when I was in Chicago two weeks ago to see The Decemberists, I didn't mind it when it rained during the show, because it was such a hot and humid day...I actually didn't mind getting completely drenched walking to the train station afterwards...there was something wildly thrilling and liberating...it was more the library book in my bag that I was worried about...
and yeah, it got warped and I might have to pay for it...but in a way, the experience was worth it...it was a book I checked out on impulse as I was about to leave the library, only a day or two before that trip...it was on display, and it's about people riding a tube train in London...it profiles each passenger, what they look like, who they are, and what they're thinking...I thought it was perfect for reading on the train, and it's true...(the book is 253 by Geoff Ryman)...
at any rate, yes I welcome rain...even though right now I'm in comfortable air conditioning...
Trains and books. That's lovely. That's exactly what I need right now, an hour+ train ride in the rain. Sigh. I have to ask, since i know you work in the library anyway, why can't you just say, find a cheaper but still worthwhile version yourself and replace it that way? or can you now?
I actually checked out the book from the Racine Library instead of the Kenosha Library, so I don't know what their policy would be...I know my library's standpoint tends to be not to accept donations to replace damaged or missing books...perhaps they are more flexible on it now...but I know beyond the cost of the actual item, there is the processing and whatnot involved in preparing it to be part of the collection...I'll take the hit if need be, and hope they order a replacement for it...the damage is significant, but I've also seen worse, so maybe they'll just note it or charge me a fraction of the cost...we'll see when I'm done reading it and ask them about it
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Ahh. That's what it is. I've been trying to figure this out my entire life! I've only had to get a book replaced once, it was a childrens book, ages ago, and it didn't cost me taht much money it was just a pain in the neck. I think I dropped in one of those disgusting piles of mud mixed with snow and I just remember thinking that they would send me to jail. Now I understand why. I wish I could donate books. I used to have a few brand-new books that I never read, I gave them to friends but I'd rather see the public get them. It's a bad habit because I always try to buy hardcover editions.
PS: That Cats In The Sun series looks really cute. I have a book of black and white photos of cats around here somewhere...(i have too many books...) and I get a kick out of the random cats that show up in vacation shots on flickr. I'm sure they'll replace it one day.
I noticed when I brought up the link for that book, that Amazon doesn't even carry it themselves...when my fifteen year anniversary comes up, I can pick an item for the collection (in the same fashion that the other person chose Cats in the Sun--for my ten year anniversary I chose The Up Series)...I could get Cats in the Sun so that it could be part of the collection, but if it's not something they can get brand new, I probably won't...that and it would be weird to have it with my name in it instead of the other person's...right now I'm thinking the library should get Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists, which is a book that expands on the outsider art exhibit that's going on right now at the Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan (I visited it on Saturday
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and yeah, it got warped and I might have to pay for it...but in a way, the experience was worth it...it was a book I checked out on impulse as I was about to leave the library, only a day or two before that trip...it was on display, and it's about people riding a tube train in London...it profiles each passenger, what they look like, who they are, and what they're thinking...I thought it was perfect for reading on the train, and it's true...(the book is 253 by Geoff Ryman)...
at any rate, yes I welcome rain...even though right now I'm in comfortable air conditioning...
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I have to ask, since i know you work in the library anyway, why can't you just say, find a cheaper but still worthwhile version yourself and replace it that way? or can you now?
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PS: That Cats In The Sun series looks really cute. I have a book of black and white photos of cats around here somewhere...(i have too many books...) and I get a kick out of the random cats that show up in vacation shots on flickr. I'm sure they'll replace it one day.
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