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Pink Floyd CD returned to Maryland library 35 years late
NBC ^ | 1/28/24

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.


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A few weeks later, someone also turned in an Eddie Rabbitt vinyl 41 years late.”

ITS A MIRACLE!


1 posted on 01/30/2024 6:20:56 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Mr. Bookman is relentless.


2 posted on 01/30/2024 6:22:05 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

The article stated it was Dark Side of the Moon however every other story and images show it was Wish You Were Here.


3 posted on 01/30/2024 6:22:58 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

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


4 posted on 01/30/2024 6:26:40 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

“old relics”

I used to own a LOT of CDs. What does that make me?


5 posted on 01/30/2024 6:27:42 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

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


6 posted on 01/30/2024 6:32:07 PM PST by BipolarBob (My investment choice for 2024 is pre-ban menthol cigarettes. )
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

“Hey man, don’t Bundy that CD!”


7 posted on 01/30/2024 6:34:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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8 posted on 01/30/2024 6:36:16 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

“Yeah yeah, bake a pie, eat a pie!”


9 posted on 01/30/2024 6:36:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Slow news night?


10 posted on 01/30/2024 6:37:59 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

That geezer was cruisin’ for a bruisin’.


11 posted on 01/30/2024 6:38:47 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Must have been really drunk at the time.


12 posted on 01/30/2024 6:40:27 PM PST by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

They must really love the Floyd on rainy nights.


13 posted on 01/30/2024 7:03:36 PM PST by JZelle
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

‘Wish You Were Here’, great album. I think Gilmour said it was his favorite Floyd record.


14 posted on 01/30/2024 7:05:15 PM PST by Roadrunner383 (m)
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15 posted on 01/30/2024 7:16:42 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
I’m calling BS.

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.

16 posted on 01/30/2024 7:25:04 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun


17 posted on 01/30/2024 8:02:36 PM PST by Revel
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yeah come forward so they can assess the fine accrued up to the point where fines were done away with.


18 posted on 01/30/2024 8:13:37 PM PST by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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To: DoodleBob

Yes, this was a library. When I was young you like you I spent many happy hours here.

19 posted on 01/30/2024 8:29:09 PM PST by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: DoodleBob

That is a cool and interesting graph


20 posted on 01/30/2024 9:45:55 PM PST by 11th_VA (Celebrate Climate Change !!!)
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