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montsnmags · 01-25-2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

This is your iKindle, right?

How long is it supposed to take to get to you?

Seven days is what they estimate. Most of that will probably be in Oz. They are now in CA and OH.

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Nevada and Pennsylvania, if you wanted the translations

I had to think a bit with NV, but I recognised PA from having been there. The above ("CA" and "OH") are easier because of their first two letters (okay, and because the tracking also says "San Francisco" and "Cincinatti", and a Drew Carey "Cleveland Rocks" and "WKRP in Cincinatti" are nicely lodged in my head's reference section

).

Cheers,
Marc (Most of what I know about the USA I learned from American sitcoms)

desertblues · 01-25-2011, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Too late... Chris was playing it last night and I was watching. Going to try it today

Don't, don't do it.

.....it is addictive.

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

My Kindle 3 and case have been shipped from "NV" and "PA". The waiting period...

Congrats on your Kindle; you'll love it.

Iridal · 01-25-2011, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

My Kindle 3 and case have been shipped from "NV" and "PA". The waiting period...

Congrats ! You'll absolutely love it

LCF · 01-25-2011, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Like is said there is something lacking when it gets resized for the web. That is the reason I drew this one. This all-dressed-up Ukranian man - suit, tie, jacket, hat and he has these reading glasses with a +3.75 sticker on them.

I thought it a funny contrast and my saying is "Contrast is King" for graphite drawings.

Guess the "reading" glasses makes it even more appropriate here.

For your own archive, there is a really small, free and useful program, that automatically sticks a lot of images into one. I mean if you divide the picture in 12/16/X shots you could get one really big and detailed digital file.
I bet you already know this and the program you use is much more advanced, right?

Dylrob · 01-25-2011, 07:28 AM

Memorizing Hiragana.

kennyc · 01-25-2011, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

That is utterly amazing! The life you've breathed into that gentleman is phenomenal.

From the tag, I can see his eyes are as old as mine!

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I hope it's not of the Ukranian Gentleman!

Uh, no!

kennyc · 01-25-2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Memorizing Hiragana.

Latinandgreek · 01-25-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylrob

Memorizing Hiragana.

Good luck with your studies!

kennyc · 01-25-2011, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Seven days is what they estimate. Most of that will probably be in Oz. They are now in CA and OH.

mmmmm....
Cheers,
Marc

Yeah, that's what my paper from Britain was supposed to take....that was 6 weeks ago.....

DMcCunney · 01-25-2011, 10:35 AM

Watching Yet More Snow blanket New York City.

A couple of weeks ago, we got a blizzard that dumped 18" on the city. (And generated a local tempest in a teapot, as there was apparently a union inspired work slowdown by Sanitation workers, protesting city budget cuts, so snow clearance didn't happen as quickly as it might have. I believe City Council is still holding hearings on it.)

No sooner did the snow get mostly cleared than another blizzard dumped an additional 10" on the city. We were planning to go up to Boston for a long weekend, and hoped Amtrak service wouldn't be affected. (It wasn't.)

We were in Boston from January 13th through January 18th, here, returning January 19th. Of course, it snowed in Boston on the 19th, and Amtrak service back was affected: our original train was canceled, and we got a Northeast Regional local departing 4 hours later. That came from a local yard and left on time, but had problems en route and did not arrive on schedule.

Now we are getting more snow. I'm beginning to think it's following me around...

______
Dennis

maianhvk · 01-25-2011, 10:35 AM

it's 10:30 pm. What a tiring day!

I did the shopping - argggg the supermarket was incredibly crowded - and just as I made my way through the crowd I realized that I forgot something, had to got back to the shelves to get it, moved on to the next one and again forgot something else. Frustrated.

I went to a small bookshop next to buy a book for my friend, that 'L'Encyclodédie...' one. The streets, to my 'surprise', were unbelievably crowded

People were everywhere!

and I came back home some minutes ago from a party at my sister's house. I'm so tired. and yet I have to pack my stuffs now, for I'm leaving for Saigon tomorrow...

GeoffC · 01-25-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

it's 10:30 pm. What a tiring day!

I did the shopping - argggg the supermarket was incredibly crowded - and just as I made my way through the crowd I realized that I forgot something, had to got back to the shelves to get it, moved on to the next one and again forgot something else. Frustrated.

I went to a small bookshop next to buy a book for my friend, that 'L'Encyclodédie...' one. The streets, to my 'surprise', were unbelievably crowded

People were everywhere!

and I came back home some minutes ago from a party at my sister's house. I'm so tired. and yet I have to pack my stuffs now, for I'm leaving for Saigon tomorrow...

have a safe journey /...

Crusader · 01-25-2011, 02:14 PM

Drooling over my new book purchases. They actually arrived yesterday, but it's till fun to look at them. Still waiting for the rest to arrive. I've been spending WAY too much money on books this month...

kindlekitten · 01-25-2011, 02:16 PM

I envy you starting the Wheel of Time series. I wish there were a similar series that I have yet to discover that I could start on now (with at least half of the books already published and not having to WAIT!)

Crusader · 01-25-2011, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I envy you starting the Wheel of Time series. I wish there were a similar series that I have yet to discover that I could start on now (with at least half of the books already published and not having to WAIT!)

I have actually read the WoT series. I just can't remember where I stopped. Thought it would be a good idea to start from scratch. By the time I'm done reading the last book should be available in PB as well, or at an affordable pricepoint as ebook.

That's actually the second box set. The first is still traversing the postal service.

01-25-2011, 07:28 AM	#26990
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Memorizing Hiragana.

01-25-2011, 10:35 AM	#26995
DMcCunney New York Editor Posts: 6,384 Karma: 16540415 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7	Watching Yet More Snow blanket New York City. A couple of weeks ago, we got a blizzard that dumped 18" on the city. (And generated a local tempest in a teapot, as there was apparently a union inspired work slowdown by Sanitation workers, protesting city budget cuts, so snow clearance didn't happen as quickly as it might have. I believe City Council is still holding hearings on it.) No sooner did the snow get mostly cleared than another blizzard dumped an additional 10" on the city. We were planning to go up to Boston for a long weekend, and hoped Amtrak service wouldn't be affected. (It wasn't.) We were in Boston from January 13th through January 18th, here, returning January 19th. Of course, it snowed in Boston on the 19th, and Amtrak service back was affected: our original train was canceled, and we got a Northeast Regional local departing 4 hours later. That came from a local yard and left on time, but had problems en route and did not arrive on schedule. Now we are getting more snow. I'm beginning to think it's following me around... ______ Dennis

01-25-2011, 10:35 AM	#26996
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	it's 10:30 pm. What a tiring day! I did the shopping - argggg the supermarket was incredibly crowded - and just as I made my way through the crowd I realized that I forgot something, had to got back to the shelves to get it, moved on to the next one and again forgot something else. Frustrated. I went to a small bookshop next to buy a book for my friend, that 'L'Encyclodédie...' one. The streets, to my 'surprise', were unbelievably crowded People were everywhere! and I came back home some minutes ago from a party at my sister's house. I'm so tired. and yet I have to pack my stuffs now, for I'm leaving for Saigon tomorrow...

01-25-2011, 02:14 PM	#26998
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Drooling over my new book purchases. They actually arrived yesterday, but it's till fun to look at them. Still waiting for the rest to arrive. I've been spending WAY too much money on books this month...

01-25-2011, 02:16 PM	#26999
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	I envy you starting the Wheel of Time series. I wish there were a similar series that I have yet to discover that I could start on now (with at least half of the books already published and not having to WAIT!)