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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #750 on: January 08, 2026, 12:21:06 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 08, 2026, 12:03:54 am
Don't forget your charging cable!  Enjoy your break!

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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #751 on: January 08, 2026, 01:20:57 am »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on January 07, 2026, 09:27:05 pm
If I do, I think I'll be in deep doodoo.
Just don't go fast with 4 outboards and keep fishing poles where they are easy to see and you should be fine. :laugh:

Enjoy your trip! I enjoy your articles, so be safe, too!
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #752 on: January 08, 2026, 07:22:35 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 08, 2026, 01:20:57 am
Just don't go fast with 4 outboards and keep fishing poles where they are easy to see and you should be fine. :laugh:

As they say, if you carry a baseball bat in your car, make sure you have a mitt and a ball....
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #753 on: January 08, 2026, 07:06:49 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 08, 2026, 12:03:54 am
Don't forget your charging cable!

You know, as an aside... I have almost obtained charging cable nirvana... *Just now*... I can charge all my portable gear from one USB type c cord. Not quite...

My laptop will charge via a usb type c port - but it needs a special charger to do it...

My tethered earbuds are mini (b) usb... Nothing for it... but I have a type c to miniB adapter.

My watch needs the Samsung disk charger - but I have a disk that plugs into a usb type c cord, so I dunno if that counts or not.

The phone and the tablet are straight up fast-charge type c.

That's getting pretty close. I can remember when my laptop bag was stuffed full of cords. Type A, miniA, MiniB, and a host of specialty cords.

Now I am down to three. And now I can't go nowhere.
Oh, but the irony stings.  :laugh: :cool:
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #754 on: January 08, 2026, 07:23:51 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 08, 2026, 07:06:49 pm
You know, as an aside... I have almost obtained charging cable nirvana... *Just now*... I can charge all my portable gear from one USB type c cord. Not quite...

My laptop will charge via a usb type c port - but it needs a special charger to do it...

My tethered earbuds are mini (b) usb... Nothing for it... but I have a type c to miniB adapter.

My watch needs the Samsung disk charger - but I have a disk that plugs into a usb type c cord, so I dunno if that counts or not.

The phone and the tablet are straight up fast-charge type c.

That's getting pretty close. I can remember when my laptop bag was stuffed full of cords. Type A, miniA, MiniB, and a host of specialty cords.

Now I am down to three. And now I can't go nowhere.
Oh, but the irony stings.  :laugh: :cool:

And Apple finally dumped their proprietary connector for USB-C. There are now tons of battery powered devices/tools of all sorts that use a standard USB-C to charge.

The massive pile of power adapters with different voltages, connectors and AC vs. DC are finally coming to an end.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #755 on: January 08, 2026, 07:30:06 pm »
I'll add that I just throw away all my FireWire and RCA component HD cables.

The dust bin of history...
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #756 on: Today at 09:36:49 am »
Just finished Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files book, Twelve Months.  He says he is already 1/3 of the way done writing Mirror Mirror, so I'm hopeful he may actually finish the series before I die.

Now I'm reading the newest JD Robb book, Stolen in Death.  I'm expecting Mavis and Leonardo's "Number Two" to show up in this one, but we'll see.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #757 on: Today at 10:49:09 am »
I’m reading The Gales of November by John U. Bacon.  It is about the Edmund Fitzgerald. Excellent.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #758 on: Today at 12:36:09 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on Today at 09:36:49 am
Just finished Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files book, Twelve Months.  He says he is already 1/3 of the way done writing Mirror Mirror, so I'm hopeful he may actually finish the series before I die.

Now I'm reading the newest JD Robb book, Stolen in Death.  I'm expecting Mavis and Leonardo's "Number Two" to show up in this one, but we'll see.

I bought Twelve Months, but I haven't started reading it yet.  I've been trying to get through Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh, which won a Hugo award in 1981. It's part of my effort to read older books that I didn't read when I was younger. But I'm finding this one to be a slog. Maybe I was right not to read it back then.  :shrug:
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Re: What are you reading right now?
« Reply #759 on: Today at 03:17:09 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on Today at 12:36:09 pm
I bought Twelve Months, but I haven't started reading it yet.  I've been trying to get through Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh, which won a Hugo award in 1981. It's part of my effort to read older books that I didn't read when I was younger. But I'm finding this one to be a slog. Maybe I was right not to read it back then.  :shrug:

I liked Twelve Months, but I'd be interested in hearing your impressions after you've had a chance to read it.

I read a whole bunch of classic/award-winning literature when I was a senior in high school getting ready to go into college, but Downbelow Station was probably a little bit too fresh way back then to be on that list! Sounds like I can leave it off any future TBR lists, as well. 
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