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To: Jamestown1630

We joke that if you can’t find it on Amazon either no one makes it or you don’t really need it. They do seem to have everything.


125 posted on 09/01/2016 4:44:53 PM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

I have a secret vice of reading Amazon reviews; it’s a perverse hobby.

I start reading them because I really want to buy something, and want to know the opinions of others who’ve bought it. Then, I might see a really well-written review, and I want to see what else that reviewer has written, just for the enjoyment of their use of language.

Sometimes, I just want to see what a particular, very interesting reviewer is buying, because if they’re buying something I want, they’re probably buying OTHER stuff that I want. I end up being amazed at how much you can learn about an absolute stranger, by looking at the things they buy and what they write about them.

Sometimes, I follow review threads just because they’re damn funny. I think the classic example of this are the reviews of the great book by Captain John W. Trimmer, ‘How To Avoid Huge Ships’ - which is actually a guide to navigation; but I don’t think anyone reads it that way anymore. Read the reviews, and enjoy ;-)

https://www.amazon.com/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer/dp/0870334336

-JT


127 posted on 09/01/2016 5:35:05 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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