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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 2:01 pm 
B. And that's mostly my weekly magazine. Not a big book reader. I really prefer visual media for my entertainment.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 2:29 pm
D. I've always been an avid reader, and Kindle makes it so easy to have lots of books available at any given time!
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 2:34 pm
D. definitely, always have at least one book, my e-reader, a magazine in my purse for reading. I also read some blogs and other articles on-line. I have always read and will always read. I can remember racing through the 1st grade readers and the teacher telling me not to get ahead of the rest of the class.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 3:29 pm
D. I read all the time.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 3:50 pm
D as in Definitely! 10+ hours a week indeed. Sometimes I'll read 10 hours in a weekend.
Reading is the single greatest gift available to the human race. Life would be worthless without books, books and more books, i.e., my life would come to a crashing halt if you took away my precious books!
And they have to be the old-fashioned "hard copy" books for me. I've never read an e-book or heard an audio book (but I have nothing against those who use those platforms to get their reading fix).
Thanks, Wargod, for posing the question! 
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Rupertbear2
Member
07-15-2015
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 5:22 pm
I'm with you 100% about it being the old-fashioned hard copy books, Rick. It adds to the satisfaction and total pleasure of reading.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 6:40 pm
D in the summer and C during the school year. If you count listening to audio books, the D all year round!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 10:32 pm
D - I tend to panic if I don't have a book with me. Although I prefer a physical BOOK, just this year I bought Kindles for both me and Bigdog to keep the panic at bay on the longish cruises we take. Holland America still has active paperback book exchanges AND pretty big libraries, but the other cruise lines seem to be WAY less literate, and their libraries frankly suck.
Uh oh, tangent coming on - come to think of it, dinner conversations on the cruise lines with sucky libraries also tend toward low-information participants, like people who think "The Five" on Fox News is an intelligent, highly informative, and enjoyable program. O.M.G., pure torture. (Okay, I will have to admit that when the guy I found boring because he didn't seem to know anything, praised The Five, I had never heard of it and had to go look it up, just in case ...)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 5:37 am
I never wanted an e-reader until I got one and now, I cannot imagine not having one. I read both. I always have a book on my Kindle (publishers seem to want to send e copies instead of print copies for review now, though I do still get some print) and an actual book. I love a hardback but I think I like the larger paperback even more. Easy to hold and carry around.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 7:15 am
Have to admit I probably don't read enough nowadays, certainly not as much as I once did. Part of it is that after 30+ years of having to read professional journals, college texts, books, etc., to stay current I think I got tired of it. Just got out of the habit of reading for pure entertainment.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 8:18 am
I used to read books continuously... never without a book. But my Internet addiction took over and I read books so rarely the past couple of year it's embarrasing. Finally forced myself this week to at least read a book before bed and find I'm sleeping better, once again.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 9:56 am
B. I'm not a book reader. My reading is the newspaper, magazines, & internet.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 7:31 pm
D! I don't remember my life before reading.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 9:34 pm
I counted up last week, and between deadtree books, Kindle books, and audio books (one on CD and one on my phone), I'm in the middle of SIX books! Usually I only have 3 but at the moment I've got 2 of each style....by the end of tonight, I'll be down to five, though, as I'm almost done with one of my Kindle books.
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Littlebreeze
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, August 13, 2016 - 4:44 am
D... and I'll never use an e-reader. I need the feel of a real book in my hands. My hardcover books are my treasures and they fill my library. Paperbacks I donate by the bagful.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, August 13, 2016 - 1:48 pm
I don't use my Kindle very often, but it is nice to sit outside in the dark on a nice evening and read without having to turn on a light.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 13, 2016 - 2:34 pm
I've had a couple of friends who actually had to stop reading because of eyesight problems and then, with a Kindle, they could read again! I hate to say never.
I was one who thought never but I guess I "caved" early.. They had this Oprah discount on the Kindle 1 and I thought nah.. then literally in the last 10 minutes of the discount I clicked the buy at Amazon, still thinking, I can send it back.
I didn't.. I eventually had a Kindle 2, Kindle 3g, DX and then another never.
Why would I want to read on a tablet? Got the first Kindle Fire tablet thinking, I can send it back but even if I don't, I'll keep reading on my Kindle3G.
Oh my.. I didn't last a day and have read on Kindle Fire devices ever since.
I do love books.. did love the paper format and have not a thing against it now but they do take up space and even back when the K1 came out I already had a massive number of books.
I've bookcrossed so many books but STILL have thousands and thousands but have thousands more in e format.
My Fire weighs less than a book, but it gives me access to internet, email, my calendar is maintained on it, it has two really decent cameras, games, magazines.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 5:52 pm
In honor of the imminent return of the NFL regular season into our collective consciousness, I'm curious how you all would answer this:
It's time to go live on a desert island and assuming you're a sports fan, you must choose ONE (and only one) sport to follow, which is it:
A. NFL Football
B. Major League Baseball
C. NBA Basketball
D. NHL Hockey
E. Other (please write in your choice)
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 5:53 pm
A. NFL Football
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 7:02 pm
Wow that's a tough one for me. Canada is hockey. But the Leafs haven't been good for years. In fact, no Canadian team made the playoffs last year. 
I love football but we don't have an NFL team.
So I'll go with baseball and the Blue Jays.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 7:03 pm
A. NFL Football (some college football would be nice too).
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Rupertbear2
Member
07-15-2015
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 7:12 pm
E. English Football 
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 9:47 pm
D NHL Hockey
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 10:43 pm
B. Baseball
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 26, 2016 - 4:06 am
E. With my family, it'd be Softball.
Darren and Caleb don't watch sports (Caleb hates any sports,) Kota and my nieces played for years and love softball. Once the season starts, they catch as many games on tv as possible. And when it gets time for the world series, regionals, and super regionals, my nieces will spend entire weekends here to watch as many games as possible. It's loads of fun.
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