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To: Ilaine who wrote (1093)	11/3/1999 6:21:00 AM
From: re3	Respond to of 1264

<<<I can't imagine who would want it, but it can never be replaced. there must be someone who wants everything, why else ebay <g>

To: Ilaine who wrote (1093)	11/3/1999 8:32:00 AM
From: coug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1264

Good morning Cobie, I have found since I have been on the Net, My reading of books has dropped considerably.. I read just as much, or more, but it is here.. But it is disjointed, following links people throw up.. I am an information junkie so it is good in that regard, but the "flow" of a good book or a series of them by an author, I like is gone.. I am into some theoretical, quantum mechanics, relativity type stuff now so on a long weekend trip, I grabbed a book I bought years ago, "Ideas and Opinions" Albert Einstein. You can pick it up and open it to any page and start reading.. Good for poolside reading when you have a moment. This all started on a discussion of Fib numbers, and Time and Space on the futures thread.. BTW that thread sort of blew up over a little contest.. misunderstandings again. It was no fun. I didn't have a dog in that fight so I watched from the sidelines.. And it was the reason, I didn't enter in the first place. Besides the emotional energy used up for naught, I didn't want to lose my focus on the real thing. My best....coug

To: Ilaine who wrote (1093)	11/3/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1264

Those statistical books from early in the century have a value to someone. I'll bet a New Orleans or Baton Rouge bookseller would have a customer for them. Somewhere in Louisiana there is a collector who would love to have those. I take back what I said about the selling of books not being that exciting. There are certain books one does not "own", but you act as a custodian until it gets to the right people. The book I mentioned that was signed by Pershing I sold to a collector of black military history. It's a very narrow field, there isn't that much out there on the subject. He buys up stuff having to do with "Blackjack" Pershing because he was instrumental in forming, then commanded, the black division that fought in WW I. His collection is a very important one, it's been displayed at museums and scholars are always asking him if they can study it. It's satisfying to know I did my little part in adding to his collection. I also sold books on local history periodically to a woman who bought for the Hartford Atheneum. It was neat to know those books were going to be held for posterity after having been in my humble little shop. My unabridged dictionary doesn't contain the word "enthalpy." ???