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JudyM

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22. I hear ya. My local library has a donated book sale twice a year. I really should just not go, lol.

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Culling the books. Sigh, probably one of the last at this late date in life span. [View all] UTUSN Sep 2019 OP

... Kali Sep 2019 #1

Nice to see you!1 UTUSN Sep 2019 #2

I have a new rule. Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #3

"don't stop acquiring" -there's the rub!1 & we (non-hoarder) collectors tend to collect other things UTUSN Sep 2019 #5

oh god Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #8

I have my dad's 'mid watch' something or 'nother. ⚓ sprinkleeninow Sep 2019 #51

Hmmm, mid watch is the 4 hours of duty starting at midnight. UTUSN Sep 2019 #53

It reads 'Mid Watch'. I used to keep it on my key ring/chain/ fob, but it was a tad clunky. sprinkleeninow Sep 2019 #59

Oh, small like a fob, then a fob identifier for that purpose on Watch! UTUSN Sep 2019 #61

It'll cost ya....😁 Cereally, I shall consider it. We'd need an interlocutor. sprinkleeninow Sep 2019 #62

OMZ, I couldn't come between you and a link to your father. But I'm seriesly *intrigued*! UTUSN Sep 2019 #63

i'm getting ready to do the same thing my friend dweller Sep 2019 #4

Yea, it took a lot of adjusting to the Kindle. I'm fairly comfortable without the paper now. UTUSN Sep 2019 #6

Do the purge hibbing Sep 2019 #7

Yeah, consideration for the groundskeepers to dispose of things is a factor, more than UTUSN Sep 2019 #9

((my friend)) blm Sep 2019 #20

This year I discovered WHY I'm a book hoarder. Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #10

There's always *GUILT*!1 My (even older) sister is an expert Passive Aggressive. UTUSN Sep 2019 #11

Great story, how moving. Those are precious books. JudyM Sep 2019 #21

The desire to buy more books than you can ever read is so universal, there's a Japanese word for it: dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #36

I'm doing the same, and it's hard. Books, vinyl LPs and cassettes. SharonAnn Sep 2019 #12

Damn!! I wish we had a good used book store here but over the past 15 years we have gone from 5 cstanleytech Sep 2019 #14

"haven't read yet" - for me another regret, I read many when too young & lacked life experience UTUSN Sep 2019 #15

We go to the McKays in Nashville...it's great! Lars39 Sep 2019 #24

As of the last count 18 years ago 1300 and its only grown and yes I do reread them :) cstanleytech Sep 2019 #13

If only I could narrow my shelves down to 300 books. LudwigPastorius Sep 2019 #16

I've been listening to the podcast MurrayDelph Sep 2019 #17

I have my favorites that i've read to rags and then some. canuckledragger Sep 2019 #18

That was food for thought dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #32

Awwww. I love going through the old books at Restore blm Sep 2019 #19

I hear ya. My local library has a donated book sale twice a year. I really should just not go, lol. JudyM Sep 2019 #22

Mine too. That's where I unload books. trof Sep 2019 #45

. JudyM Sep 2019 #47

I hate to get rid of books, but it becomes necessary at some point. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #23

👍 sprinkleeninow Sep 2019 #52

Every time I start to pitch stuff.... Hotler Sep 2019 #25

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Yes to everything you said. I always respected the Book Goddess and treated my books GemDigger Sep 2019 #30

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When I was younger lillypaddle Sep 2019 #28

Couple of years ago, I had 400 books. IrishEyes Sep 2019 #29

My Dad had almost 3,000 books. After he died we asked the grand chidlren to go through Raven Sep 2019 #33

I attended a family wedding yesterday. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #34

First the Nook, then the added Kindle changed my view of reading. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #35

I have no desire for e books. None. Grasswire2 Sep 2019 #37

when I finally broke down and bought a Kindle, yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #58

I just started to get rid of my college textbooks. demmiblue Sep 2019 #38

How did you get rid of them? femmocrat Sep 2019 #41

I had to throw them in the garbage. demmiblue Sep 2019 #42

Ahh..... femmocrat Sep 2019 #43

I worked in bookshops most of my life. Harker Sep 2019 #39

It is so hard to get rid of books. femmocrat Sep 2019 #40

my mother had that edition of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #57

I stopped buying physical books a few years ago. Codeine Sep 2019 #44

PSA: If your library has a "Friends of.." group, please join. If not, start one. trof Sep 2019 #46

Shhhhh. My wife might hear you. n/t. NNadir Sep 2019 #48

Gutenberg,org Marthe48 Sep 2019 #49

Yip, Gutenberg & other such sites. But the old professor's books were probably specialized UTUSN Sep 2019 #50

I feel your pain Zaphod42 Sep 2019 #54

Welcome aboard to the best place! UTUSN Sep 2019 #55

Welcome to DU !!! Iggo Sep 2019 #56

My database tells me I have 875 books.... lastlib Sep 2019 #60

Don't stop dreaming! What's "a good library"? Is it a professionally made cabinet, like built-in? UTUSN Sep 2019 #64

My "good library" means shelf space for all of them! lastlib Sep 2019 #65

It *will* happen! UTUSN Sep 2019 #66

Ah, when I had to move a couple of years ago, I had to cull my library... malthaussen Sep 2019 #67

"...I'm not going to read those again." Iggo Sep 2019 #68