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cromag · 11-19-2014, 01:32 AM

Back in the 70s I worked for Fish & Game for a while, picking dead deer up off the highways.

The elephants are on their own.

Stitchawl · 11-19-2014, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by cromag

Back in the 70s I worked for Fish & Game for a while, picking dead deer up off the highways.

The elephants are on their own.

Run into a 130lb doe and it totals your car. (Doesn't help the doe very much either.) But run into four tree trunks connected by a brick wall, all of it weighing about 6,000lbs and you don't have to worry about picking it up off the highway. You have to worry about it being angry.

Stitchawl

Rumpelteazer · 11-19-2014, 08:21 AM

Trying to decide what to have for lunch. After that I'm back to stalking Amazon.de to see if my Kindle has been shipped yet (it's in the "shipping soon" status for almost 24 hours now).

trichobezoar · 11-19-2014, 05:06 PM

Copying and pasting my eBookOrama folder (it has a lot of ebooks) into my Galaxy Note tablet. Then I'll copy and paste music files, The Teaching Company MP3s, and possibly video files. This is gonna take forever.

Rumpelteazer · 11-20-2014, 03:18 AM

Yesterday, just after I posted I got an email telling me my Kindle had been shipped. According to the PostNL tracking website Amazon is still preparing the shipment. According to Amazon it was shipped from Rheinberg, Germany to Grimbergen in Belgium. So it seems it's taking a bit of a detour, it has now travelled 223km south-west. From Rheinberg to my home it's only 162km (north-west). Now it has to travel 173km north-eastish to get to me.

cromag · 11-20-2014, 09:14 PM

Welcome to transport hubs, Rumpelteazer. I've had orders ship from a warehouse 20 miles ( about 30 km) away travel 100 miles away and across state lines before heading back in my direction.

And now, back to my laundry.

Rumpelteazer · 11-21-2014, 04:28 AM

Catching up with my photo journalling. Normally I start journalling the previous week on Monday. But with both the craft fair two weeks ago and my vacation the week after I've let it slide. I'm now printing the photo's of those two weeks, then I can start making my lay-outs with my new kit.

I've also made an appointment for next week to apply for a new ID card. I now see that I have to get passport photos made. Luckily an ID card is now valid for 10 years instead of the 5 years my current card could be used.

Rumpelteazer · 11-21-2014, 07:25 AM

My Kindle Paperwhite just arrived and so far it looks amazing. Very even lighting (I can see a bit of spotlighting in the bottom of the screen but only when I look very carefully) and no pinholes. It didn't find the latest update so I'm downloading that now.

After that I can put on a couple of books before I have to work. I'm secretly hoping that this morning it was busy in the store, so my father hasn't had time yet to make the price list for the shipment that came in this morning. That way I can read between helping customers whilst he's doing that

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Bilbo1967 · 11-29-2014, 05:39 PM

The company I work for owns a flat in central London so Mrs B, youngest son and I are using it for the weekend. Spent a good day today at Borough Market and the Imperial War Museum (I highly recommend the current WWI exhibition).

I think Mrs B has plans for Covent Garden and Oxford Street shipping tomorrow.

Now relaxing with a glass of wine before bed.

Rumpelteazer · 11-30-2014, 06:44 AM

Trying to determine which media player I want to get. I already have one but it occasional freezes and is slow when transferring files.

So far it looks like Mede8er has got some nice players. Now to decide which one to get.

Rumpelteazer · 11-30-2014, 01:51 PM

My mother has always been an avid reader, until a couple of years ago when she switched from books to music. For the first time in months she picked up a book again this week when she couldn't sleep due to a chest infection.

This morning she asked me if she could see my Paperwhite 2. After seeing how you can adjust the brightness of the light and the font size she declared she also wanted one

She always liked ereader but never wanted one, claiming they were too fragile and a paper book just had something that an ereader never could have. But today she told me she was annoyed with having to keep moving the book around so there are no shadows on the page, especially in darker rooms, so the build in light was the deal maker for her.

kindlekitten · 11-30-2014, 02:08 PM

Another convert!

Rumpelteazer · 11-30-2014, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Another convert!

Yes.
She's now trying to decide if she wants to switch to books in English, because those are a lot cheaper than the ones in Dutch.

