Snacking and E-reading--- - Page 2

Figlilly · 12-21-2010, 09:15 PM

I tend to read in bed or on the bus so snacking is out in both places - just as well. I once nearly ate a cardboard collectible in a packet of corn chips while I was reading a pbook. I also do not need any more excuses to snack.

Iridal · 12-22-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Figwit

I once nearly ate a cardboard collectible in a packet of corn chips while I was reading a pbook.

A woman in Belgium once choked on a 'flippo' (pog) while she was watching television and snacking at the same time

.

Since then my mum always scolded me for eating while reading (or is it reading while eating

). But I've taken up this habit again now that I live on my own, especially when I'm eating alone.

As for the other thing, I don't tend to spend that much time on the toilet but I always take my reader with me.

SeaBookGuy · 12-22-2010, 05:39 PM

I think of e-reading as going with snazzy libation rather than eats.

laughingdragons · 12-22-2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bro Pete

I dislike greasy fingerprints on anything. So I munch with one hand and turn pages with the other--unless of course if I take my reader into the Library--where no food should be considered.

Ditto!

GoblinWriter · 12-23-2010, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Apikoros18

Do you use your e-reader on the Family Throne?

More fiber and fewer cheetos in the diet, and you probably wouldn't need to be on there long enough to reach for your ereader. :P

I have used my kindle in the tub though!

caleb72 · 12-23-2010, 01:53 AM

Don't have a problem with eating while reading although I tend not to.

The only problem I have with reading in the toilet is that I tend to stay too long and it apparently isn't that great to sit on the throne too long. Having said that - done it plenty of times.

Regards
Caleb

kindlekitten · 12-23-2010, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by GoblinWriter

More fiber and fewer cheetos in the diet, and you probably wouldn't need to be on there long enough to reach for your ereader. :P

I have used my kindle in the tub though!

vizsla!!! there have been an increasing number that have been coming out to the puppy park where I am at! fun dogs!

silasgreenback · 12-23-2010, 03:27 PM

I haven't done much snacking and reading in the past, so I don't really see it being much of an issue with an ereader.

I am concerned with smoking, though. I've been delaying quitting for a few months and am thinking that keeping my ereader from getting a patina of tar might be a little bit of useful motivation. I don't smoke in the same room as the computer, and that's working out nicely, so the extra effort to not smoke while reading could be helpful.

However those plans go, I don't intend to jinx it all by making a New Year's resolution.

SeaBookGuy · 12-23-2010, 04:11 PM

I bought a used 505 from e-bay as my first device ... it reeked of smoke! I wrote the selling company that although everything else about the transaction was terrific, I couldn't in good conscience give them the good review; they forfeited that. They wrote back: "Thanks for bringing it to our attention."

The smell did lessen over time, but not completely.

GoblinWriter · 12-23-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

vizsla!!! there have been an increasing number that have been coming out to the puppy park where I am at! fun dogs!

Hah, cool! Most people don't know the breed, and they're always asking me what kind of dogs I have.

kindlekitten · 12-23-2010, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GoblinWriter

Hah, cool! Most people don't know the breed, and they're always asking me what kind of dogs I have.

there are two that are directly (along with their owners!) from Hungary even!

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12-21-2010, 09:15 PM	#16
Figlilly Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 2514066 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis 2&3, Paperwhites, Kindle Touch, Kobo Clara, IPad Air2	I tend to read in bed or on the bus so snacking is out in both places - just as well. I once nearly ate a cardboard collectible in a packet of corn chips while I was reading a pbook. I also do not need any more excuses to snack.

12-22-2010, 05:39 PM	#18
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I think of e-reading as going with snazzy libation rather than eats.

12-23-2010, 01:53 AM	#21
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	Don't have a problem with eating while reading although I tend not to. The only problem I have with reading in the toilet is that I tend to stay too long and it apparently isn't that great to sit on the throne too long. Having said that - done it plenty of times. Regards Caleb

12-23-2010, 03:27 PM	#23
silasgreenback New Leaf Turner Posts: 260 Karma: 1026664 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hadestown Device: Kobo Glo	I haven't done much snacking and reading in the past, so I don't really see it being much of an issue with an ereader. I am concerned with smoking, though. I've been delaying quitting for a few months and am thinking that keeping my ereader from getting a patina of tar might be a little bit of useful motivation. I don't smoke in the same room as the computer, and that's working out nicely, so the extra effort to not smoke while reading could be helpful. However those plans go, I don't intend to jinx it all by making a New Year's resolution.

12-23-2010, 04:11 PM	#24
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I bought a used 505 from e-bay as my first device ... it reeked of smoke! I wrote the selling company that although everything else about the transaction was terrific, I couldn't in good conscience give them the good review; they forfeited that. They wrote back: "Thanks for bringing it to our attention." The smell did lessen over time, but not completely.