for my cats, but some for me as well). I watch movies and read whenever possible. There are times when I have to travel for work, and if I don't have a new book on hand to read as I finish whatever I'm reading, I get cranky. I am not a pleasant person when I'm cranky, so I try to never allow myself to get cranky. I've never been married and I'm a non-breeder, having been spayed many many years ago (I would never ask my animals to do something I wasn't willing to do myself). I could go on like this forever .... I'm not a very private person. Thanks for all the kind words of welcome. |
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06-06-2008, 12:06 PM | #9 |
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sweet baby jesus on a cracker, another Get Fuzzy fan !
allow me to congratulate you on your very fine avatar. |
06-06-2008, 07:20 PM | #10 |
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No ... no ... no .... just a humble little ol' XP user. Never got into OS so much .... I'm a hardware freak. Hardware and power tools, my guilty pleasures.
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06-06-2008, 07:21 PM | #11 |
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08-08-2008, 10:51 AM | #12 |
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Just want to point out that Ricky joined us on 5 Jun 08 and has already posted more than 1500 times and has exceeded all expectations. Says something about her. NOt sure what, but there it is.
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