I saw something amazing today.

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joeparaski
joeparaski Posts: 1,865
edited May 2011 in The Clubhouse
With my own eyes and in total disbelief.....I saw an 8 year old boy in the waiting room reading a BOOK! Yes folks, it was a book, complete with real pages made from paper. It didn't have any batteries, it didn't have a screen and it didn't make any noise or have any wires attached to it.

I congratulated the young man, shook his hand, and also told the parents that they did a wonderful job. My only regret is that I didn't document the event with a picture....you will have to take my word on it.

Joe
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2011
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    As rare as Dodo bird sightings these days me thinks.Good on him and his parents.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2011
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    Hope for the future, as small as it may have been.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    Not to worry, the Apple police will scoop him up for reprograming.

    Then the school will suspend the poor lad for reading books not approved by them.

    Kudos to the parents anyway, nice to hear.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited May 2011
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    Awesome, and good on you for making a nice gesture.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2011
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    Hope you punched him for being a nerd.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
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    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Hope you punched him for being a nerd.

    Holy Crap,:biggrin: I nearly spit my coffee all over the screen. Nice!!!!!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
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    Nice post Joe. That is nice to see.
    Michael ;)
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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
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    janmike wrote: »
    Nice post Joe. That is nice to see.

    Bob, not so much :tongue:
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
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    I just bought my 13 year old a couple of books she chose on a trip to Boston. BOTH were hard covers--not e-books? There is room in the world for all formats.

    What's important is that 'they' keep 'reading'!!

    cnh
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
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    Zeros wrote: »
    Bob, not so much :tongue:

    :biggrin: I was, of course, kidding, as I was and am a big reader.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
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    bobman1235 wrote: »
    :biggrin: I was, of course, kidding, as I was and am a big reader.

    I know, just playing along.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
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    Don't get too misty-eyed, it was probably the Kama Sutra or Tropic of Cancer!:eek::biggrin: J/K Probably Hairy Pooter
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
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    His parents are doing a wonderful job keeping him a Luddite.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
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    "Those Left Behind" would be an apt title for the lad, Rapture's coming tomorrow too :wink:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
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    Face wrote: »
    His parents are doing a wonderful job keeping him a Luddite.

    Could come in handy after the big EMP and all electronics become doorstops.:biggrin:
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,132
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    Books kill trees:biggrin::biggrin:
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
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    Why would the Amish travel to Canada?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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