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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:30:23 -0500, 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.   
      
   For a while at least, an organization called Discover Books maintained   
   collection boxes (very similar to a dumpster) at various places in   
   Seattle. They took any book you could fit into the slot; but there was   
   no guarantee that all would find a new home. Indeed, not having them   
   picked over and leaving you with a pile of rejects was a major   
   advantage.    
      
   It is not clear if they still exist however, if only because the name   
   is unlikely to be unique.   
      
   We also have a Friends of the Library up here.    
      
   You may just have to call around and follow leads.   
      
   Or you could just put them outside (on a clear day) with a sign saying   
   "Free!".    
      
   Half-price books used to offer to "pulp" the rejects; pulping, as a   
   form of recycling paper, might be better than putting it in the trash   
   stream to a landfill or incinerator.   
      
   Or there is always my LP solution: pack them in boxes, store the   
   boxes, pay no further attention to the boxes. If you've ever wondered   
   why older people end up with cluttered houses, well, the logistics of   
   finding new homes for things can be daunting.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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