Friday OT #2 - Old Doggin' It
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I do still love my paper. Dragged it to work to read over lunch for decades. Now I read it over retired guy late breakfast. However, I then read online as I have subscriptions to several other newspapers. Also read most books on my Kindle these days.
I love the Atlas. There's just something about opening it up to a state and just looking for a road that looks interesting.
It's getting harder to find a vehicle with a manual anymore.If this was two years ago I could have said cars with manual transmissions but than I went and bought my first automatic.I do still have a couple older manuals in the garage so I have totally given up old school driving.
I also like the exploration/informational viewing of an atlas.
Parallel geekishness is consuming static throwback versions of things that are quicker and more practical to do online, such as an encyclopedia, dictionary or almanac.
I like making things. If we're going to buy anything for our home, I usually think about making it myself first. Of course there are plenty of things I can't make. Or, it becomes an issue of not having enough time to make it as soon as we need it.
I've found that it keeps my wife from buying frivolous decorative items for our house because she knows I can always make it for significantly cheaper and of better quality than anything she can buy at the store.
I've found that it keeps my wife from buying frivolous decorative items for our house because she knows I can always make it for significantly cheaper and of better quality than anything she can buy at the store.
The charge-up thing frustrates me, too. I'm not irritated that so many devices require routine power-up, my annoyance factor is how non-standard connectivity is. I hate needing a separate cord for so many devices, almost no universality, relative to how many things require it.
I'm sure if I *always* owned the most up-to-date stuff, that stuff would be more interchangeable. I have a Kindle Fire from '11-ish and an iPad from roughly the same period, I plan to use those until they die. But I can't use the same plug-in for both.
A book versus an E-book. Being behind a computer all day, I do whatever I can to reduce my screen time. And there is something relaxing about sitting on the deck reading a book versus holding a Kindle. I like escaping from electronics if I can.
Another one for me is making cookies from scratch versus using the portion-packaged stuff. I love the convenience they provide, but when you bake with your kid, making a mess and eating the dough is part of the fun.
Another one for me is making cookies from scratch versus using the portion-packaged stuff. I love the convenience they provide, but when you bake with your kid, making a mess and eating the dough is part of the fun.
I have to buy shirts online because stores don't have my size but I can't never understand buying shoes online because with shoes just because it's your size doesn't mean it will fit right.
I don't like the blue tooth feature in the car. The hands-free law just passed and I'll either need to start using it or start ignoring calls but I won't be happy about it. It makes it harder to not listen to my wife if the stereo isn't playing music, but is playing her voice, while she's talking to me.
And last I knew blue tooth wasn't much safer than talking on a cell phone anyway as it's still a mental distraction.
Tell that to semi drivers on their cb's and police using their computers while driving down the road.
Or anybody with kids in the back seat.
Books for me paperback or hardcover, I just like the feel of one in my hand. Laptops and tablets are fine for surfing the web, but when I read I want a book in my hand or a paper in front of me.
All my lists are always in paper, and I like to buy stuff in store so I can try it on before I get it.
All my lists are always in paper, and I like to buy stuff in store so I can try it on before I get it.
Sorry I missed you, but I was likely very distracted. 2-on-3 matchup zone at the pool is a challenge.
For book-reading, my approach evolved quite smoothly into e-booking. I like the convenience of immediate purchase & download, and since I like to have some reading material when I'm on a trip-vacation, tablet saves a lot of physical space compared to traditional paper format.
One thing I haven't jettisoned completely, though: Still nothing like leisure-browsing the aisles in a bricks-mortar bookstore.
One thing I haven't jettisoned completely, though: Still nothing like leisure-browsing the aisles in a bricks-mortar bookstore.
