XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips, alt.fan.heinlein   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/23/2025 2:59 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   And another quarter of the books were in the afternoon and have very   
   faded dust covers.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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