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And, you don't even need a tablet. I prefer to use my very old Samsung Galaxy S3. Aldiko reader is fine for me. The Galaxy 3 has a crystal clear display, and the device is light as a feature, with rounded edges. The Galaxy 3 is good in bed.

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I spent a lot of time working with a MICROTOME. Also, ....

Hearing this seems so disheartening, truly. So then, what happened to the librarians? Is anybody willing to take a degree in library science? If Alphabet suddenly went down the drain, like Meta, then would much of what we hold dear be lost? At this late date, would it matter?

Sci-Hub? Any paper you want, they got it.

Calibre is amazing. Truly amazing. But did you know that the guy who created Calibre hails from California Institute of Technology, Caltech? Kovid Goyal is the creator's name. I may be wrong, but I believe that this guy did not cash-in on his creation. It's completely open source, after all. Caltech once was an amazing place. Maybe it still is. Calibre is an amazing piece of software, reverse engineered. Can we even imagine how much better our lives might be if we had more funding for open-source projects, and far fewer Suckerbergers? Or, maybe someday soon, Caltech scientists will get get on board Suckerberger's train to Metaverse heaven. We are living in an age where most people don't know the difference between pure science and applied science, and marketing wimps like Jobs. Calibre has changed for the worse during the past two years. But, no problem, because you can continue to use any older revision if it suits you. If you really want to be cool, then you need to install Calibre on a Linux platform. Shuck your Apple device, is good advice.

I think he does not mean that he finds books for free, like out of the local dumpster, as he might find food. If you require a first edition, then you must pay for it. Unfortunately, lending libraries, as we once knew, have become almost extinct, unless you are affiliated with a university. As everybody knows, there is one great site which enables you to download almost any research paper you might wish to read. This site is of great benefit to researchers. Otherwise, if you just want to read The Hound of the Baskervilles, then there are many sites. The lending library in the Cloud works like any other library, but there are no late fees for unreturned books. This library is not located at any specific geographical place. Rather, this library is located Everywhere, and Nowhere. Most books being flogged today by publishers are garbage. The last decent read I purchased was the one by Newton, titled something, something, Principia Mathematica. Such a thick tome that I now use it as a doorstop. Probably the reason you did not get an immediate reply concerning your query about how to get free books is because nobody knows. What do you know about copyleft? Most books are copyrighted. But, why not contact your favorite author to convince the author to use copyleft instead of copyright? Alternatively, please visit the Guttenberg Project website where you will find many thousands of books for free. There may be other alternative ways to find copyrighted software on the internet, but, so far, I haven't heard of any. My best advice to you is to dump Microsoft and Apple operating systems, and just go with openSUSE 15.4. After you accomplish this, then all remaining pieces of your puzzle will quickly fall into place. Just remember: Open source first, upstream first.

Taxation without almost any representation. You are entirely correct, of course. It's a tax on the poor who have very few Monet, Van Gogh, Pollock, or Munches, hanging on their kitchen walls above their wood stoves. However, please don't fret The grim reaper, like Santa Claus, never forgets if one has been naughty or nice. Someday, the rich are going to pay, and pay. When this day comes, I won't feel sorry for these Sugarplum Fairies. In the end, we will all sink together. Global warming is NOT a myth. Until then, my friend... We'll meet again. Don't know where. Don't know when.

Thank you for your clarification. Also, are we to assume that the original Pfizer Covid vaccine is still available here, at this time?

Not racist, at all. Please just stay west of the Schuylkill river, around Gladwyn or Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr College girls, mostly, have hairy legs, but they won't bother you much. Some girls there are Math wizards. Although intelligent, they are naive about the real world. Basically, Bryn Mawr is a finishing school for young women seeking marriage with wealthy crypto guys like Bankman-Fried. Bryn Mawr is no Vassar, by any stretch.

Would you please clarify a bit what you mean when you state that "secondary" vaccines are not available in Thailand? What is a secondary vaccine? Are you referring to some type of bivalent or multivalent vaccine which has yet to be developed? Or, what are you stating? Thank you.

Right. He might be able to sail away.

