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LEGENDARY LOS ANGELES BOOKSTORE CLOSES
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| March 14 2018
| Bethany Klein
Posted on 03/18/2018 7:02:24 PM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII
Legendary Los Angeles Bookstore Closes.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:05:49 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
Nationwide survey shows that a growing and already large percentage of adults never have read a complete book after high school.(Pick some number that sounds high - that will be about right.) I also lament this change, but I cant feign surprise.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:15:00 PM PDT
by
oldplayer
To: oldplayer
The purpose of the education system is to give students a life-long loathing of learning.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:19:32 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:21:04 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: WilliamIII
The shop, owned by 72-year-old Leonard Bernstein
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:26:23 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bania
(Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
To: WilliamIII
I would imagine if I owned a book store, I would be thanking the Lord daily that it is still open. Book stores is pretty much 20th century. They need to close libraries too. Not needed anymore. Waste of tax payers money.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:27:40 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
To: null and void
They tried. Instead I ended up loathing school and loving books. Power to the autodidact!
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:28:30 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
To: WilliamIII
Times change, but this is sad. I've never been there, but there is an equivalent bookstore in Denver called the Tattered Cover. It used to occupy a four story building and basement, had a tremendous selection of computer books, which took up the whole basement. Tattered Cover still survives, but in a smaller building now. Instead of a computer floor, its more of a computer self.
Yeah, I know I am living in a time where more information is available than ever before in history, but I still am sentimental about physical books.
To: Cicero
98% oh high school graduates have never read a book and will never read a book because they can’t read!
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:46:59 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
To: null and void
The purpose of the education system is to give students a life-long loathing of learning.
I disagree. I believe the purpose is to create a life-long love of learning. But it does fail far too often. How many of your teachers made a positive difference in your life. One or two out of dozens. The goal of every teacher should be to be that one or two.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:51:02 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: WilliamIII
The city I live in doesn’t have a bookstore of any type and it’s a city of 70,000+ people. I have to go 25 miles to Half-price Books. I order most of my books online, but still enjoy a good bookstore. I still can’t do E-books at least for recreational reading, they are ok for textbooks and instructional texts, but for all else, I prefer the paper versions.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:55:33 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: hanamizu
That should be the goal, the results say it isn’t.
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posted on
03/18/2018 8:10:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
To: Smittie
The city I live in doesnt have a bookstore of any type and its a city of 70,000+ people. I have to go 25 miles to Half-price Books I live in a metropolitan area of 10 million people. Until a few years ago, there was a Borders bookstore within walking distance of my home and another within easy driving distance. Now, the nearest bookstore, a Barnes and Noble, is six miles away, and if that chain goes under, the nearest bookstore will be 40 miles away. And I'm not the only one who still reads books. These stores are busy, and often crowded.
The demise of bookstores is a travesty. I don't like e-books because they hurt my eyes, and I don't like to order stuff online--you have to wait for your merchandise, and then porch pirates might beat you to it.
To: Fiji Hill
Also with ordering books online is that you don’t get what you ordered. That has happened to me. Another time I received a defective product. I do my best to not order them online.
To: WilliamIII
Well at least Caravan Books can say they were never looted in a riot.
To: WilliamIII
Something that goes with this is that many have accumulated quite a collection of books over their lifetimes, and the books now have little value and almost no one wants them, even for free.
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posted on
03/18/2018 8:40:10 PM PDT
by
Will88
To: broken_clock
#16:
"Well at least Caravan Books can say they were never looted in a riot"
To: Vince Ferrer
I still am sentimental about physical books They never break.
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posted on
03/18/2018 8:45:44 PM PDT
by
eldoradude
(Keep calm...we'll get to the carrion part later.)
To: WilliamIII
Every year I make sure to hit the library book sale and get a bag of books for five bucks.
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posted on
03/18/2018 8:46:33 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(I have one issue and it's my economic well-being.)
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