tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post8722249227910352237..comments2024-03-28T09:38:23.219-05:00Comments on Book Chase: One Man's LibrarySam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-43208842522280454312007-05-10T18:54:00.000-05:002007-05-10T18:54:00.000-05:00Good point, Maryanne, but you have to admit that t...Good point, Maryanne, but you have to admit that those are both awesome numbers. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21010452892779227392007-05-10T18:37:00.000-05:002007-05-10T18:37:00.000-05:00Ah! A man of my own heart. :) Rather than dwelling...Ah! A man of my own heart. :) Rather than dwelling on the "40% of his salary," though, I'd rather dwell on the "20,000 titles."Maryanne Mollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822362981983884999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-28067689702468621552007-04-21T21:55:00.000-05:002007-04-21T21:55:00.000-05:00Y'all are right. I'd rather give books away than ...Y'all are right. I'd rather give books away than to lend them out because I so seldom get them back...and when I do they often have been mistreated while away from home. So I prefer just to give them away right up front rather than risking any hard feelings on my part.<BR/><BR/>I do have one friend who has borrowed a couple of books from me and returned brand new copies of the books because he Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-82588048224256431332007-04-21T16:05:00.000-05:002007-04-21T16:05:00.000-05:00I give books away through BookCrossing but the amo...I give books away through BookCrossing but the amount of books I have lent to friends and never got back:(a.book.in.the.lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241438932592547538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-12743128215144567522007-04-21T15:34:00.000-05:002007-04-21T15:34:00.000-05:00Sam, you beat me too it--I was just going to say, ...Sam, you beat me too it--I was just going to say, wow, 40% of his salary on books, that makes me feel a lot better about my spending on books, too!<BR/><BR/>Interesting that he says never to lend books--I'm pretty selective in my lending habits, too, because you never get them back. But I'm constantly giving books away!Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-85644316162732773022007-04-21T10:39:00.000-05:002007-04-21T10:39:00.000-05:00That figure makes me feel a lot better about my ow...That figure makes me feel a lot better about my own spending on books, that's for sure. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-53788991276680430772007-04-21T08:25:00.000-05:002007-04-21T08:25:00.000-05:00Wow! 40% of his salary is spent on books! Food and...Wow! 40% of his salary is spent on books! Food and rent must be cheap either that they can't afford to buy anything else but books. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com