I must be nuts or something...

[Mavicator]

Because cars are more fun than books. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.camerasupport.com/oV/mavsigr ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[Atheist]

Not true.<br><br>You obviously haven't played with Kama Sutra.<br><br>*grins* <p></p><i></i>

[Mavicator]

The book isn't more fun than my car. Perhaps the act, but not reading the book. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.camerasupport.com/oV/mavsigr ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Cars are more fun than books? Only if you lack imagination, and/or don't get a thrill out of learning. A good author, plus your imagination, can take you places you'll never go in your car. <br><br>I've witnessed stars forming in their nursery in the Coal Sack. I've seen ancient, dying galaxies sucked into black holes. I've walked on Mars and felt the dust and rocks beneath my spacesuited soles. I've fought for Luna's independence from Earth. I've spoken to some of the strangest forms of life imaginable. I watched settlers taming Colorado, and explored Japan with some of the first Europeans to see it. I lived through some of the most awful battles of WW2 and heard the screams of dying friends around me. I learned how some of today's hottest science and technology works -- twenty years ago. <br><br>Now, I'm not denying that cars can be fun. The open road, wind-in-your-hair, one-with-the-machine experience is truly wonderful. And it's satisfying to get it working again, yourself, when it breaks down. But really, it's quite limited in comparison. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub141.ezboard.com/bxmenclan.sho ... ambit>XMEN Gambit</A>&nbsp; <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.xmenclan.org/images/x.gif" BORDER=0> at: 10/17/03 8:31 pm<br></i>

[Mavicator]

I won't deny the appeal of using one's imagination, but a book is simply a suppliment and is still not real. I've experienced a physical connection to the past. Going from place to place as real people did generations before me. Smelling the smells, feeling the textures, hearing the sounds of yester year all around me. I can touch it, I can actually connect with it on more than a mental level. I can literally become one with the past.<br><br>I can be thrilled, scared or overjoyed. I can be at peace, and I can bring peace when it is not with me. I can spend time with my loved ones, I can see new places and there are limitless possibilities before me. I can learn from and improve upon these creations. And I can do it with or without my imagination. And if I want to, I can take a voyage to a far away place to experience new things and ideas. And if I really want to, I can bring a book! <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.camerasupport.com/oV/mavsigr ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>