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captcrouton · 07-21-2010, 02:22 AM

Three weeks ago I was dressed like a pirate, hiding in the woods from the gypsies who were trying to capture me. Meanwhile, I was reading Nicholas Nickleby on my Kindle.

True story, I was staffing a camp for orphans in Western Ukraine. Most of the children I work with are Roma (gypsy) children. We were playing "Hunt the Pirates" and a bunch of the staff and I were dressed up. They were looking for us to put us in their prison.

Here is a major advantage to having a dedicated reader. Every orphan kid wants to play with and run off with my cellphone because they can play games or call their friends or even steal my minutes or phone card, but I don't have the same problem with the Kindle. Actual conversation translated from Russian/Ukrainian:

"What's that?"
"It's an electronic book reader."
"Is it a computer?"
"Nope, I just read."
"Does it have games?"
"No, no games. But 120 books so far."
"You have the internet?"
"No, not here." (in that remote campground there was no connection, so no internet)
"Oh... then what do you do with it?"
"I read books. Books in English."
"Mmm.. cool." Child walks away confused.

07-21-2010, 02:22 AM	#78
captcrouton Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 84 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Device: Kindle 2	Three weeks ago I was dressed like a pirate, hiding in the woods from the gypsies who were trying to capture me. Meanwhile, I was reading Nicholas Nickleby on my Kindle. True story, I was staffing a camp for orphans in Western Ukraine. Most of the children I work with are Roma (gypsy) children. We were playing "Hunt the Pirates" and a bunch of the staff and I were dressed up. They were looking for us to put us in their prison. Here is a major advantage to having a dedicated reader. Every orphan kid wants to play with and run off with my cellphone because they can play games or call their friends or even steal my minutes or phone card, but I don't have the same problem with the Kindle. Actual conversation translated from Russian/Ukrainian: "What's that?" "It's an electronic book reader." "Is it a computer?" "Nope, I just read." "Does it have games?" "No, no games. But 120 books so far." "You have the internet?" "No, not here." (in that remote campground there was no connection, so no internet) "Oh... then what do you do with it?" "I read books. Books in English." "Mmm.. cool." Child walks away confused.