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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Really? That is awfully absolute. I'm under no moral compulsion to loan anything I've purchased, to a friend or family member. If the discussion was about a bike, or lawn mower, or car, would you feel the same way?
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I rode 10 speeds all over texas during the '60s to the '90s and I often loaned my bike to friends. I've loaned my car to both friends and family. I only owned a lawnmower for about 8 years, about 15 years ago, and I don't recall being asked to loan that, although I'd have felt free to do so if a friend asked me.
It would have to be someone I trusted but I have no family members I can't trust and I don't make friends with people that I don't trust.
I only lost once when I had open heart surgery. I loaned my car to my niece while I was recovering and she parked on a street on campus and some drunk kid plowed into it. Someone got his license number and his parents paid for the repairs but it took a long time for them to do that so I was without a car for a while. It wasn't my niece's fault at all. If I still had a car I'd feel comfortable lending it to her if she needed it.
Lending a Kindle is no small thing either. Not like lending a car but these things aren't cheap. My oldest Kindle is a 3rd gen Paperwhite.
Barry