To: nickcarraway
I’ve read The Refugees, and it didn’t take anywhere near that long. Maybe if I’d tried to read it in Finnish it might have.
To: nickcarraway
Probably about 45 years ago when I was very young I took a book out of the library and forgot all about it. When I realized what had happened some time later I was worried I'd get in trouble and that the fine would be way too much for me so I stuffed it into the back of my bookcase and hoped for the best.
I like these stories about how people are amused and forgiving about long overdue books but I live in deep-blue fascist New Jersey. I'd probably be jailed for 10 years if it ever came out.
4 posted on
06/01/2024 11:24:01 AM PDT by
pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
To: nickcarraway
5 posted on
06/01/2024 11:25:48 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
If the person who returned the book is a registered Republican, there’s going to be one hell of a fine.
9 posted on
06/01/2024 12:20:02 PM PDT by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: nickcarraway
Had me beat, I only 39 years for mine.
10 posted on
06/01/2024 12:26:35 PM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(Stormy Daniels is a McGuffin)
To: nickcarraway
the fine then was calculated at £18.27, being one old penny a week for the 4,385 weeks Funny, I get £ 18 s 5 d 5
To: nickcarraway
Why are these stories, anyone who buys used books has lots of overdue library books and school books they can pull out of their library, look at the books at garage sales and estate sales for examples.
12 posted on
06/01/2024 1:33:25 PM PDT by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: nickcarraway
Why do libraries care about overdue books?
I can't even give books away to my local library.
13 posted on
06/01/2024 1:40:40 PM PDT by
Trailerpark Badass
(“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
To: nickcarraway
I love books, myself, but I’m a bit of a dinosaur in that regard. Everybody’s got their face buried in electronic devices of some kind these days. Seriously, when was the last time you saw someone reading an actual book?
15 posted on
06/01/2024 2:15:20 PM PDT by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: nickcarraway
It’s not necessarily “overdue.” Sometimes libraries have book sales. I’ve purchased used books online, and some of them have library stamps in them. Are they “overdue”? Or did someone get them at library sales and then they ended up at an online bookseller?
16 posted on
06/01/2024 2:16:32 PM PDT by
Nea Wood
( )
To: nickcarraway
more remarkable is, the library is still standing after 84 years
17 posted on
06/01/2024 2:49:16 PM PDT by
blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: nickcarraway
Just wondering, did the library have Drag Queen Story hour back then? 🤓
18 posted on
06/01/2024 6:25:51 PM PDT by
Deplorable American1776
(Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
To: nickcarraway
I never understand why overdue books make headlines.
20 posted on
06/03/2024 6:05:58 PM PDT by
Sawdring
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