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I never throw books away. Tom Send a noteboard - 09/05/2013 05:15:52 PM

Well, almost never. I had a pile of detective novels in Russian that my ex-wife left when I got divorced back in 2002 that I tried to give away, in vain, and finally tossed into the recycling dumpster for paper.

I keep all books. I may box some up (I use plastic sealed boxes instead of cardboard book boxes) and I may eventually give away some of those boxed books to friends or relatives who are interested in them, but I don't throw them away.

With children's books, I am also now reading them to my children. I have to say that I am not sure what sort of book is so simple that it duplicates a wikipedia article, but I would generally advocate boxing up unused books and keeping them somewhere if possible.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Question about your book habits - 08/05/2013 10:25:51 PM 1069 Views
pfft. i don't get rid of books. i bought a house so i could get more. and i'm only kidding a little. - 09/05/2013 12:50:46 AM 815 Views
That would be the optimum solution - 09/05/2013 02:53:54 AM 910 Views
I hoard - 09/05/2013 05:55:36 AM 866 Views
Just donate them to your library and get an ereader. The format is rapidly approaching obsolescence. - 09/05/2013 08:22:56 AM 935 Views
I could see doing that on a go-forward basis. - 09/05/2013 03:42:32 PM 868 Views
Dint say nothin' 'bout purchasin'. *NM* - 10/05/2013 08:00:36 AM 373 Views
I'm not a fan - 09/05/2013 03:55:23 PM 917 Views
Oh please. - 09/05/2013 05:10:42 PM 838 Views
You don't even keep paperback books shelved. - 10/05/2013 07:59:49 AM 832 Views
Oh, well I won't argue with that. - 12/05/2013 05:04:16 AM 792 Views
I trash them - 09/05/2013 12:29:53 PM 1080 Views
I never throw books away. - 09/05/2013 05:15:52 PM 840 Views
I used to hoard them... - 10/05/2013 02:36:15 PM 887 Views
I donate them to charity *NM* - 11/05/2013 10:21:14 PM 546 Views
basically, no takers. - 20/05/2013 07:49:55 AM 822 Views

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