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#9 - NEVER SAY NEVER

14/7/2016

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  Just the other day, I did two things I had sworn I would never do.  And I did them on the same day.
  First, I threw away a book.
  And second, I bought a Starbucks product.
  Both on the same day.  Consider this a confession.
  Last August we held a monster yard sale on our road in the country.  Neighbours joined in.  I had hundreds of books for sale, all from my personal library.  I have been collecting  ̶  and rescuing (but that is another story)  ̶  books for 70 years. 
  The monster sale was a roaring success.  Except . . . that very few books sold.
  So, over the next few months, I found homes for the leftovers.  And I had hundreds, hundreds of leftovers.  The other day, I took the last volumes to Thunder Bay.  I planned to give them away to the Thrift Store because nobody else wanted them.
  When I told them what I had in the boxes, I was turned down.  Flatly.  Nobody, it seems  ̶  nobody reads Reader's Digest Condensed Books any more.  These are good solid volumes, with hours, weeks, and sometimes months of reading pleasure in a single volume.  Nobody wants them.  Even to build shelving with . . .  With a few planks, one could build shelving that reaches the roof.  Nobody wants Reader's Digest Condensed Books any more.
  The Thrift Store was my last resort . . .
Read the full article with colour photos on E.J. Lavoie's Blog > http://bit.ly/29E8edt .


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