[bookport] Re: (bookport] Re: A Thanksgiving message

  • From: "David Bennett" <david382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:08:50 -0600

Absolutely true, but Cracker Barrel ain't too shabby, either! Hope you had a great dinner.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine" <elaine18@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: [bookport] (bookport] Re: A Thanksgiving message


I want to say a big "Thank You" as well to the APH staff. The Bookport has
become such a wonderful addition to my life and has just saved me from a
boring hour wait at Cracker Barrel. It goes with me everywhere and I
appreciate all the improvements that have come this year and look forward to
more in the future. Everyone have a wonderful day.
Elaine from Oklahoma
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: A Thanksgiving message


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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