[Fedora]

I had to pay to ship all my books home when I got out of the military...they put me over the weight limit for household goods. Heh...I'd also taken spare bookshelves from a couple other rooms...I had TONS of 'em.

Now I'm way short on shelves, so I have piles...and boxes full still down in the basement. I need to get more shelves.

Of course, as soon as I do, I'll feel like I'm permitted to get more books. And then I'll need more shelves. And then I'll want more books.

It just doesn't end.

Yep, same here :) When I moved last summer it turned out I had 14 cases of books, each with about 4-6 shelves, which ended up being probably literally a ton. I'm still trying to figure out where to put them all! I filled the basement with as many as would fit there, then I had six cases left over I had to fit in my room, so four are in the room itself (including my Tolkien books, of course) and the other two are in the walk-in closet. But despite this I keep having to stop myself from buying more! I have a shirt with a quote from Erasmus that says, "When I get a little money I buy books, and if there's any left over sometimes I buy food and clothes" :)

[Ramius]

When I left the Coast Guard, I did it from Alaska and had to ship all my guns home to Olympia. Sure, the guns were heavy and a shipping problem all their own, but Alaska Airlines has a fairly healthy attitude about such things.

It never occurred to me that the speedloaders in my carryon bag would be a problem... after some anxious minutes at the security checkpoint they let me go on with them anyway... this was of course many years ago.

[RosieCotton]

I have a shirt with a quote from Erasmus that says, "When I get a little money I buy books, and if there's any left over sometimes I buy food and clothes" :)

I want one of those!