aww with the little widdle scar and everything! you have the sweetest sweeties.
How adorable! (Love those Sweeties!)
What a phenomenon! On Friday I saw one of my doctors and he said that he was looking forward to a week-long conference in the Bahamas (where he’s never been) but the only drawback (other than possible hurricanes) was that he wouldn’t be able to get his much awaited copy of the new Harry Potter book until he got back. Then today I saw another of my doctors who he said that he drove his son all the way to Portland (105 miles each way) to get the new HP book. He added that he had to buy two copies because his son and daughter were unwilling to alternate reading times–they each needed their own copy!
Why didn’t that second doctor just order from Amazon. Amazon delivers it to your door on the first day it can be bought and it’s only $17.00. Seems like he spent a lot more than that in gas money to drive 210 miles.
Emily, he’s a doctor, not a rocket scientist. 😉
I doubt the kid said, “Daddy, please pre-order this book I’m going to want in the future.” As a parent, I can well imagine the kid saying, “Daddy, I HAVE to have the new Harry Potter book that’s coming out today! I HAVE TO! I HAVE TO! I HAVE TO HAVE IT TODAY!! All my other friends will have it….”
Hate to disagree but my guess is that any kid who wanted the book on the day it came out knew exactly when it was being released. (And could have preordered it). From my own personal experience, I knew this date the moment it was announced. Just as I know the Goblet of Fire movie is being released on November 18, 2005. My copy of the book from Amazon was a birthday gift from my hubby.
Of course, you could easily be right and this child is new to the Harry addiction. If that is the case, he or she has a lot of catching up to do! 🙂
Yeah, I was exaggerating. The kid probably knew it was coming out, but that doesn’t mean he’s old enough to be savvy about ordering books on line well in advance of their release in order to receive it the day it comes out, as Lee suggested. I think children in general tend to be more inclined toward instant gratification–I want this, let’s go get it. We do have a very small local bookstore that carries a few children’s books, but my guess is they were sold out before he got there.
I’m shocked by anyone under the age of 20 whose first inclination, when faced with any problem/ assignment/idea/desire, is NOT to run to the nearest available internet connection.
(Or anyone over the age of 20, too, I guess.)
I’d drive 105 miles each way to Portland if it was to Powells, truly one of America’s great bookstores.
If, on the other hand, the doctor drove to Portland and went to Waldenbooks, I’d be wanting a second opinion.
By the way, wasn’t Harry Potter available at Costco and Target?
There are no Target stores here. Costco (across the bay) may have had the book, but the family might not have thought of Costco, even if they are members. You know how-out-of-the-mainstream we rural bumpkins are. Our schools are definitely not high tech, thus, neither are many of our kids. They don’t have student computers in the classrooms–just a few in the library for occasional use. (Our local school was used to film Kindergarten Cop, so if you saw that movie, you also saw that the school isn’t very modern.)
As for on-line shopping, about the only time I personally ever buy something on line is when someone gives me a gift certificate and I have no choice, yet I’m otherwise a very internet savvy person. (I just like to see what I’m getting before I buy, and I don’t like to pay shipping costs.)
Different strokes, I guess. But it’s OK if you want to make fun of us. We make fun of city folks for a multitude of reasons, too. 😉
P.S. Perhaps they went to Portland so that they could be part of the big hoopla. The doc said, “There must have been 500 children there!” As Mack found out first hand, you can’t be part of that by ordering online.
aww with the little widdle scar and everything! you have the sweetest sweeties.
How adorable! (Love those Sweeties!)
What a phenomenon! On Friday I saw one of my doctors and he said that he was looking forward to a week-long conference in the Bahamas (where he’s never been) but the only drawback (other than possible hurricanes) was that he wouldn’t be able to get his much awaited copy of the new Harry Potter book until he got back. Then today I saw another of my doctors who he said that he drove his son all the way to Portland (105 miles each way) to get the new HP book. He added that he had to buy two copies because his son and daughter were unwilling to alternate reading times–they each needed their own copy!
Why didn’t that second doctor just order from Amazon. Amazon delivers it to your door on the first day it can be bought and it’s only $17.00. Seems like he spent a lot more than that in gas money to drive 210 miles.
Emily, he’s a doctor, not a rocket scientist. 😉
I doubt the kid said, “Daddy, please pre-order this book I’m going to want in the future.” As a parent, I can well imagine the kid saying, “Daddy, I HAVE to have the new Harry Potter book that’s coming out today! I HAVE TO! I HAVE TO! I HAVE TO HAVE IT TODAY!! All my other friends will have it….”
Hate to disagree but my guess is that any kid who wanted the book on the day it came out knew exactly when it was being released. (And could have preordered it). From my own personal experience, I knew this date the moment it was announced. Just as I know the Goblet of Fire movie is being released on November 18, 2005. My copy of the book from Amazon was a birthday gift from my hubby.
Of course, you could easily be right and this child is new to the Harry addiction. If that is the case, he or she has a lot of catching up to do! 🙂
Yeah, I was exaggerating. The kid probably knew it was coming out, but that doesn’t mean he’s old enough to be savvy about ordering books on line well in advance of their release in order to receive it the day it comes out, as Lee suggested. I think children in general tend to be more inclined toward instant gratification–I want this, let’s go get it. We do have a very small local bookstore that carries a few children’s books, but my guess is they were sold out before he got there.
I’m shocked by anyone under the age of 20 whose first inclination, when faced with any problem/ assignment/idea/desire, is NOT to run to the nearest available internet connection.
(Or anyone over the age of 20, too, I guess.)
I’d drive 105 miles each way to Portland if it was to Powells, truly one of America’s great bookstores.
If, on the other hand, the doctor drove to Portland and went to Waldenbooks, I’d be wanting a second opinion.
By the way, wasn’t Harry Potter available at Costco and Target?
There are no Target stores here. Costco (across the bay) may have had the book, but the family might not have thought of Costco, even if they are members. You know how-out-of-the-mainstream we rural bumpkins are. Our schools are definitely not high tech, thus, neither are many of our kids. They don’t have student computers in the classrooms–just a few in the library for occasional use. (Our local school was used to film Kindergarten Cop, so if you saw that movie, you also saw that the school isn’t very modern.)
As for on-line shopping, about the only time I personally ever buy something on line is when someone gives me a gift certificate and I have no choice, yet I’m otherwise a very internet savvy person. (I just like to see what I’m getting before I buy, and I don’t like to pay shipping costs.)
Different strokes, I guess. But it’s OK if you want to make fun of us. We make fun of city folks for a multitude of reasons, too. 😉
P.S. Perhaps they went to Portland so that they could be part of the big hoopla. The doc said, “There must have been 500 children there!” As Mack found out first hand, you can’t be part of that by ordering online.