[bookport] Re: (bookport] Re: A Thanksgiving message
- From: "Elaine" <elaine18@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:46:40 -0600
Had a wonderful dinner and didn't have to stuff any leftovers in my fridge.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bennett" <david382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:08 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: (bookport] Re: A Thanksgiving message
> 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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