[bookport] Re: A Thanksgiving message
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:27:04 -0600
I think we all have a lot to be thankful for, and BookPort is certainly one of
them.
Thank you Larry and APH staff for a very nice device that I seriously doubt if
we could expect any other company to bring to us at anywhere close to the
reasonable price that APH has. Here is hopeing you are all having a good
Thanksgiving!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bennett" <david382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:32 PM
Subject: [bookport] A Thanksgiving message
: Hi, friends,
:
: Realizing that we've each come to this list from a perspective which is
: uniquely our own, I'd like to share a small portion of mine.
:
: Back in the fifties when I embarked upon my lifelong journey with books,
: most of us had to contend with bulky old Braille titles and heavy, clunky
: Talking Book machines which played at thirty-three and a third RPM. I'm
: sure the school library which I patroled almost daily with such a sense of
: wonder and excitement housed no more than perhaps a thousand Braille volumes
: and a few hundred recorded books. It's all we had, though, and those of us
: who loved to read were thankful and could hardly imagine a better system.
:
: But history didn't stop there. Braille graphics became better, and the
: twelve-inch records got whittled down to ten-inch ones which played at
: sixteen and two-thirds RPM. What was the world coming to? "This is as good
: as it gets," we told ourselves and each other.
:
: Suddenly, though, my regional library sent me all the then-popular James
: Herriot books on smallish disks which played at eight and one-third RPM. It
: takes me awhile to absorb change, but as I laughed my way through "All
: Creatures Great And Small," I was sure we'd reached a pinnacle of lasting
: success, technologically speaking.
:
: We all know the rest of the story. Hardly a one of us cannot recount the
: individual advancements and even the year in which they took place. Many,
: many devices have come our way, and with the passage of time they're
: becoming smaller and better. In my estimation, Book Port is one of the best
: tools around, and its actual worth is easily double the amount of money
: which we are required to pay for it.
:
: With a few exceptions, I don't know who or what you all thank for the good
: things which have come your way, but I personally feel quite certain that
: some Higher Power guides the hands and intellect of those who invent,
: create, and market wonderful devices like the Book Port, and for me it seems
: like a good idea to stop now and then to say "Thank You."
:
: You may not choose to respond to this message due to the volume of traffic
: which is already out here, and that's fine. However, within the privacy of
: your own minds I hope some few of you may be saying "Thank You," to some
: one, somewhere out there.
:
: David Bennett
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