05-18-2012, 08:16 AM | #211 |
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The "old" term kicks in and shows up when you climb into or out of the truck or the craft or sit down or raise up from the sitting position. Then your knees tell you how old you are. If you don't even think about your knees, you are a youngster.
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05-18-2012, 08:16 AM | #212 |
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The moment for me entering Old Fartdom was when I complained about my children's taste in music (rap) and I realized that i sounded like my mother when she complained about Beatles and Stones.
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05-22-2012, 11:31 AM | #213 |
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I'm still using (and loving!) my original Nook Classic, but I will upgrade to one of these when it's time. I have burned through about six book lamps in less than two years, and I'm tired of replacing them. They also don't offer the best at night reading experience, but it's something I put up with.
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05-25-2012, 12:55 AM | #214 |
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When people who look the way you think you look start calling you "Sir," you're old.
When you start thinking that today's pop music is all crap, you're an old fart. |
05-25-2012, 03:11 AM | #215 |
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One relative of mine dropped her NG on a bricked floor. It split apart.
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05-25-2012, 07:36 AM | #216 |
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05-25-2012, 08:02 AM | #217 |
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05-25-2012, 08:18 AM | #218 |
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The problem with determining people's age by cultural refs is that we live in an archival era. I have friends in their 20s who quote Lee Van Cleef and Sydney Greenstreet. I myself moon over the likes of Myrna Loy and Edwige Fenech, and quote Preston Sturges ca. the 40s and S.J. Perelman interviews from the the 60s.
It's actually more telling to notice the cultural refs someone misses than the ones they know -- particularly in terms of music and fashion. But even then, you've got stubble-chinned tykes whose first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. (What the second duty is, I leave to your hoary librarian to divulge.) Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 05-25-2012 at 08:22 AM. |
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I haven't had to use B&N customer service in over a year, but when I did, I never had problems with them. |
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05-26-2012, 02:09 PM | #220 | |
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and sure, $11 or so for an SD card isn't that much - but it's one more thing to buy (and lose) - and they make such a big issue about not having extra costs, like the Kindle does. I've only had to use B&N customer service once, and it was so abysmal that i swore never again. Last edited by BeccaPrice; 05-26-2012 at 02:20 PM. Reason: an afterthought |
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05-27-2012, 08:53 AM | #222 | |
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The Nook Tablet/Color have larger partitions (1-2 GB IIRC). |
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05-27-2012, 10:15 AM | #223 |
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05-27-2012, 10:15 AM | #224 | |
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"•2GB Holds up to 1,000 books (1GB for content; 750 MB reserved for B&N content". |
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