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Off topic: Book burning... Initiator des Themas: Trevor Butcher
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| Book crossing | Sep 13, 2006 |
I like the idea of sending off my unwanted books on travels, forming a kind of fluid cyber-library. It can also pay sometimes - my friend accidently left a 200 zloty note in one book he donated to a library.
But keeping them... All the time that you hang onto books it is stopping other people from reading them, but I supppose that it also keeps printing houses going too since those other people have to buy new copies of books that we are just sitting on. At least by letting them go ... See more I like the idea of sending off my unwanted books on travels, forming a kind of fluid cyber-library. It can also pay sometimes - my friend accidently left a 200 zloty note in one book he donated to a library.
But keeping them... All the time that you hang onto books it is stopping other people from reading them, but I supppose that it also keeps printing houses going too since those other people have to buy new copies of books that we are just sitting on. At least by letting them go I worry less about losing them through storm or theft.
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Angela Dickson (X) 
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 19:38
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| bookcrossing | Sep 13, 2006 |
There's an active bookcrossing community (www.bookcrossing.com) in my local area, and we have got round Rafa's fear of the books being thrown away by setting up 'bookcrossing zones' in local public places. A local wine bar has a constantly-changing shelf of free books, and a couple more locations around the city take books as well.
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RobinB
Vereinigte Staaten
Local time: 14:38
Deutsch > Englisch
Trevor,
It's a problem most of us face - frequently - to be sure. But you weren't seriously considering burning them, were you? I don't have to tell you that only Nazis and other subhumans actually *burn* books...
You've had plenty of good uggestions of what to do with redundant books, and I have to admit that there comes a time when you look at your bookshelves and say to yourself "time to make some space". And of course, there are things you simply grow out of. I supp... See more Trevor,
It's a problem most of us face - frequently - to be sure. But you weren't seriously considering burning them, were you? I don't have to tell you that only Nazis and other subhumans actually *burn* books...
You've had plenty of good uggestions of what to do with redundant books, and I have to admit that there comes a time when you look at your bookshelves and say to yourself "time to make some space". And of course, there are things you simply grow out of. I suppose the last resort if you can't give them away (hospitals? hospices?) is to dump them in the recycling bin, but I don't know how far advanced paper recycling is in Poland.
I tend to keep copies of older dictionary editions (if they're any good) and other reference works because they contain terms that don't appear in newer editions and you never know when you'll get a text containing references to what is now modern history.
Some people seem to get all worked up about even recycling books for paper, although at least it's environmentally responsible. But burning books has connotations that make me, at least, shudder.
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Marc P (X)
Local time: 20:38
Deutsch > Englisch
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| The worst thing... | Sep 13, 2006 |
... is all those manuals for computer software. Software I paid hundreds of Deutschmarks for, ten or fifteen years ago. The diskettes and manuals are worthless now: far better programs can be downloaded for free (open-source) off the Internet.
But it's hard to throw them away, somehow.
Marc
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Lincoln Hui
Hongkong
Local time: 03:38
Mitglied
Chinesisch > Englisch
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Recycling as paper is better than burning.
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Tom in London
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 19:38
Mitglied (2008)
Italienisch > Englisch
| STOP THIS PLEASE | Feb 18, 2021 |
Lincoln Hui wrote:
Recycling as paper is better than burning.
Lincoln- please stop resuscitating ancient threads. Haven't you got any work to do?
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Lincoln Hui
Hongkong
Local time: 03:38
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Chinesisch > Englisch
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| What's the problem? | Feb 18, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote:
Lincoln Hui wrote:
Recycling as paper is better than burning.
Lincoln- please stop resuscitating ancient threads. Haven't you got any work to do?
What difference does it make how long ago it was posted?
If you're not interested in them yourself, just leave them. They're not bothering you.
[Edited at 2021-02-18 13:23 GMT]
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Daryo
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 19:38
Serbisch > Englisch
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| Keep Up The Good Work | Feb 18, 2021 |
Tom in London wrote:
Lincoln Hui wrote:
Recycling as paper is better than burning.
Lincoln- please stop resuscitating ancient threads. Haven't you got any work to do?
These threads are not "dead" so they can't be "resuscitated"
They are just "in hibernation" - what's wrong with waking them up?
I find it disturbing that anyone would want to harm hibernating threads ...
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