WT Sharpe · 12-01-2014, 07:29 PM

Drinking Gatorade mixed with Miralax. Tomorrow it's time once again to have a TV camera installed where the sun doesn't shine. Oh, joy. At least the drugs are good.

Stitchawl · 12-02-2014, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Drinking Gatorade mixed with Miralax. Tomorrow it's time once again to have a TV camera installed where the sun doesn't shine. Oh, joy. At least the drugs are good.

They allow you to drink 'colored' liquids? My doc insisted only colorless stuff; consomme, ginger ale, sprite, etc. Not even tea!

Stitchawl

11-19-2014, 05:06 PM	#38434
trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	Copying and pasting my eBookOrama folder (it has a lot of ebooks) into my Galaxy Note tablet. Then I'll copy and paste music files, The Teaching Company MP3s, and possibly video files. This is gonna take forever. Last edited by trichobezoar; 11-19-2014 at 05:09 PM.

11-19-2014, 01:32 AM	#38431
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,279 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Back in the 70s I worked for Fish & Game for a while, picking dead deer up off the highways. The elephants are on their own.

11-19-2014, 08:21 AM	#38433
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Trying to decide what to have for lunch. After that I'm back to stalking Amazon.de to see if my Kindle has been shipped yet (it's in the "shipping soon" status for almost 24 hours now).

11-20-2014, 03:18 AM	#38435
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Yesterday, just after I posted I got an email telling me my Kindle had been shipped. According to the PostNL tracking website Amazon is still preparing the shipment. According to Amazon it was shipped from Rheinberg, Germany to Grimbergen in Belgium. So it seems it's taking a bit of a detour, it has now travelled 223km south-west. From Rheinberg to my home it's only 162km (north-west). Now it has to travel 173km north-eastish to get to me.

11-20-2014, 09:14 PM	#38436
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,279 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Welcome to transport hubs, Rumpelteazer. I've had orders ship from a warehouse 20 miles ( about 30 km) away travel 100 miles away and across state lines before heading back in my direction. And now, back to my laundry.

11-21-2014, 04:28 AM	#38437
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Catching up with my photo journalling. Normally I start journalling the previous week on Monday. But with both the craft fair two weeks ago and my vacation the week after I've let it slide. I'm now printing the photo's of those two weeks, then I can start making my lay-outs with my new kit. I've also made an appointment for next week to apply for a new ID card. I now see that I have to get passport photos made. Luckily an ID card is now valid for 10 years instead of the 5 years my current card could be used.

11-21-2014, 07:25 AM	#38438
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	My Kindle Paperwhite just arrived and so far it looks amazing. Very even lighting (I can see a bit of spotlighting in the bottom of the screen but only when I look very carefully) and no pinholes. It didn't find the latest update so I'm downloading that now. After that I can put on a couple of books before I have to work. I'm secretly hoping that this morning it was busy in the store, so my father hasn't had time yet to make the price list for the shipment that came in this morning. That way I can read between helping customers whilst he's doing that .

11-29-2014, 05:39 PM	#38439
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	The company I work for owns a flat in central London so Mrs B, youngest son and I are using it for the weekend. Spent a good day today at Borough Market and the Imperial War Museum (I highly recommend the current WWI exhibition). I think Mrs B has plans for Covent Garden and Oxford Street shipping tomorrow. Now relaxing with a glass of wine before bed.

11-30-2014, 06:44 AM	#38440
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Trying to determine which media player I want to get. I already have one but it occasional freezes and is slow when transferring files. So far it looks like Mede8er has got some nice players. Now to decide which one to get.

11-30-2014, 01:51 PM	#38441
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	My mother has always been an avid reader, until a couple of years ago when she switched from books to music. For the first time in months she picked up a book again this week when she couldn't sleep due to a chest infection. This morning she asked me if she could see my Paperwhite 2. After seeing how you can adjust the brightness of the light and the font size she declared she also wanted one She always liked ereader but never wanted one, claiming they were too fragile and a paper book just had something that an ereader never could have. But today she told me she was annoyed with having to keep moving the book around so there are no shadows on the page, especially in darker rooms, so the build in light was the deal maker for her.

11-30-2014, 02:08 PM	#38442
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Another convert!

12-01-2014, 07:29 PM	#38444
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Drinking Gatorade mixed with Miralax. Tomorrow it's time once again to have a TV camera installed where the sun doesn't shine. Oh, joy. At least the drugs are good.