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'Beowulf' returned to Pennsylvania library after 54 years
UPI ^
| DEC. 15, 2023 / 4:52 PM
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 12/18/2023 9:49:35 AM PST by Red Badger
Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania library revealed a copy of Chauncey Brewster Tinker's classic Beowulf was recently returned after being checked out 54 years earlier.
The Sewickley Public Library said in an Instagram post that Beowulf was checked out in January 1969 and wasn't returned until this month.
The overdue book would have accrued nearly $1,000 in fines under the 5-cent-per-day policy of the late 1960s.
"In reality, we would have charged the cost of this item since it's been gone so long. That means the borrower would owe....$0.98, which is how much it cost to purchase the title in the 1920s," the post said.
The post said the library has since gone fine-free, so whoever borrowed Beowulf doesn't need to worry about any fines.
"As long as library users return borrowed items, their account will be cleared and they can continue to check out materials to their heart's content," library officials wrote.
TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beowulf; chaunceybtinker; chaunceytinker; godsgravesglyphs; pages; pennsylvania; sewickley
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It took them that long to read it.....................
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/18/2023 9:50:32 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
“...Will that be cash or credit...?”
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posted on
12/18/2023 9:51:41 AM PST
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Red Badger
The Library Police should definitely be issued cattle prods.
To: Red Badger
Had to learn the original language first.
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posted on
12/18/2023 9:57:17 AM PST
by
fwdude
(.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/18/2023 9:59:03 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
I never understood the “fine free” policies which are sweeping libraries across the nation. Are they considered “racissss?”
What incentive is there to return a book anymore?
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posted on
12/18/2023 9:59:17 AM PST
by
fwdude
(.)
To: Red Badger
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12/18/2023 10:01:26 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/18/2023 10:07:02 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
My guess is that the person who borrowed it died and his/her heirs returned it.
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12/18/2023 10:07:12 AM PST
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Mercat
To: Magnum44
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posted on
12/18/2023 10:08:43 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
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12/18/2023 10:10:12 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: fwdude
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12/18/2023 10:14:05 AM PST
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: fwdude
Our County libraries quit charging fines decades ago. I think failing to return could cause your privileges to be shut down, though.
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12/18/2023 10:14:16 AM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
Most libraries have days you can return a long overdue book and no fine will be charged.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/18/2023 10:16:03 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Sacajaweau
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posted on
12/18/2023 11:10:29 AM PST
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gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Red Badger
Never take any course where they make you read “Beowulf” (or I personally would add “Gravity’s Rainbow”).
To: Sacajaweau
New York State has ended library fines...period....and any outstanding monies due on overdue books.
To: Red Badger
It’s kinda dry. It would take me that long too.
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posted on
12/18/2023 12:13:11 PM PST
by
Savage Beast
(TRUTH is a terrifying thing to behold when trapped in a web of delusion.)
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