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   >>> Have you started into Dirt Birds yet? [...]   
   >> It's in my queue -- I'm trying to find my "sdnt to Kindle"   
   >> books on my Kindle,  on Z-Lib(living it7 -- my whole fam   
   >> is on now)   
   > I told it was a little gem.   
      
   Not often you see a bookstore owner recommending a free lending library,    
   especially one that lets you essentially own the ebook forever.   
      
   Glad I've met the one who does! :D    
      
   >> I can read on my phone in Apple's Red (default for Z-Lib   
   >> downloads)   
   > I can't imagine reading for the longterm on a standard   
   > smartphone or tablet. For one thing, the battery would deplete   
   > too often and the screen display would tire the eyes.  Instead,   
   > I have a new Kobo now. It's the Clara HD.  It was $149, but I   
   > got it for $125 after I qualified for a discount simply by   
   > inquiring about the ereader recycle program for my old ereader.   
      
   I keep my phone plugged in when I'm home reading, or doing crosswords,   
   sudoku,  etc.   
      
   I've discovered a new way to get discounts on almost anything (if over $20 --    
   I'm not a troublemaker): just ask!    
      
   Walmart Cashier says, "Those clothes will be $119.87 after your discount card    
   us applied."   
      
   I reply, "Are there any cashier-offered discounts, too, please?"   
      
   & might get another 10-40% knocked off, just because I smile & am polite.   
      
   Worked on computers, books, clothing, furniture; not on alcohol, though, as   
   we  have laws against discounting it beyond defined ways that include the    
   government taking the difference for themselves from the seller.   
      
   Is okay, we've got many gallons of home-made fruit wine stashed away under   
   the  stairs! (potency from 12-25%, depending on the fruit & maceration time)   
      
   Yet we drink so little, it's just growing in number of bottles. . . not   
   allowed to sell, &giving it saway has limits, too. . . *sigh* Buddy of mine   
   drops by on occasion for chess & I let him drink his fill. . . the only way I   
   get a chance  to win, playing chess against him! We can only do this when his   
   dad drives him  over, of course, as I don't get driving guests drunk, since   
   the prospect of my  seeing the inside of a prison cell bothers me as much as   
   it's supposed to. I buy a 50ml bottle of Maker's Mark (quality bourbon)on   
   occasion, & it lasts me 4-6 months (5ml at a time, neat, satisfies me most of   
   the time, done on the  occasional weekend)   
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5   
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