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  1. 12-18-2014, 01:59 PM #1
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    Will Wonders Never Cease

    Well, the Boss has been dropping hints for some time now that she wanted a tablet of some sort.

    After talking things over with a number of people, including my boss, I decided to go with the Amazon Fire 7". For what she wants to do... play solitaire and look at stuff on egg-on-my-Facebook, I figured it would be a good start.

    Went ahead and ordered it. Used my Amazon CC; usually I just use the debit card, but I'm low on cash.

    Low and behold, I find that I've accumulated a few "Amazon Points" the last few years. So I went to apply them.

    The tablet, which will or should be here (they promise "guaranteed delivery" we shall see) on Saturday, will cost me a grand total of exactly... $0.00

    ...no, I'm not telling her! But, now I can take her to BestBuy and let her pick out a case...
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    Well how about that? A Christmas Miracle!!

    (Seriously, that is awesome!)

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  3. 12-18-2014, 02:17 PM #3
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    Don't forget earbuds! If she is anything like my wife it'll be on all night till she goes to sleep!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KK4AMI View Post
    Don't forget earbuds! If she is anything like my wife it'll be on all night till she goes to sleep!
    Mine too. How one can play candy crush for such a long period of time...Then again, our significant others probably think the same thing about us and radios.

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    Very impressive. We got Bing rewards to take off $30 on an ASUS MemoPad 7 so it came in under $100 at Amazon.

    But nothing beats free.
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  6. 12-19-2014, 04:32 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by KK4AMI View Post
    Don't forget earbuds! If she is anything like my wife it'll be on all night till she goes to sleep!
    Thanks, I was looking for an idea for my wife, and earbuds or headphones would be a great idea. My wife has the annoying habit of
    doing Facebook on her iPad if she gets bored with the TV show we're watching, and I can't hear the TV over it! Maybe she will get the hint!

    While I'm at it, maybe I can replace the ones that came with my iPod - I'm really not that impressed with the ones that are designed to jam in your ear. I find them harder to keep in than the older design.
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  7. 12-19-2014, 04:47 PM #7
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    Bought my wife a Kindle two years ago. She hated it the instant she opened it.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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    You sure that wasn't the framed picture of you?
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  9. 12-19-2014, 04:57 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by NA4BH View Post
    You sure that wasn't the framed picture of you?
    No, that one is still partially embedded in my skull.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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  10. 12-19-2014, 07:09 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    No, that one is still partially embedded in my skull.

    So, that picture and frame are also up your............oh oh......................never mind.
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