XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips, alt.fan.heinlein
From: wthyde1953@gmail.com
Lynn McGuire wrote:
> 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.
From what I understand those will be perfectly acceptable. But the
mildewed ones are due for recycling, unless they are very old and
potentially valuable.
William Hyde
>
> Lynn
>
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