Reading material to take with you for waiting rooms?
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ZolotoyRetriever — 9 months ago(June 19, 2025 05:35 AM)
Ever been stuck in a waiting room (doctor's or dentist's office, auto repair place, etc.) and had to sit for a long time with nothing to read so as to occupy your mind with? If you could prepare ahead of time for such an experience, what reading material would you take with you to have handy for long waits?
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MovieManCin2 — 9 months ago(June 19, 2025 05:42 AM)
My first response would be I would just take my smart phone, but on second thought, I'd recommend taking some of the novels and/or short stories of the great
ABC's
of Science Fiction:
Asimov, Bradbury and Clarke.
MAGA! FAFO!
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder. 
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ZolotoyRetriever — 9 months ago(June 19, 2025 06:13 AM)
My tech world stops with my laptop. I.e., I don't carry a smart phone, so that relegates me to hard-copy stuff only.
I was thinking some sort of omnibus book with short stories, jokes, puzzles, riddles, cartoons, math problems, famous quotes, trivia **** etc. would be a cool thing to have handy, lol. -
Lilith — 9 months ago(June 19, 2025 07:41 AM)
I don't do my phone either. I rarely have it with me. I bring a paperback book with me for just such occasions. I much prefer real books to anything with a screen.
I carry a copy of Good Omens, a book I've read easily over a dozen times if not more, but it's very catchy. I'm on my 4th copy of the book because I've worn the others to pieces!
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