I often miss the days... - General Discussion https://allgunstuff.co.za/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/ AllGunStuff Discussion Board en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 11:50:57 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/paged/2/#post-1984 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:16:32 +0000
I still prefer to read a good old book.
It saddens me to see fewer and fewer bookshops.

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How many books are lost as they are no longer available in print and no one has made the E ready.]]> General Discussion Treeman https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/paged/2/#post-1984 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/paged/2/#post-1983 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:37:58 +0000 It saddens me to see fewer and fewer bookshops.]]> General Discussion DuaneWessels https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/paged/2/#post-1983 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1981 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:19:46 +0000
This was just more reminiscing about the anticipation of waiting for a book/magazine to the point of reading it, revisiting it later and so on, at a time when information was not as freely available and often quite expensive as well.]]> General Discussion Kola https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1981 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1976 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:42:12 +0000

Wanna see you swat a mozzie with that E Reader


This is the age of the Bug-a-Salt old timer. None of the tacticool kids swat mozzies any more.

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I just received my copy of The Mountain People -by Colin M Turnbul read it 40 years ago and was fascinated, looked for it everywhere except the net, never thought of trying the net.
]]> General Discussion Treeman https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1976 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1973 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:29:54 +0000
Wanna see you swat a mozzie with that E Reader

This is the age of the Bug-a-Salt old timer. None of the tacticool kids swat mozzies any more.]]> General Discussion oafpatroll https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1973 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1970 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:51:12 +0000
I can understand using the much-anticipated magazine as a pest control device.]]> General Discussion janfred https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1970 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1968 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:59:54 +0000 ]]> General Discussion Treeman https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1968 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1964 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 22:13:45 +0000 General Discussion oafpatroll https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1964 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1963 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 21:49:19 +0000
For me, an ereader device is great. Can keep plenty of books in ebook format on it. Unlike tablets, they are only good for reading, not gaming or YouTube etc. Also, unlike tablets, the screen is easy on the eyes and the battery last for around 5 books. And, even with loadshedding, the device charges quite easily with these small solar chargers.]]> General Discussion janfred https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1963 Re: I often miss the days... https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1962 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 11:11:37 +0000
Books are different to the internet in that they take more work to mine for what they have in them. I know things in detail that I read in books, e.g. on history or in automotive manuals, 30+ years back but I can forget something that i saw on a similar topic on youtube yesterday. Similarly, if I google a torque setting for something now, I haven't found it in the context of finding the manual, looking up the index reference and reading through the procedure to which it applies and it just disappears like volatile memory when the power goes off. It's weird.


Very true.]]> General Discussion Kola https://systemz.online/general-discussion/i-often-miss-the-days/#post-1962