When I was young, we never ventured into Germantown, PA. Today, there are 49 million people of German ancestory, German-Americans, who are living in the US. There is no larger ancestory group in the United States.

Highly unlikely. Albumen is the same, everywhere. And, one yolk is the same as the next.

You mean to say that you are shopping at Walmart? Which Walmart? I haven't seen a real Walmart store in decades. Back in the 1990s, I visited a Walmart type of store in Guam. Maybe it was a Walmart store, but it didn't look like it, at the time. Just so you know, the last time I visited a real Walmart store was in 1989, in Florida. . No eggs for sale at Walmart, then. Mostly cheap clothing hung on racks upon racks, and extremely depressing. In fact, this mega-store method of shopping will probably soon come to an end. Do you know why? Because, when an entire country, an entire population of people, shops at Walmart, then all people begin to look the same, and wear the same. This is why all Americans wear clothes that make them look and feel like garbage collectors. You can't deny this distinctive garbage-collector, Walmart, look. This must have been Sam Walton's dream, and now his legacy. Sam Walton's dream seems to have been to convince Americans to wear the cheapest and shoddiest clothing, not even fit for prison attire. Personally, I would prefer to wear a grass skirt rather than to be caught dead wearing anything off-the-rack from a Walmart store. It's like this. Sam Walton and Chaiman Mao had the same vision. Everyone should carry a Little Red Book. Everybody should wear clothes which makes everyone look the same, from sea to shining sea, the garbage collector look. Dress cheap. Look cheap. Feel cheap. Regards..

If you were asked to buy a million eggs, then the price per egg, and the weight of each egg, might become of paramount importance to you. The dietary importance of chicken eggs in Thailand should not be underestimated. I have eaten, conservatively speaking, 2000 chicken eggs during the past 12 months, for example. Far healthier than pork bellies. Do you know much about pork belly futures? What do you think about Eddie Murphy?

Dear Friends, I guess you recall the good old days when, in the 1970s, and early 1980s, Inflation and Stagflation became two words often discussed around the breakfast table And yet, with all the inflation and stagflation, things did not get too bad, provided that one was used to eating beans and rice for dinner, with an egg or two for breakfast, and a thin slice of toast. Most people in the USA, these days, don’t recall what it was like to live with high inflation during those times, over 50 years ago. Where I lived, we had to carry around large buckets of ten-dollar bills, just to buy a loaf of bread. I hope it never becomes this bad, ever again. A nickel in the 1970s, when I was growing up, is probably worth, these days, about a hundred dollars. If only somebody could invent a dollar bill that would shrink, based on its real value. You might start out with a dollar bill that was its intended size, one year, and then, 50 years hence, it would be no larger than the pieces of lint in one’s pocket. So what about chicken eggs? Do chicken eggs shrink, over time, like the US dollar? Chicken eggs always stay the same sizes. You got your Peewee eggs, Small eggs, Medium eggs, Large eggs, Extra-large eggs, and the Jumbo eggs. But, nobody tells you that the Jumbo US dollar of 1945 has now become the Peewee dollar of 2022. The dollar continues to shrink in size, but you just can’t tell by looking at it. Regarding the egg sizes, such as the Peewee... Regarding the size of the US dollar bill, the size never changes. It remains, so deceptively, the same size, while being reduced in value, year upon year. Years ago, one could buy a Jumbo egg with a dollar. But now, one can buy only a Peewee egg for a dollar. Is this fair? Probably, the price of eggs here in Thailand will not change much, no matter what happens. Eggs are an important source of protein for everybody. Still, low-cost egg production relies quite a bit on cheap energy, not to mention high-intensity lighting to keep those hens laying as many as possible. However, other than eggs, what about a wedding party this year. Inflation might increase the cost of getting married, for example. And then, the fertility rate here might fall even faster, if couples delayed their weddings. And then, the follow-on effects and implications could be significant. Living with rather-high inflation is not for the feint hearted. You only need to try it once to learn that you don't like it. 14% inflation rate is not something which has been unheard of in recent decades in places like the United States. Therefore, just a question: If inflation, or even stagflation, not to mention constipation, should get it's claw in us, at inflationary rates not seen in the United States since during the 1970s, then would you be willing to go from having a Jumbo egg for breakfast to eating a Peewee egg once every other morning? Regards, GammaRaysG Please Note: Nobody in the US, under the age of 65, has experienced similarly high rates of inflation as what we may be experiencing soon. High inflation is not fun, and does cause instability in governments. Governments/Regimes fear inflation even more than the populace. Most governments do not know what they are doing. Otherwise, they would fix what they don't know how to fix, just to maintain control. Our leaders are far more fearful of inflation than are we, probably.

