Thread: What are You Reading?

Originally Posted by TheGeek

My friend swears zombies are caused by vintage straight razors...

I'm currently reading "linux kernel development"

Good book.

Geek

Sounds good for insomnia, would have been good when I was doing shift work.

Sort of on topic;

I've been cleaning out my middle bedroom(storage room) & I had lots of books to get rid of. I kept thinking that for years I would have a big house with a section for a library, that was 30 years ago. Now I'm overrun with boxes of books. So I went through them & took 3 boxes to the local library to donate. They have a back door drop off/donate area. I knocked on the door & the library person opened it up. He was nice, but did not want my books. He says they are receiving so many books that they are overrun too. He said they have to give most of them away at the front door for free. The really nice ones that I paid $25.00 for when they first came out, usually are sold for $1.00. He says that all the public libraries here are experiencing the same problem. He felt sorry for me & remembered me from last year, so he took my books.

He said that people are not coming for the books like they used to.

I don't know why.

Why don't you shift all the stuff out of that middle room, slap up a heap of shelving; Or better still, build some bookcases and screw them into the wall and start your own library room, John? I wish I had a spare room I could do that with, I know that!


Mick

That's an idea,,,,, I guess the books are no longer as important as the other things still in the room, it's still packed, just a little better organized.

I just think of all the books I've gotten rid of over the years and wish I still had many of them in my possession. I refuse to get rid of books unless they are too far gone. I'm still trying to sort out several boxes of them myself. My wife wants to ditch them, and when she raises that issue, I remind her that I want to ditch all the junk she has down in the garage and around the Pool Table...End of argument


Mick

Well I had the same feeling for years about my books,,,but I had too many. Many I got for free or yard sales,, I decided that maybe someone else would enjoy a good book for a cheap price,,, sort of passing them on, so to speak. I did keep all of my Joseph Wambaugh books, my Asian books, tactical work books that might benefit my son some day.

But I had to let most of the others go.

I really like the idea in the following link. I do not endorse them and would not spend money for a sign or premade one etc. but am thinking of risking copyright infringement and building my own.

Plans and Tips for Builders - Little Free Library

Interesting idea, I see more & more of the "free" libraries in some resturants & businesses, where you take a book off their shelves & return it later. The one you linked to I would be worried about punks putting in stuff that is not books; I'm assuming this idea is outside by the road somewhere.

Originally Posted by 32t

I really like the idea in the following link. I do not endorse them and would not spend money for a sign or premade one etc. but am thinking of risking copyright infringement and building my own.

Plans and Tips for Builders - Little Free Library*

That's a really good idea, you could even have a gold coin charity box, that's what we have on camp in the office.

Originally Posted by 32t

I really like the idea in the following link. I do not endorse them and would not spend money for a sign or premade one etc. but am thinking of risking copyright infringement and building my own.

Plans and Tips for Builders - Little Free Library*

These are great - see them all the time in small towns and near my cottage in Ontario. Either drop a dollar or something in and take a book, or swap a book etc...have seen that exact design, very nice!