msm84 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 5, 08 at 0:41 I'm a photographer who downloads 600-800 photos every week and I have never downloaded via the camera. Nothing damages a memory card faster! Its always best to use a card reader or like I do use the card reader built into my HP computer. I disagree. When I had Windows 98, I used to ALWAYS DL my photos using a USB cable from camera to computer with an adaptor plugged into the camera so not to drain the batteries which I loved the best. All set up for that. I had trouble getting my camera software program to work on XP so have to resort to "pulling" the card out of the camera each time to insert into the memory slot of my computer (same as using card reader) which I think is more damaging to the memory card as it is "wear & tear" leaving scratches on it. Leaving it in the camera is easier on the card. I never had trouble where now I have to be so careful in pulling & pushing in and out not only from the camera, but the memory slot as well, which is harder on the card. Stands to reason. I damaged a card by doing it that way opposed to years of doing it from the camera with no problem. More work involved the camera way but worth not damaging a card over. Urlee

Normally I listen to audio books while I doing needlework / sewing or when I'm doing the "mindless" chores like cleaning, folding laundry, sorting and unpacking boxes, etc. When I first started listening to audio books I had to train myself to really hear the entire story and not let it become background noise like music or TV programs can. That took some work, but now I love to listen to them. Of course, I've read all the hard copies, too! I've gleaned quite a collection from eBay, thrift stores, and as gifts. I have several of John Sandford's Prey series, the entire series of The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich, Little House... by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harry Potter and ... by J.K. Rowling, and several assorted by unrelated mysteries and dramas by various authors. I love my audio books. If I'm doing a tricky technique, or need to concentrate on my task and not a book, then I pop in a DVD of a British Comedy or listen to music.

If you don't want the show put a penny in the water and they will stay straight

One o' those advantages ... ... that go with being retired! But if one doesn't keep one's body and mind active ... do you want to find out what it's like to be already half dead ... while still alive? ole joyful ... at 95 (rhymes with "alive")