XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips, alt.fan.heinlein   
   From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   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 sister has a new daughter in law, who is about to receive a few yards   
   worth of novels. They have vast expanses of wall without bookcases!   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   I can make a call to one of several charities, they'll tell me when they   
   will be in the area, and I leave a box of books (or whatever) on the   
   porch and they pick it up.   
      
   Or we can drive off to Goodwill and drop off as many as we want.   
      
   As long as the spines are intact, covers on, and the books are free of mold.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)