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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 1760364" data-attributes="member: 70">So, the extra three or four days the mail will take constitutes a &quot;serious delay&quot;?&nbsp; I think he's just asking for a print-out, not a fully bound book version; it's a little extra work for a pdf publisher (print, wrap, post), but not that much.&nbsp; And the time delay...I dunno.&nbsp; It's not going to take him longer to -read- it, so the extra time is just however long the US/Canadian postal services take.I work as a project manager/carpenter for my father, who runs a small custom home building company.&nbsp; We've both got cell phones and email, and we're getting calls constantly, and I'm always running around because SOMEONE needs something RIGHT NOW...and every once in awhile I remember that not so long ago, we had neither cell phones nor pagers.&nbsp; No instant gratification.&nbsp; If you needed something, you either got it yourself or waited until the next day.&nbsp; We just aren't accustomed to that anymore.&nbsp; (It's especially tough with the younger subcontractors -- anyone my age or younger.&nbsp; They're accustomed to this instant access, and the idea of switching to another task for a few hours while they wait for some crucial little piece sometimes seems physically abhorrent to them.)Just a thoughtNell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 1760364, member: 70"] So, the extra three or four days the mail will take constitutes a "serious delay"? I think he's just asking for a print-out, not a fully bound book version; it's a little extra work for a pdf publisher (print, wrap, post), but not that much. And the time delay...I dunno. It's not going to take him longer to -read- it, so the extra time is just however long the US/Canadian postal services take. I work as a project manager/carpenter for my father, who runs a small custom home building company. We've both got cell phones and email, and we're getting calls constantly, and I'm always running around because SOMEONE needs something RIGHT NOW...and every once in awhile I remember that not so long ago, we had neither cell phones nor pagers. No instant gratification. If you needed something, you either got it yourself or waited until the next day. We just aren't accustomed to that anymore. (It's especially tough with the younger subcontractors -- anyone my age or younger. They're accustomed to this instant access, and the idea of switching to another task for a few hours while they wait for some crucial little piece sometimes seems physically abhorrent to them.) Just a thought Nell. [/QUOTE]

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