CMW is enjoying his Christmas* gift as I type this.

[Heidi]

It arrived much sooner than I had expected and--poor CMW--he had to come up with money to tip the UPS guy who had trouble finding our house**.

Go ahead, y'all, ask him what it is, and spank him if he doesn't give props to Rabrrrrrr for the positive reviews that in large part helped him decide what he really wanted for Christmas.


*We don't really do Christmas in the traditional US sense.
**And what the heck is up with a package from Delaware (ordered yesterday via Amazon) arriving at 5:30 tonight already???? That's FAST!

[gmoney]

1. you tip your UPS guy?

what a concept

[Heidi]

6. He was nice. Called us twice, and came here twice.,

It's not easy to find our place, and I imagine he has a family he wanted to get home to. It's not his fault the houses in our neighborhood are illogically numbered.

P.S. :hug: :hug:

[gmoney]

24. Thanks!

The :hug: :hug: are sorely needed these days.

Hope you and CMW and The...Ginger are all doing splendidly. :hug: :hug:

[Tobin S.]

2. I'm going to move to Switzerland and become a UPS guy

UPS guys around here don't get jack for tips. And evidently they are pissed about it because they never get out of the truck to deliver your package anymore. They just launch the thing from their truck and bounce it off your front door. They must have heard about the Swiss UPS drivers and got jealous.

What'd you get Wes?!

[Heidi]

5. Well, this guy probably went away unhappy.

I had only CHF 50 in my wallet and a buncha change, so I gave CMW CHF 7 (about $7) to tip the guy, and that's less than he deserved, having driven around our neighborhood in the dark, looking for our weirdly numbered house.

By the way, this guy didn't get outta the truck either, but it was COLD and he'd already been here once, soooooo.

[Tobin S.]

8. I don't know. That's probably a pack of Marlboros and a cup of joe

The essentials for every driver.

I was just yanking your chain. ;)

[Heidi]

10. I know, Tobin!

I just feel bad I didn't have any smaller bills for his tip. He tried really, really hard, and was very friendly when he finally found the place. Not as cute as US UPS drivers, but very, very patient. :hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

11. This gem:

;) I'm now busy loading it up, just a bit frustrated that I can't get most books I want because of some copyright issues. Grrr ...

[Richardo]

14. A white ball point pen?

Sweet! :thumbsup:


Merry ecksmas, Heidi and CMW :pals:

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Yeah, and a laserpointer next to it!

:woohoo:

That is a Faber-Castell E-Motion soft pencil:


Next to some book reader or something like that ...

Happy Holidays to you and yours, too! :pals:

[Tobin S.]

18. What is it? (For us technically stone age types.)

A portable book download machine?

[Call Me Wesley]

20. And a book storage device:

http://www.amazon.com/kindle

[Tobin S.]

21. Wow! I think I might have to have one of those, too.

1500-3500 books depending on which size you get. I probably haven't read 1500 books in my life, although I have started to read a lot more recently. I wonder if you can get more obscure and non-fiction books.

[Call Me Wesley]

23. In Europe, I can only get the smaller one.

I had around 3,000 books at the age of twenty, and since then continuously given them away to charities because I just hadn't the storage space anymore. I keep the books that really mean something to me, and it's still taking up a lot of space. So this device comes in pretty handy. I'll still buy books, of course.

Search through the amazon.com books for Kindle and see if you find the ones you want. They have about 30,000 right now, plus a lot of free ones. :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

3. Ok, this is weird

I posted this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9158612&mesg_id=9161946

BEFORE I saw your thread just now. :scared:

[Heidi]

4. Hahahahahahaha!

That IS weird. I didn't spank him, though. He's not into that and I'm too lazy for it, truth be told. :rofl:

Good to see you, Mr. Zomby Coffee guy! :hug:

[Zomby Woof]

7. You just disappointed a whole lot of DUers

:evilgrin:

:hug:

[Heidi]

9. And ya know, ZW,

it probably wasn't the first time I disappointed a whole lot of DUers. My personality is "beige," at best. :rofl:

Happy Thursday to you and nini! :hug:

[Zomby Woof]

12. You're talking to Mr. Vanilla here

My woof is worse than my bite, or something like that. ;-)

Happy December 10 back at ya! :bounce:

[Mutley]

13. Because Delaware is clearly the best place on the planet.

:P

It's a puppy, isn't it? :D

[Call Me Wesley]

17. No puppy,

but I can get 'It's a dog's life by Saint Bernard' on it! ;)

:hi:

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

15. Thanks a lot for giving HerrHerr more ideas!

He got a Xbox 360 and that was supposed to be his "only" Christmas present and now the greedy sob wants a Kindle.

Your mail sure moves quicker over there.

Merry Christmas to you and Call Me Wesley. :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

19. Happy Holidays!

Just tell Mr. HerrHerr that he can't read and play at the same time, so why waste the precious game time with reading some boring stuff? That's what TV is for, anyway! :rofl:

The only thing I don't like is the restricted amount of books I can order, and nothing yet in German, but this may perhaps change in the future.

:hi:

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

22. Happy Holidays to you and Heide too!

Or as Bill O'really would have us say it his way "Merry Christmas and Jesus loves you."

HerrHerr works for a publishing company that deals with multi-media; video games, movies, music, you name it. He brought home 7 free videos today...4 South Park seasons, two Xbox360 games and some other shit. Even though he is good at multi-tasking, I told him no fucking way on the Kindle.

I'm sure the German versions of books will slowly start to trickle in. It seems to take a long time though.