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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
Here in Canada - no, I never hesitate to whip my reader out. In Croatia - I use it in public, with my book-like cover people just think it is a book or journal. I've had people ask me why I keep staring at the same page for an hour 
And yes, I have felt like a show off in Croatia at university with my reader (which costs less than many if not most of the mobile phones I see at university, so really, I shouldn't feel like a show off, but there you go. I've had people at university make rude comments about my cheap, old cell phone, however. No tact.) |
Ah, but the actual cost of things is irrelevant. A man I know, not a friend, was critical of me for spending money on a laptop computer and an internet connection. I said, "I spend less on my computer than you spend on liquor."
"That's different."
"It is. I can remember using my computer."