Being a genius, I am sure you know something about this unforgettable film.... Why not watch it one more time?

Red balloons are Lead balloons.

The Sad Man The Mad Man Do you really want to live forever? (Hats off to German Bands for saying something interesting.)

Will the Sad Man drop the bomb, or not? "Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?"

After reading your comment, at least five times, I am not sure what you intended to say. You worked in books/magazines. So then, you worked at what? You were an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons? You never read books. Except, during your childhood, or while living in Thailand, when you began to love reading. In Thailand, you found some fantastic second-hand book shops. And, before we comment further, you believe that a real book you can hold in your hand is far better than a Kindle book you can download to your device. Did I get it right? If so, I agree with you.

So, anyway, this topic is about several things which are all completely apolitical. a. The Nord is a magnificent achievement, and a true beauty. b. Her designers have spent years creating such perfection. c. Most of us can look upon her as a work of art. d. She has become even more fascinating to us as she runs from Hong Kong to Indonesia, to many other places, while the US government seems to be hot on her tail. So sexy. e. This is much more a nautical post, rather than a political or sociological post, or socio-economic related post. You might consider this more of a Psychological post, or even a Freudian post. Think of the Nord as the mother, the mother ship. Further, consider that the owner of this vessel loved his mother and hated his father. You just gotta ask yourself what might drive someone to be so grandiose? In my opinion, this distinguishing factor, is the owner's inability to recognize the fact that he is mortal. In other words, he sees himself as a god who might live forever. Guys like this, somehow, have become detached from reality. And, they are completely unable to appreciate their own mortality. They lack the perspective which most of us have. We live and die, and we accept this. There is no other option. We know that we will die; but an owner of the Nord, such as he, cannot accept his own mortality. This is why an idiot like the owner of the Nord is willing to build a Super Yacht. He is building an illusion. He truly buys into the delusion that he will remain forever young, so sad. Forever young... I want to be. Here is the sad man, the Sad Sack, if anyone ever saw one: Such saggy boobs. Such a boob. Such a disgusting image of Putin caressing a horse, while doing dastardly deeds. Such great propaganda, however. So, we commend him for this, at least. And, we are not just so thankful for having this great closeup of the nipple of the Russian state. If only Xi Jinping would show us his nipples, too.

In my opinion, all Super Yachts purchased with illegitimate wealth should be shredded. The shreds from the steel hulls and the aluminum superstructure of these exorbitant vessels should be recycled into bottle caps for cheap beer to be drunk by the masses. The problem with these sickos that purchase these mega yachts is that they lack the understanding of how they are supposed to fit into society as normal humans. Any normal human would not be able to rest easy knowing that others don't have even enough rice to eat. Super Yachts are a basic affront to the idea that there is any humanity left in this world. Just the idea of Super Yachts is so degrading to the belief that there might be some hope for mankind. Personally, I have become ultimately pessimistic about the future of mankind, which is a complete about-face from the way I used to feel. This is why I have learned to stop worrying, and have, instead, learned to love the bomb. Because, in my new enlightened thinking, the bomb shall set us free. Free, at last, FREE at LAST. After the bomb, Thank God, Almighty, we will be free at last. Someday, soon, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, all God's chil'n' gonna eat shortening bread, up in the sky. There will be angels, and harps, and Harpo Marx. We're all gonna have a HIGH time, up in the sky. We're all gonna be high, HIGH, up in the sky. (The above video is only a segment from Platoon, very benign, and nothing more.) Looking forward to it. Best regards, GammaRaysG