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Originally Posted by CRussel
My very first job (at age 14, the minimum age allowed in my state) was as a library page. Shelving books, repairing spines and being generally useful. I got to know the Dewey Decimal System quite well.  |
I was a library page once upon a time. I still have vivid memories of being told to destroy a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had been ill used by patrons and was being thrown out and replaced, but they wanted it rendered unsuitable for trash picking. I understood and complied, but it still felt like sacrilege.
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Dennis