You know reading is important to you when...

4691mls · 01-21-2016, 05:53 PM

you hear there's a big winter storm coming and the first thing you think to do in preparation is make sure your ereader is fully charged and loaded with plenty of unread books!

gabby98 · 01-21-2016, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 4691mls

you hear there's a big winter storm coming and the first thing you think to do in preparation is make sure your ereader is fully charged and loaded with plenty of unread books!

lol

I do this AND charge my phones (and backup batteries), of course

Apache · 01-21-2016, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 4691mls

you hear there's a big winter storm coming and the first thing you think to do in preparation is make sure your ereader is fully charged and loaded with plenty of unread books!

Or you know when reading is important because you do this even when the weather is perfect.

Apache

LovesMacs · 01-21-2016, 07:48 PM

You know reading is important to you when...

...you feel somewhat uneasy if there is nothing to read within easy reach.

Lusitanic · 01-22-2016, 01:17 AM

- You carry your ereader at all times.
- You feel extremely energized when your read after a long hiatus (I don't live in my home country and went there for a month, because I had company all the time, I did not read much).
- When you read (ereader) while you take a walk.

eschwartz · 01-22-2016, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lusitanic

- You feel extremely energized when your read after a long hiatus (I don't live in my home country and went there for a month, because I had company all the time, I did not read much).

I am very hurt by the suggestion that I might take a hiatus from reading.

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- When you read (ereader) while you take a walk.

I always read when I am walking places. Walking is boring...

Sweetpea · 01-22-2016, 02:35 AM

- You have made sure that every single device that has a screen, has the ability to read books (applications and books are present!)
- You have always at least one device on your body that allows you to read
- You read before sleeping, even if you're actually too tired to even keep your eyes open

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

I am very hurt by the suggestion that I might take a hiatus from reading.

Not sure I could even do that... When I go to my mother for a holiday, I'm always reading when they're watching TV...

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I always read when I am walking places. Walking is boring...

I never read when I'm walking, but I'm being read to

GrannyGrump · 01-22-2016, 03:34 AM

You have memorized the backs of all the cereal boxes, and are fixing to move on to the canned vegetables...

(It involves an emergency sleep-over at the home of a non-reading friend. Let's not think about it, it is too painful....)

MikeB1972 · 01-22-2016, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

I always read when I am walking places. Walking is boring...

I'd be roadkill after about 20 yards if I tried that

Terisa de morgan · 01-22-2016, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeB1972

I'd be roadkill after about 20 yards if I tried that

I do it since I was a teen... and never has fallen because of that

Yolina · 01-22-2016, 07:12 AM

You take something to read when going to watch bobsleigh world cup races - there is some downtime and even allowing for time to move somewhere else along the track you can squeeze in at least 30 minutes worth of reading between heats.
Improvement for this year: bought a cheap stylus to poke the PW with so that I can turn the pages and keep my gloves on in -10c temperatures

(last year I just took a pbook with me for that reason).

Phogg · 01-22-2016, 07:31 AM

You build a wardrobe of shirts with breast pockets big enough to hold your ereader.
You always keep a backup ereader charged.
You keep different sizes of ereaders for different types of books.

4691mls · 01-22-2016, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeB1972

I'd be roadkill after about 20 yards if I tried that

I'd trip and fall sooner than that!

eschwartz · 01-22-2016, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeB1972

I'd be roadkill after about 20 yards if I tried that

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Originally Posted by 4691mls

I'd trip and fall sooner than that!

What can I say, I've had a lot of practice...

Good peripheral vision helps.

JSWolf · 01-22-2016, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Phogg

You build a wardrobe of shirts with breast pockets big enough to hold your ereader.

And then you cry when you find your Reader broken from having been put in that pocket.

01-21-2016, 05:53 PM	#1
4691mls Wizard Posts: 2,776 Karma: 30081762 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US Device: ALL DEVICES ARE STOCK: Kobo Clara, Tolino Shine 2, Sony PRS-T3, T1	You know reading is important to you when... you hear there's a big winter storm coming and the first thing you think to do in preparation is make sure your ereader is fully charged and loaded with plenty of unread books!

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Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	You take something to read when going to watch bobsleigh world cup races - there is some downtime and even allowing for time to move somewhere else along the track you can squeeze in at least 30 minutes worth of reading between heats. Improvement for this year: bought a cheap stylus to poke the PW with so that I can turn the pages and keep my gloves on in -10c temperatures (last year I just took a pbook with me for that reason). Last edited by Yolina; 01-22-2016 at 07:17 AM.

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Phogg PHD in Horribleness Posts: 2,320 Karma: 23599604 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the ironbound section, near avenue L Device: Just a whole bunch. I guess I am a collector now.	You build a wardrobe of shirts with breast pockets big enough to hold your ereader. You always keep a backup ereader charged. You keep different sizes of ereaders for different types of books.

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