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Yes. 
No, you are not alone. 'The Wife', for instance, reads many paper books.
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No, you are not alone.
I find that ebooks are convenient for travelling, but at home - will often read a paper book. I also find reading paper technical references to be more convenient - it's much easier to have a few paper books open on my desk than a few e-books open on the screen.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Well - I prefer you consider it with the following analogy: {click}
So - not living your life through you hand-held device can be likened to considering the above referenced item as a bit too modern for you, too.
Also, check out http://news.yahoo.com/comics/dilbert-slideshow/[^] for July 18 and 20.
Don't you feel not only better about your self but actually relieved?
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I don't know, I though it was me! I have found when I tried to read e-books (phone,tablet) I could get to sleep, paper put me under! Also paper copies you can give to people easier also come society's collapse they will be a useful go to.
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Yes, that is an amazing advertisement!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Last time I visited Palo Alto CA (ex client and mom live there) I was waiting to meet someone at the train station and, like you, I was the only one reading a real paper book. Everyone else was immersed in glowy screens. The Borg are coming!
Marc
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Too old for what?
I resisted for a few years but I really wish I hadn't! Having to move frequently over the past 15 years, often at short notice, with hundreds of books needing to be packed up and then found shelf space for, sometimes in less than voluminous rooms, to say nothing of carriage to be paid for, I now know better than most what a primitive, costly, and altogether unnecessary means of reproduction the paper book is in the digital age. The hours and currency units I've wasted on packing and lugging around boxes of books when I could have just picked up a piece of hand luggage just doesn't bear thinking about!
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I'm an avid reader of e-books. When people come to my house they're always impressed at my bookshelf[^] and how well-read I am.
modified 20-Jul-15 8:36am.
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I'm avid reader too, but feel better in a library...[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I can smell the musty books from here... 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I prefer dead trees, not least because, once I've bought it, the publishers and book-stores can't break in to my house and remove the book from my shelf.
All the books on your Kindle are not yours. They belong to Amazon. All that cash you have paid was simply to access these books on your Kindle.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It's a rare catch to show your integrity (9)
Have fun
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CHARACTER - Anagram of "RARE CATCH"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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All too easy this time..well done, Now I know what you're doing tomorrow (apart from bacon lunches) 
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RossMW wrote: I know what you're doing tomorrow
Sheep?
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After having carefully booked a compact car from Italy (about 200 £ for 11 days) I went to the rental village for picking it up.
The guy at the desk (let's call him with a fictious name, say "Mr. Balotelli") apparently decided I have to pay more and did his best to achieve the target.
Mr. Balotelli: "You need a Mercedes with automatic transmission, it's better, more comfortable".
Myself: "Nope, I don't want it, I'm used to manual transmission" (my own car is a compact car with manual transmission).
Mr.Balotelli: "OK, I see you have a little child, you need the boost seat".
Myself: "Nope, I have my own" (I carried it from Italy, because they charge, for rental, two-three times the cost of a brand new one).
Mr. Balotelli: "But you really need a GPS".
I: "I have it on my phone" (Similarly you can buy a brand new GPS with their charges for rental).
Mr. Balotelly, however, didn't stop his attempts: "I suggest you this car, instead the one you booked"
I: "Why?"
Mr.Balotelli: "Beacause it is a diesel one, you really need it, just 15 £ more, it is for your conveniece, you will soon save on petrol".
This time I felt in the trap and agreed on switching on the diesel model.
After proposing an addition insurance that I declined, Mr.Balotelli urged me to sign the ridicolously small 'contract' and got my credit card for payement.
So, what was the deal?
It wasn't 'just 15 £ more', it was an upgrade (bigger car I was not used to drive) priced 15 £ per day, total amount 165 £ for 11 days: it almost doubled the initial price.
On the top of it, I soon discovered petrol costs, more often than not) less than diesel oil in the UK (as opposite of Italy).
Now, while I know it was my fault (I had to read carefully the contract before signing it), I also recognize that Mr.Balotelli deceived me and his behaviour was far from what is expected from a honest clerk. I wonder if Europcar trains this way its employees.
While I'm not going to book anymore at Europcar, my advice is
1. Don't rent your car at Manchester airport Europcar.
2. If you ever meet Mr. Balotelli, don't trust him.
3. More generally, don't trust people telling you what is 'convenient for you'.
I have to say the car was OK, and the staff at return office was careful and helpful.
modified 20-Jul-15 4:41am.
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CPallini wrote: don't thrust him.
Awww man, that was precisely what I'd want to do in such a situation. I guess you're fun at parties...
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In the UK Petrol has been cheaper than Diesel for a long time, I had a Diesel car, now that I've swapped back to petrol, there are moves afoot to make them both the same cost, typical.
Diesel cars usually do more miles to the gallon than the petrol equivalent (20%), so overall they are cheaper to run if only fuel cost is considered.
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Yes, I know that, however he surely knows you cannot save 15 £ per day (due olso to mileage constraints).
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For the last week or two, they have been selling around here (Liverpool/Manchester) at the same price - Diesel dropped about 7p per litre to the petrol cost, which is virtually unheard of in the UK!
The fact that this happened when I changed from petrol to my first diesel car makes me smile!
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According to the news diesel became cheaper than petrol today for the first time in the UK since 2001.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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CPallini wrote: 1. Don't rent your car at Manchester airport Europcar.
2. If you ever meet Mr. Balotelli, don't thrust him.
3. More generally, don't trust people telling you what is 'convenient for you'.
0. NEVER trust (or thrust) a rental car or a used car sales-thing.
FTFY
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Right.
However I rented cars several times, in the past, and I never had to deal with such a cheater.
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