XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips, alt.fan.heinlein   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/22/2025 6:24 PM, William Hyde wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   A quarter of the books are in the garage and have mildew on them.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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