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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

In my previous warehouses , I had an eight foot rolling staircase.  Not the 
type you hook to the wooden shelves,( my shelving was commercial self 
supporting, two sided, 12 -foot high ), and my staircase was made of steel.  
I bought it used.  They are quite expensive , but, very convenient ....bobford


--- On Sun, 10/26/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in the country
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 2:37 PM
> 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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