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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I have this dream that one of the kids will want to live in the house 
when they grow up; the deal it that I'll give them the house if they 
will help build me an apartment in the barn. One long wall will be floor 
to ceiling bookcases with one of those rolling library ladders (I've 
always wanted one of those). I don't care if I don't have much 
furniture, as long as I have room for my books.

Lynn Wigglesworth

eureka AT hctc.net wrote:
> I've gone through periods of thinking collecting books is 
> folly. But when it comes down to it, I love ideas and 
> keeping the books allows me to revisit ideas. I could more 
> easily live without access to people than I could ideas.
> 
> I've often thought an aclove for books run around the 
> entire house under the ceiling would be a handy way to 
> store a large collection without having to dedicate a room 
> to shelving a collection. You may have more books than me. 
> If you are storing them in hopes of building a library in 
> your remote house that's one thing, but I can't see paying 
> to store anything long term. As it was in my last house I 
> stored some valuable things in a barn due to lack of space 
> and everything was eventually ruined by something. I would 
> have been better off photographing them for memories and 
> selling them to people who could enjoy and keep them 
> properly.
> 
> --Sage
> 
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:58:57 -0700 (PDT)
>   bob ford  wrote:
>> I have to pay a lot to store most of my books.  I bought 
>> out all of the commercial shelving inside the cage (where 
>> they kept expensive , fragile stuff) when Best 
>> Electronics went bust 10 or 15 years ago.  But, most of 
>> my books and periodicals are in file boxes.  They take a 
>> lot of space , they are very heavy, and they attract 
>> pests (watch for termites and especially for roaches 
>> eating the animal glue for 18th & 19th century volumes). 
>> I spent decades and I have no idea how much money and I 
>> will end up selling them for a song .  they have brought 
>> me pleasure over the years.  ButI would not do it 
>> again....bobf
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, eureka AT hctc.net  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From: eureka AT hctc.net 
>>> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in 
>>> the country
>>> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
>>> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 1:40 PM
>>>>> I am a compulsive book buyer.  
>>> Me too, Bob. I buy the versatile Scandia shelving so
>>> it's 
>>> been reconfigured in every house I've ever lived in. I 
>>> don't mind moving books, they are so much a part of me.
>>> I 
>>> even keep them in LOC order. LOL. I figure if this is my 
>>> worst habit, I can live with it.
>>>
>>> --Sage
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