Believe it or not, more and more libraries are shunning anything but current
paperbacks for resale.  A church in a dead coal town near here had its
basement full of books donated (for the presumed illiterate) years and years
ago by generous souls in New England.  Our local Rotary arranged to ship
them off to Bangladesh a couple of years ago.  I don't recall there being a
thank-you from any source except the church, which was glad to have its
fellowship hall back.
Ross Weeks Jr.
Tazewell VA
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: school books


> In stead of simply throwing it all away, and not keeping any of the
material
> for any other reason, why not just give it to a library that sells used
> items, or give it to some other needy organization.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: sarah miller <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re: school books
>
>
> > Are you throwing away all your kids' stuff under the name of 'junk'?! do
> > your kids know about this? Or is it a unilateral action? I am painfully
> > reminded of my father's jettissoned collections of jazz records, comic
> > books, and American product ads which his mother junked while his back
was
> > turned. Nice going. I hope you have better discretion, but much more, I
> > hope that you're not throwing away a bunch of stuff your kids thought
was
> > safe with you. -S
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Indigo Nights [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent:   Sunday, April 16, 2000 1:23 AM
> > To:     [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:        Re: school books
> >
> > Oh, I'm soooooo glad to hear you say that.
> >
> > I'm afraid my home was turning into a museum that
> > violated the Fourth Law.  I've spent days throwing
> > crap away, and I'm amazed at how much floor space I've
> > found.  Now that my youngest has fled the nest, it's
> > been how much junk can a junky junk if a junky wants
> > her house back?  Look Ma, no junk!
> >
> > I must remember that one.  You can't save everything.
> >
> > Don't send Martha Stewart over to help.  That goes to
> > the First Rule of Human Nature.  You can't save
> > everyone!
> >
> > --- Janice Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > I am reminded of my "Fourth Law of Museum Work":
> > >
> > > You can't save everything
> > >
> > > Not every piece of material culture can go into a
> > > museum or be preserved,
> > > and certainly not forever.  Choices -- and often
> > > difficult ones -- need to
> > > be made about what is kept.
> >
> > =====
> > Indigo Nights
> > [log in to unmask]
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