Reading IS fundamental.

[Que]

I see what you did there, Laurel.

It is always fairly obvious to me here and in the carbon based life world who reads and who does not.

It's always great to hear the crack of the spine of a new book, or to find a musty treasure unopened for a couple of decades in the back of library somewhere.

 

[PayDay]

I see what you did there.

It is always fairly obvious to me here and in the carbon based life world who reads and who does not.

It's always great to hear the crack of the spine of a new book, or to find a musty treasure unopened for a couple of decades in the back of library somewhere.

COME TO SEE THE DUDE WHO MISSED IT---^

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Sure, it's something to do while you're putting off the things you should be doing.

 

[PayDay]

Sure, it's something to do while you're putting off the things you should be doing.

boooooooo
hissssssss
booooooooooooooooooo.

Why are you so cynical?

 

[Noor]

I am most comfortable in houses with walls of bookshelves.

 

[Que]

Sure, it's something to do while you're putting off the things you should be doing.

Often the case, it's true.

I think the point of most of the things I "should be doing." is to get to the point where I can simply read.

 

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[Jennifer]

I see what you did there.

It is always fairly obvious to me here and in the carbon based life world who reads and who does not.

It's always great to hear the crack of the spine of a new book, or to find a musty treasure unopened for a couple of decades in the back of library somewhere.

I like when the waterbugs crawl out. Makes me feel less lonely.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I am most comfortable in houses with walls of bookshelves.

My mom had 100's of books. She bought some glass shelving at a yard sale and hung them in the stairwell. One day they all came crashing down. I guess the moral of the story is people with glass shelving shouldn't stack books on them.

 

[Noor]

My mom had 100's of books. She bought some glass shelving at a yard sale and hung them in the stairwell. One day they all came crashing down. I guess the moral of the story is people with glass shelving shouldn't stack books on them.

Maybe but usually it's the supports that fail first not the glass.
I prefer wood bookshelves.
I am too accident prone to have any furniture or shelves made of glass except a small table top but that its edged within a ring of metal.

 

[Noor]

What if the books haven't made it that far? Like, a stack of books here and a stack there sort of thing....everywhere.

Well, there can never be too many bookshelves and I have over 18 of them , an fashion iron book stacker and my headboard is stacked with books, not to mention a few stacks on chairs, tables and a few other places.

 

[cjh]

I am most comfortable in houses with walls of bookshelves.

Years ago, I made several moves in a relatively short period of time. I'd worked in a bookstore for a few years, so I had walls of books. On one of the moves, I gave in and took many of them to a used book vendor. It hurt.

Since then, though, I keep only a few books that have special significance. I still purchase and read books, but when I am through I usually set them free by giving them to friends who have a limited budget for books.

I don't miss walls of books in my house. That said, I've shed a lot of possessions. My kitchen is the only room with too much stuff in it now.

 

[Noor]

Years ago, I made several moves in a relatively short period of time. I'd worked in a bookstore for a few years, so I had walls of books. On one of the moves, I gave in and took many of them to a used book vendor. It hurt.

Since then, though, I keep only a few books that have special significance. I still purchase and read books, but when I am through I usually set them free by giving them to friends who have a limited budget for books.

I don't miss walls of books in my house. That said, I've shed a lot of possessions. My kitchen is the only room with too much stuff in it now.

I haven't bought many new ones in years, I mainly read library books but I have a lot of reference books on my shelves that I look at. I also get gifts of books. books I don't want to keep for use later I tend to put in little free libraries when I see them. There is one at the main bus stop near my house.

 

[RedAllan]

Since last year prisoners in England and wales have not been able to receive books from outside the prison library.

Until now.

If I was kept away from books I don't think I could survive.

From BBC News 06/12/14

The government's ban on sending books to prisoners in England and Wales is unlawful, the High Court has declared.

Under the current rules prisoners are prevented from receiving parcels unless they have "exceptional circumstances", such as a medical condition.

Mr Justice Collins said he could see "no good reason" to restrict access to books for prisoners.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30344867

 

[Liar]

When reading is fundamental, only fundamentalist will read.

 

[cjh]

Since last year prisoners in England and wales have not been able to receive books from outside the prison library.

Until now.

If I was kept away from books I don't think I could survive.

From BBC News 06/12/14

The government's ban on sending books to prisoners in England and Wales is unlawful, the High Court has declared.

Under the current rules prisoners are prevented from receiving parcels unless they have "exceptional circumstances", such as a medical condition.

Mr Justice Collins said he could see "no good reason" to restrict access to books for prisoners.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30344867

At the prisons I've worked with, books have to be shipped directly to the prisoner from Amazon and some other approved sellers.

