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Old 01-08-2011, 08:28 AM   #1
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Introduction and greetins from San Juan, Puerto Rico

Hello!
My name is Enrique F. Bird, am 60, retired, born in Chicago, where I lived all of 3 weeks. My parents were both graduate students at the University of Chicago and got married there, then returned home with my older sister and myself to San Juan, Puerto Rico. And proceeded to have 6 more girls and just 2 more boy - yes, we are a family of 10 siblings! I studied Humanities, majoring in English literature then proceeded to spend my life working in computer systems in programming, system analysis, and systems engineering for over 30 years. I was also involved in chess and was elected to the Puerto Rico Chess Federation Hall of Fame in December, 2007. I have been happily married for 32 years to my wife Carmen and we have 3 sons, Enrique, who is 30 and works in auditing, Víctor, 28, studied business management and plays volleyball profesionally, and Jorge, 27, who is a recently minted lawyer. No grandchildren yet, alas, as all 3 of them live at home with us.
Books have been a passion of mine for almost 50 years, and classical detective fiction my favorite. I have around 20,000 to 30,000 books at home, the one major area of dissension between Carmen and I. Apart from mysteries, there are lots of chess books, many sport books (especially baseball), history, classics, World War II, poetry, computers and information technology, and a big chunk of Christian books of various types, with my personal beliefs refelcted in theological books on calvinism. And there are about 3,000 - 4,000 thousand old American comic books until the 1990s, mostly from the 1970s and 1980s, with a lot from the 1960s. And I am sure there are more categories not listed here. One thing that you will not, or hardly find: science books.
I got my Kindle, the 3G + WiFi model, as a Christmas gift and have enjoyed it a lot. A particular treat to me has been finding so many Maurice Leblanc/Arsene Lupin titles available.
Best regards,
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Old 01-08-2011, 09:04 AM   #2
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Welcom to MR Enrique F. Bird. You certainly have a tall tale to tell. So glad you like your Kindle. With your new present Carmen may get some more floor space in future as the next 30,000 books can fit in your hand from now on.
Have a look around. This site has many forums and it is very hard to feel out of place here with the great membership you will find. Have a great 2011. Will catch up soon in one of the other forums no doubt.
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Old 01-08-2011, 09:09 AM   #3
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Bienvenido, Enrique! Welcome to MR. Enjoy your new Kindle, and be sure to check out our collection of free, public domain e-books (just click on "e-books" at the top of the page).
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Old 01-08-2011, 09:45 AM   #4
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Old 01-08-2011, 10:00 AM   #5
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Hi Enrique and welcome to MobileRead.

My wife and I were just in Old Juan Juan over the holidays. Stayed at the El Convento hotel. Very nice.
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Old 01-08-2011, 10:10 AM   #6
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Enrique Hello from Atlanta..! Another nubie here. Your introduction was the first I opened and your detail may inspire me to post one similar, but later when I find the time. I couldn't resist saying it's obvious that Carmen loves you. And what a great family.
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Old 01-08-2011, 11:43 AM   #7
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Good to have your company, Enrique. Very best wishes. Neil
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Old 01-08-2011, 04:37 PM   #8
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Welcome to MR! You've got quite the story there, Enrique. Have fun with the new Kindle :-)

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