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   Bobbie Sellers to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new j   
   22 Oct 25 15:33:36   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips, alt.fan.heinlein   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 10/22/25 14:30, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   > On 10/3/2025 2:52 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> a425couple   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Do some self righteous people here really think you get a   
   >>> bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted   
   >>> old books is pristine condition? >   
   >>   
   >> Yes.  Books are sacred, like forests, and we only borrow them until the   
   >> next owner comes along.  Take care of them.   
   >> --scott   
   >   
   > I am considering disposing of 3,000 of my 4,000 SF/F books.  I have no   
   > idea what to do with that many books.   
   >   
   > My parents had 6,000+ books between them.  We are having difficulty   
   > getting rid of them except the 25 yd^3 dumpster that I have sitting in   
   > the driveway.  The local library in Port Lavaca, Texas took 300 hardback   
   > books and said no more.   
   >   
   > Lynn   
   >   
   	In San Francisco there is an organization called Friends of the   
   Library.  Maybe   
     you have a similar institution?  They take the donated books and have   
   sidewalk   
     sales on the West end of the Library every Wednesday.  I am broke   
   lately so   
     I missed a chance at an old book on Japanese arts.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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