[rescue] Is it kosher to post Craigslist links here?

Don Y dgy at DakotaCom.Net
Fri Jun 30 13:38:56 CDT 2006


Mike Hebel wrote:
> Thus spake Don Y:
>> Unfortunately, I'd have to agree.  Books just take up WAY too
>> much space (and *weight*!).  My "technical library" has over
>> 1000 titles in it.  And that doesn't count databooks, etc.
>> Add to that coffee table books (which are usually interesting
>> in some way -- like how to build kites), paperback novels,
>> databooks, etc. and *something* has got to go!
> 
> This is the exact reason why my ideal home would probably be an old
> abandoned factory that I could slowly renovate.

I always thought an old, single level elementary school, etc.
You could set up different classrooms for different uses!  :>

>> Since I consume a lot of paperbacks (I read about 20,000 pages
>> per year), they seem like the most likely candidate.  I've set
>> a goal of discarding 200 per month for the next 6 months.
>> (I now have a pretty good idea what a heroin junkie must
>> feel like going "cold turkey"  :<  )
> 
> I prefer to remain "addicted" thank you. ;-)

I don't intend to stop *reading* -- just realize that I
can't afford to *keep* everything that I read!  :-(



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