ITS A MIRACLE!
Posted on 01/30/2024 6:20:56 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
A library in Laurel recently got some unexpected late returns: a CD and a vinyl record that were checked out decades ago.
At the Laurel branch of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, someone turned in Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” 35 years late.
“Staff found it in the book drop,” circulation supervisor Candice Washington said. “We have no idea who it is. A few weeks later, someone also turned in an Eddie Rabbitt vinyl 41 years late.”
“The staff are, honestly, really excited, and we don’t even carry CDs and vinyls anymore, so they were excited to see some old relics of things that we used to circulate,” Washington said.
The library isn’t looking to collect a fine.
“We actually did away with late fees in July 2020, so they technically wouldn’t owe anything,” Washington said.
But the library still hopes whoever returned the music will come forward.
ITS A MIRACLE!
Mr. Bookman is relentless.
The article stated it was Dark Side of the Moon however every other story and images show it was Wish You Were Here.
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Thirty-five years have got behind you
“old relics”
I used to own a LOT of CDs. What does that make me?
It was stored on the dark side of the moon but the library wished it was here. That’s what I got out of it. YMMV
“Hey man, don’t Bundy that CD!”
“Yeah yeah, bake a pie, eat a pie!”
Slow news night?
That geezer was cruisin’ for a bruisin’.
Must have been really drunk at the time.
They must really love the Floyd on rainy nights.
‘Wish You Were Here’, great album. I think Gilmour said it was his favorite Floyd record.
1. I haven’t seen a picture of this alleged CD. Was it date stamped with a withdrawal date?
2. CD sales were just about catching up with tape sales, while albums were fading in 1989. If a library had an investment in vinyl, I don’t see them rushing out to buy CDs that year or in prior years - after all, they’re the govt and always crying for money.
I think it is very possible, that is is a publicity stunt to get people to visit the library.
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
yeah come forward so they can assess the fine accrued up to the point where fines were done away with.
Yes, this was a library. When I was young you like you I spent many happy hours here.
That is a cool and interesting graph
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