On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:26:53 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

I even have to give away the dozens of books I read (the SSCA 2012 Cruising
Station of the year has, now, about 40 of my books in the book exchange,
e.g.) before I can bring more aboard!


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There is a solution to book clutter onboard: The Kindle Fire.

My wife and her Kindle have become just about inseperable. It's about
the size of an I-pad, has a great screen and good ergonomics. It can
also be used as a web browser with either a WiFi connection or
Wireless 3G (probably 4G by now).

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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There is a solution to book clutter onboard: The Kindle Fire.

My wife and her Kindle have become just about inseperable. It's about
the size of an I-pad, has a great screen and good ergonomics. It can
also be used as a web browser with either a WiFi connection or
Wireless 3G (probably 4G by now).


:{))

It's not the least bit cluttered. There are bookshelves with very orderly
rows of books. However, they are thinning, now, as I have not been to the
dead people store (hospice equivalent of Goodwill) or GW or Starvation Army
in a while.

I go through about a book every other day or so, normally. I still have a
few dozen to read before I'm empty, though!

I'm getting a lot of pressure (not here, but from the outside) to convert to
electronic. However, cruisers' book swaps likely won't have them available
for me, and without blurbs, I won't have a clue as to whether I've read one
or not. As it is, at this point, I manage about 1/4 of my pickups being
already-read books. Some of them are long enough ago I read them again,
because they're entertaining enough...

L8R, y'all

Skip, still in St. Marys, but heading south on the first weather window
after October 7th, when I'll have returned from my 50th HS reunion (my
first)

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:37:30 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Skip, still in St. Marys, but heading south on the first weather window
after October 7th, when I'll have returned from my 50th HS reunion (my
first)

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Let us know if you get to SWFL.

The day our first Kindle arrived is the day I lost my wife. She's
not really lost of course, just hiding behind her beloved E-reader.
The Kindle Fire really is quite a slick device and it holds an amazing
number of books.