Posted on 03/23/2006 11:53:14 AM PST by Physicist
Oh wow, I never actually saw that recipe, that's funny! I just remember always eating such great recipes out of that cookbook. Someday I'll have to look around and try and get my own copy.
<thinks about that>
You are thinking linearly. Stop being such a physicist.
What's really bad is moving out of a place with numerous built-ins into someplace with very few. "Storehouse" has those DIYs and I practically lived there for weeks on end ... "just need one more".
Then 10 years later I unexpectedly had to give about 15-20 of them to the Salvation Army and move into a hellhole cave. Also gave away probably 40% of my books, but I have always kept them thinned pretty well (ho, ho, ho).
Not the cookbooks, however. Around 700, maybe a few more. Miss them like crazy - can't even get into the storage unit(s). Ha, cookbooks are the only ones that used bookstores will actually pay money for (not much, but you have to *pay them* to take the others) - and I said "are you nuts? Who would part with a cookbook?"
Nearly all my books are non-fiction and reference, so it's always hard to give them away, except to libraries where they'll continue to be read.
See my post 179.
Nearly all the recipes are submitted by "Mrs. (husbands full name)" for example, "Mrs. John Smith" which isn't often seen anymore. It must be a sign of the times.
The Library of America may get to SF one day. Heck they just published an edition on H.P. Lovecraft.
Paperbacks are important! When you have to move or pack your "real books" into book boxes, the little ones fit in the nooks and crannies and make the boxes much lighter than they would be with all "real books."
Have you tried "ceiling shelves"? I loved mine. You can buy them at Ikea. They're like 5-6" wide and 6 or 8' long. You put them just above the door frames or about paperback heighth from the ceiling (assuming we're not talking about a cathedral ceiling here). They can go all around the room and you never even notice they're there--nobody else does, either.
Interesting about the Mrs. (husbands name). I haven't seen that in a long time either. Cute though - adds more character to the book.
My favorite Erasmus quote : "Assiduus sis in bibliotheca, quae paradisi tibi loco est." (I know how busy you are in your library, which is your Paradise).
That's nothing. My parents have library stacks in the basement. (That's the only place where the books won't cause structural damage.)
I love being able to do that, especially since the memory cards I use hold about 120-140 books, depending on the size.
Have you checked out this site? ebookwise.com
Number 2 was the one with the George Rodrigue ("Blue Dog") prints for all the section covers - wonderful. Had a crawfish shucking and a hog-butchering and all kinds of fais-do-do's depicted.
I have duplicates of some of my first editions, to use as "reading copies", so the old ones stay in good condition.
Me. *LOL*
Yeah I think it will take a few more years. And there are always bigger houses :D
LOL!! I'm a PhD student and my son is a well read FReeper who hasn't met a book about the economy or the Constitution that he didn't want to read. The books are taking over our grad student apartment and we've had to put some in storage.
I'm about to sign for my first tenure-track job and look forward to a house with a proper office/library. I've tried getting books from the library so they wouldn't pile up, but I want them to stick around, not just board with me for a few weeks. Amazon's used book option makes some books so inexpensive, you might as well buy them.
When I see kitchens in decorating/remodeling magazines, I just laugh at the "bookshelf" which usually holds five or ten cookbooks. I had lower cabinets built in in the kitchen which hold about 200, and I keep the ones not as frequently used on shelves in another part of the house.
I've got two words for you:
Shop Vac
Now you have proof that I'm crazy. :-)
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