Kindling

Went to Halfords to pick up stuff for the car. Posh cleaning things that cost and arm and a leg. Wipes for bird poo and sprays for insect blotches. Well it's his baby and I suppose it's only a few weeks old. Surprising how much it mounts up though. I told him off and he threatened to pour the REALLY EXPENSIVE oil over me.

"You would have laughed on the other side of your face if the cap had come off" I said.

Nah, I think we would both have laughed... a lot!

Where you going now?

Staples. I want to look at these. I'll get you one.

What do I need an electronic book for?

They're cool. You'll read more.

When? (He carefully ignores this comment and sidestepping the obvious I do too much housework thing, he continues...).

Everybody says they've read more books since they got one. John's got one and he likes it.

Year's ago I was persuaded to go for an iphone because John - not yesterdays John - another John - had one. After all it had cool apps like Koi pond!).

Uh huh, but when would I use it?

Just whenever. You'll see. Which one do you want?

I don't know. What else do they do?

ENTER SALES ASSISTANT

Can I help?

Yes. Do you know anything about these Kindles? Can you tell us a little bit about them and how they work?

Of course. Well do you read books?

Yes. (DUH!).

Well you can put all your books on it and you get lots of them on and its just like having an mp3 player and you can read the books and that's what it does and its good.

Really (voice suffused with mock astonishment).

Realising that we weren't going to get any technical help, we bought one. In the last hour I've charged it, installed passwords and admin stuff and read the first couple of chapters of a book. The man has bought and played around with one for himself too. Maybe he was right after all. Suppose there's a first time for everything LOL!

PS I wonder if I'll get it back?