tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post5091746624198390026..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: What other people read alwayscatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-65142831293871925262010-10-31T13:13:13.995+10:302010-10-31T13:13:13.995+10:30I sneak glances at what people are reading on the ...I sneak glances at what people are reading on the train too Donna!<br /><br />I don't know Jean - there were several textbooks about very esoteric subjects. They were no doubt important to people once but nobody wanted something called "The Leu...(something) Count" - although I did sell a new (still cellophane wrapped) copy of "the Asian apartment index 1987"catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-82918722433235588552010-10-31T06:17:55.242+10:302010-10-31T06:17:55.242+10:30I love looking at the titles people read on the bu...I love looking at the titles people read on the bus. Several times I have found myself chatting to total strangers, especially if they are reading a book I loved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-78485472232378675422010-10-30T19:49:05.481+10:302010-10-30T19:49:05.481+10:30Hey, there's no such thing as a strange book -...Hey, there's no such thing as a strange book - just one that you aren't, personally, all that interested in!jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-83470921482553840442010-10-30T18:20:10.961+10:302010-10-30T18:20:10.961+10:30We did not sell either copy of Merck Jean but I di...We did not sell either copy of Merck Jean but I did sell a set of encyclopaedia and the two volume dictionary from an out of World Book as well...and some other extremely strange books.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-45699869050797042142010-10-30T18:16:48.428+10:302010-10-30T18:16:48.428+10:30Would make a good doorstop! Bob C-SWould make a good doorstop! Bob C-SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-7658495323639973302010-10-30T17:26:03.519+10:302010-10-30T17:26:03.519+10:30I can't comment about who might want the Merck...I can't comment about who might want the Merck Index (out of date), but I can quite see who might have donated it - somebody who used to need it for their work, and is also one of the best type of people, who is constitutionally incapable of throwing a book of any kind into the bin.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-5229789052916050912010-10-30T16:33:44.419+10:302010-10-30T16:33:44.419+10:30I am not sure about that - some people DO use book...I am not sure about that - some people DO use books as decor. (The idea does not appeal to me but someone walked out with an armload this morning for that very purpose!)catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-69881626368191707212010-10-30T10:58:36.936+10:302010-10-30T10:58:36.936+10:30I used to have a thing for decor mags and there wa...I used to have a thing for decor mags and there was a feature in one of them on how to decorate your shelves to look like you had loads of classics! It was all about covering cereal bar boxes with this and that paper and faff faff faff, and I thought, wouldn't it be cheaper and less effort to just buy the books second hand and then der - why is this feature even there - people aren't going to want to look well read if they aren't going to actually read, surely?Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.com