[bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
- From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:35:17 -0700
No doubt Book Portt Services, a division of Family Services, will take
it from you and place it in foster-care where it will be put in a box with
lots of other poor abbused book ports, and starved, shaken, and taught only
to read politically correct books.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Ring" <richard.ring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 2:48 PM
Subject: [bookport] I tried to kill my Bookport
> Hello:
> The subject line is misleading, but when you read the message you will
> appreciate how fortunate I believe I have been.
> Last Thursday, I brought my Bookport to work. I wanted to show it to
> one of my students. I was attempting to hold three or four things at
> once, when suddenly gravity exerted its mastery. The Bookport and I
> rediscovered that gravity is not just a good idea, it's the law. The
> bookport cracked into the hard tile floor, the batteries went one way,
> the battery cover went the other way. I scrambled around and recovered
> everything. I noticed that there was a small sliver of plastic broken
> off of the bottom of the unit. I replaced the batteries, restored my
> settings, and my Bookport functioned just as it should. That was
> fortunate. However, now for the truly amazing part.
> I was carrying a carafe of coffee in one hand, and a full cup of the
> same wonderful brew in the other. I somehow managed to slosh some
> coffee into my shirt pocket, where resided my Bookport. I immediately
> put everything down, opened the unit, and removed the batteries. They
> were wet, and I was fairly sure that this was the end of my Bookport.
> Because I have the patience of a five year old at a birthday party,
> about ten minutes later, I tried the machine. It stuttered, and made a
> high whining noise. Could this be the death rattle? I then placed the
> open Bookport in a warm dry place. After about an hour I reinserted the
> batteries. Nothing happened. I tried again, and got that most
> welcoming of messages. "Defaults restored"!
> To make this long story short, a few of the keys didn't seem to be
> functioning correctly. After inserting my 4 gig card, I performed a
> couple of resets. And, all has been fine ever since. To say I'm
> fortunate is an understatement. To me, the Bookport is the best thing
> since Talking Books, and I would sorely miss the device if it were to be
> taken from me, especially because of my own folly.
> Perhaps in writing this, I'll be charged with Bookport abuse, but I am
> so glad my unit is working correctly that I'll gladly confess to
> anything!
> (smile)
>
>
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