Introduction and greetins from San Juan, Puerto Rico

Enriquito · 01-08-2011, 08:28 AM

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,
Enrique F. Bird

wannabee · 01-08-2011, 09:04 AM

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.

Latinandgreek · 01-08-2011, 09:09 AM

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).

Valmore Daniels · 01-08-2011, 09:45 AM

Welcome to MR

MickeyC · 01-08-2011, 10:00 AM

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.

BillGill · 01-08-2011, 10:10 AM

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.
BillGill

neilmarr · 01-08-2011, 11:43 AM

Good to have your company, Enrique. Very best wishes. Neil

Iridal · 01-08-2011, 04:37 PM

Welcome to MobileRead !

Sandra Edwards · 01-08-2011, 09:26 PM

Welcome to MR! You've got quite the story there, Enrique. Have fun with the new Kindle :-)

Sandy

GraceKrispy · 01-08-2011, 10:45 PM

Welcome to MobileRead! It's good to get to know you

GeoffC · 01-09-2011, 04:18 AM

Enrique

welcome to mobileread ....

you too .... billgill

welcome to mobileread ...

01-08-2011, 08:28 AM	#1
Enriquito Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Amazon Kindle	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, Enrique F. Bird

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01-08-2011, 09:04 AM	#2
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	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.

01-08-2011, 09:09 AM	#3
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	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).

01-08-2011, 09:45 AM	#4
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	Welcome to MR

01-08-2011, 10:00 AM	#5
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	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.

01-08-2011, 10:10 AM	#6
BillGill Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle3	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. BillGill

01-08-2011, 11:43 AM	#7
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Enrique. Very best wishes. Neil

01-08-2011, 04:37 PM	#8
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Sandra Edwards Queen of Procrastination Posts: 1,884 Karma: 1802 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nevada Device: K2, K3, Fire	Welcome to MR! You've got quite the story there, Enrique. Have fun with the new Kindle :-) Sandy

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01-09-2011, 04:18 AM	#11
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Enrique welcome to mobileread .... you too .... billgill welcome to mobileread ...

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