It's easy to smuggle money and such in books.

 

[Jennifer]

When reading is fundamental, only fundamentalist will read.

YOU LIE!! Oh, wait.

 

[RedAllan]

At the prisons I've worked with, books have to be shipped directly to the prisoner from Amazon and some other approved sellers.

It's easy to smuggle money and such in books.

I have no experience here, but I always thought all parcels were checked no matter what the source, before being passed on to the prisoner.

 

[cjh]

I have no experience here, but I always thought all parcels were checked no matter what the source, before being passed on to the prisoner.

They are here.

But you have to work to detect bills or notes tucked properly into a book. There's a decent chance of evasion.

 

[Que]

At the prisons I've worked with, books have to be shipped directly to the prisoner from Amazon and some other approved sellers.

It's easy to smuggle money and such in books.

Gives me an idea. When you order a used book from amazon, some sellers ship to amazon to warehouse for them, then amazon ships direct to the buyer. In theory, you plant your contraband in a common book, over price it, then ship to Amazon. The prisoner then orders the contraband.

I admire you efforts to de-possesion yourself. (Exorcism?) I have most of mine in storage and it is oddly liberating. If you find books cluttering up your space I would be happy to take them off your hands.

 

[cjh]

Gives me an idea. When you order a used book from amazon, some sellers ship to amazon to warehouse for them, then amazon ships direct to the buyer. In theory, you plant your contraband in a common book, over price it, then ship to Amazon. The prisoner then orders the contraband.

I admire you efforts to de-possesion yourself. (Exorcism?) I have most of mine in storage and it is oddly liberating. If you find books cluttering up your space I would be happy to take them off your hands.

I think that sort of chicanery is why local booksellers are not on the list.

The prisoner couldn't order the book; it would have to be ordered for him. And I see how your scheme could work. For that matter, you could start your own used book front. It may be that only new volumes can be ordered.

Simplifying has been liberating. Should have done more of it years earlier.

I've got a 10-year-old habeas corpus treatise hanging about.

 

[RedAllan]

They are here.

But you have to work to detect bills or notes tucked properly into a book. There's a decent chance of evasion.

A while ago I bought a book from a charity/hospice shop and found a £20 note in it, I gave this has a donation to the charity ( mainly because the charity has a personal meaning for me) so I see this point.

 

[Que]

A while ago I bought a book from a charity/hospice shop and found a £20 note in it, I gave this has a donation to the charity ( mainly because the charity has a personal meaning for me) so I see this point.

I found a $10 silver certificate in a book. It seemed a good place to store it, so after I showed it off, I stored it in some book and forgot which one. At the time my library was well over 1000 volumes. It wasn't in the 6 or 7 crates of random books that survived 4 moves and a divorce.

In a way it's kind of cool. I could look up the value of the note, but I lost my currency guide as well. It was in almost uncirculated condition, might be worth from $15 to maybe $30. Assuming that the book wasn't simply thrown out, someone else will have the same thrill someday.

I used to hide $2 bills in random places. I put a couple in the small guest library at the Hotel Congress in Tucson. People steal more books from there than they leave them. I suspect they get engrossed and take the books to finish them. I try to leave one or two when I stay. I usually finish a book on my stay. They have no TVs. Even the phone system looks like Byron's old Nautius Maximus AV. Dillinger, if were alive would still recognize the hotel.

 

[Noor]

I found a $10 silver certificate in a book. It seemed a good place to store it, so after I showed it off, I stored it in some book and forgot which one. At the time my library was well over 1000 volumes. It wasn't in the 6 or 7 crates of random books that survived 4 moves and a divorce.

In a way it's kind of cool. I could look up the value of the note, but I lost my currency guide as well. It was in almost uncirculated condition, might be worth from $15 to maybe $30. Assuming that the book wasn't simply thrown out, someone else will have the same thrill someday.

I used to hide $2 bills in random places. I put a couple in the small guest library at the Hotel Congress in Tucson. People steal more books from there than they leave them. I suspect they get engrossed and take the books to finish them. I try to leave one or two when I stay. I usually finish a book on my stay. They have no TVs. Even the phone system looks like Byron's old Nautius Maximus AV. Dillinger, if were alive would still recognize the hotel.

The phone system looks like a Moog synthesizer?

 

[Que]

The phone system looks like a Moog synthesizer?

Really?

I thought it was a plug-in switch board. I guess I should have realized it would be keyboard related.

I was thinking or re-enacting the pose next time I stay there. They have a working system, and for some reason a spare on that guests can monkey around with.