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trocar

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30. When I was young

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Wed Feb 15, 2017, 06:03 PM

Feb 2017

I remember the library was my favorite place to be. After I got a job and started working it was easier to just buy the book, my home had bookcases everywhere. I am now supporting my 89 year old mother at her assisted living home and she is a voracious reader. I got a library card to keep up with her reading, at least 10 books a week, she loves it. Now that I have to go into the library again after decades away I realize how important they are to the community.

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If you don't have a public library card - get one now. Here's why [View all] ehrnst Feb 2017 OP

This is a long standing hate from the RW. I hear it on eithe RW radio or RW radio sports shows. chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #1

IMHO Zoonart Feb 2017 #3

ESL llatttal Feb 2017 #19

Nice to hear Zoonart Feb 2017 #20

Yes llatttal Feb 2017 #21

also good to hear Zoonart Feb 2017 #22

None of which addresses the concern and the need for publicly funded libraries... LanternWaste Feb 2017 #27

Clearly not one of them has spent even a minute in one. MissB Feb 2017 #16

THIS Zoonart Feb 2017 #2

Our public libraries are used heavily. Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #4

I grew up in a place so backward Runningdawg Feb 2017 #5

Ain't that he truth. The library was a refuge and a resource for so many of us! nolabear Feb 2017 #10

I spent many afternoons and weekends in the library Runningdawg Feb 2017 #17

Great story! I had no idea that libraries had this impact spooky3 Feb 2017 #11

kick crazycatlady Feb 2017 #6

In a time of crisis (natural disaster), libraries. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2017 #7

Public Libraries are Part of a Strong Democracy dlk Feb 2017 #8

"Public Libraries are Part of a Strong Democracy" simguy225 Feb 2017 #29

Good advice BadgerKid Feb 2017 #9

Fascists don't like an educated populace. GallopingGhost Feb 2017 #12

Anything and everything public Glaisne Feb 2017 #13

Trying to privatize Libraries DK504 Feb 2017 #14

Libararies are Important wrenken Feb 2017 #15

that is good advice! Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #18

Good call! I just signed up for one IronLionZion Feb 2017 #23

My county loves and protects its publuc libraries. Ilsa Feb 2017 #24

I have two Retrograde Feb 2017 #25

Once you get your card, make sure to use it zeusdogmom Feb 2017 #26

I love the services my library offers crazycatlady Feb 2017 #28

When I was young trocar Feb 2017 #30

Absolutely! - Remember "Fahrenheit 451"- Long live Ray Bradbury (figuratively) marked50 Feb 2017 #31

libraries?? Not so fast. Jack-o-Lantern Feb 2017 #32

That sucks Progressive dog Feb 2017 #33

That's the Republican "starve the beast" model of governance alarimer Feb 2017 #35

More important to actually USE the card. alarimer Feb 2017 #34