PLEASE BORROW BOOKS! (was) RE: [at-l] Re: Libraries & hiking resources

[nealb@midlandstech.com (William Neal)]

YES!  YES!  Kelly, et all, we want you to borrow "our" library books.  Books
are for use.  They are not meant to be chained to desk and tables as they
once were: In the Middle Ages books were so rare that they chained down
every book they had & a large library might have a dozen or two books.  We'd
like the books to be brought back in good condition, but we'd rather have
them used than have them gathering dust.  After all most libraries are
supported by YOUR TAXES and in other ways.  There may be restrictions and
rules, but please borrow the library's books.

And ILL (inter-library loans) is a good way to find books that you can't get
at your local library.  I found one vol. of HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
(Rodale's 2 vols.) via ILL.  And I had to go to ILL to find my first
understandable guide to GO.  

Again, unless you borrow the book with the intention of destroying it,
please borrow.  

You should see what I do to books.  At least I don't leave a BK whopper in
them: Which a friend of mine found while doing an internship at a school
library.  And then there was the interesting picture of Miss June (?) found
in law books.  And the $5 bill I found.

William, The Cataloging Turtle 
	-- Thank y'all for paying my pitiful salary -- 

-----Original Message-----
From: KellyGoVols@aol.com [mailto:KellyGoVols@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:54 AM
To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Re: Libraries & hiking resources


In a message dated 4/15/02 12:39:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kahley@ptd.net

writes:


> Trust me....nobody wants me borrowing their books.
> I am hell on books.  I fall asleep with them, roll over and
> break their backs or scrunch their pages.  Or the cat knocks
> it down from the arm of the chair and the dog walks on it with
> muddy paws.  Or I take it hiking and it gets damp.  For the sake
> of libraries everywhere, it's better if I buy used books <g>.

Yeah, I always take a book with me when I take a bath, so my books are 
constantly getting that thick, wet look.  And I eat and read.  Yuck!  I have

books with all kinds of food tucked away in the pages.  I'm also good at 
ripping pages, falling asleep and slobbering on them, etc.  Lawd, I'd be 
embarrassed to return a book to the library looking the way some of mine 
do...I'm ashamed to even loan them out to friends!

Kelly


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