Re: Totaldummyume

On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:08:40 -0700, % wrote:

> marg wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:29:07 -0700, % wrote:
>> 
>>> marg wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:38:37 -0700, % wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> marg wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:55:00 -0700, % wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> marg wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:48:35 +0000, jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> % wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Lane W wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> The man in the library just let out a loud parp.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, William Stickers is going to point to this man as my
>>>>>>>>>>>> friend.
>>>>>>>>>>>> If confronted, he will scroll out endless lists of grocery
>>>>>>>>>>>> receipts that show us shopping together and he will claim
>>>>>>>>>>>> that the man is also in my fencing club.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Remeber, when you Totaldummyume about someone you make a
>>>>>>>>>>>> totaldummy out of u and me.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> what were you doing at a library?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> he was learning how to spell %
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> i mean who even goes to a library now? i cant remember the last
>>>>>>>>> time i ever went! it was back in school, and the school had its
>>>>>>>>> own library.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just helped build a new library in our village.  People around
>>>>>>>> here still like to read books and eschew computers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> we just got a new one but it took 3 years to raise the money for
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It took about that lone here too.  It's a lovely building though
>>>>>> and worth the wait.
>>>>>>
>>>>> ours is a lot better than the old one , the old one was almost like
>>>>> a bookmobile i don't use libraries much anyway
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Our old library was very small and not up to code.  The new one has
>>>> upgraded restrooms (ADA compliant) and an entry ramp.  It is also
>>>> larger and the children's section is awesome.  It also has a public
>>>> meeting room and a computer area.  I've always been into books and so
>>>> was my husband.  He had over 5000 books, 1500 of which I donated to
>>>> the new library.  I need to get rid of more.  Sigh....
>>>>
>>> i have a few books , nature stuff and science and psychology ,
>>> she's got all kinds of books even from before i knew her ,
>>> all that steven king stuff and the hobbit stuff and the ring stuff
>>> alone makes a ton of books i guess that's why i don't have lots ,
>>> i used to move a lot
>> 
>> 
>> My *Library* has all sorts of books; science, geography, history,
>> psychology, sociology as well as SF.  It's a very eclectic collection.
>>   
>>   
> all i know is if we ever move from here ,
> someone's going to lift a lot of books


I hear ya.  I'm not going anywhere but when I'm dead, it will be my kids' 
problem to get rid of them.  OR perhaps I'll donate more to the library.