Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Re: Re: Richyssoise (Chilled, Cre
By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Tue Apr 04 2023 07:28:55
Except for having to renew a library card - pretty cool. My library
issues cards only to juveniles. My voter's ID serves as my library card.
Sweet! I find it interesting to hear about these regional differences.
A friend in Scotland told me that if the police pull someone over for a traffic stop and they don't have their driver's license on them, that's not a problem. They get 10 days or so to come into the police station
and show their driver's license. I like the sound of these systems
that better lend themselves to de-escalation.
My community voted to stop funding the local library and shut it down completely for a few years. I felt bitter about that decision for some time. We managed to re-open it with volunteers and generous donations.
I am grateful that it still exists and has a thriving circulation of
new books. It also has a surprisingly large collection of cookbooks.
About half of the books i read are on paper and the other half are
ebooks. I have little patience for ebook marketing, so most of my electronic reading is the free stuff in the public domain.
Try https://www.bookbub.com/ebook-deals for free (my favourite price) platforms and/or E-reader apps. (I use Calibre - probably the best of
the e-readers for the desk/lap top confuser.)
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