Hello, Kay;

26 Feb 05 01:55, Kay Shapero wrote to Robert Bull:

 RB>> There is that.  Pity they don't make some kind of external
 RB>> battery pack that takes standard-size cells for emergency use.

 KS> Actually I think they do, or at least one that recharges separately so
 KS> you can carry it with you.  Haven't needed one, so haven't bothered
 KS> checking the details.

Must be pretty good life as standard?

 KS> One of the missing screws turned up on my computer table, so now
 KS> there's only one missing.  And fortunately, there's enough redundance
 KS> in the design that even with only two screws it still held together
 KS> pretty well.  The local clockmaker Vicky's been sorta apprenticing
 KS> with found a screw that almost fit, but alas it fell out again.  Oh
 KS> well...

If that's a traditional clock and watchmaker, they might have a lathe good 
small enough to turn a new screw, if they can work out its dimensions.  
OTOH, maybe a polite e-mail to Palm would be in order...

 KS>>> And I don't have to worry about forgetting my Bible on Sunday

 KS> King James, American Standard, and something called "Literal
Version"
 KS> that I've no idea the provenance of, but looked interesting.  I wanted
 KS> a New International Standard but they didn't have it, more's the pity.

They might be going for ones that are out of copyright, to avoid costs.  I 
didn't realise there were quite so many versions, though.  I should have 
thought a complete version would be a major undertaking.

 KS> CBIP: The entire Oz series written by L. Frank Baum, courtesy Project

Only read the first one...

     Regards,

              Robert.

CBIP: (only a few pages yet) RIVER OF GODS  by  Ian MacDonald
     This is the one that author and critic Adam Roberts has suggested is 
     the best candidate for the UK's Clarke award for SF.
Just finished:  THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY  by  Alexander McCall 
     Smith
     Someone who isn't much of a reader recommended this, on top of plenty 
     of good publicity.  It's full of adult problems, yet written rather 
     like quite an old-fashioned children's book
Just finished:  THE LOST STRADIVARIUS  by  J. Mead Falkner


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