From: laro@idworld.net   
      
   "Cori"  wrote in message   
   news:6047da4.0404042117.2908f8dc@posting.google.com...   
   .  How does a   
   > town survive forty YEARS without a library?  (All right, I guess many   
   > of them went that long without police or fire departments, too, and as   
   > for hospitals, forget it, but still!)   
      
   San Antonio had its first hospital in 1805, and it's first schools are   
   documented in the 1810s decade (forget which year)...  but I can't guess   
   about a library.  (of course, the town was founded around 1731, so it did   
   run a long time without a lot of major "amentities"....)   
      
      
   What would an avid reader in   
   > such circumstances do--become a total suckup?  Like, oh, I'll polish   
   > your boots, I'll chop wood for you (or whatever they chopped in the   
   > old west) only please, PLEASE let me borrow your books!   
      
      
   VERY good question.  I'd say that would be likely for some folks (like me.)   
      
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