Confession.... (I can't believe I did it.)

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Ugh. This is a family forum. We don't want to hear about your filthy bedroom practices, DGMa. Eww, it makes my skin crawl...bookcases...in the bedroom...it's not natural.

Cheers,
Marc

To each his/her own, Marc. Whats in your bedroom? Or do we want to know?

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

No.....so I can dream of books at night!

Ahhh . . . visual aids.

[pholy]

The forum has no place in the bedrooms of the world.

Pierre Trudeau - Canadian Minister of Justice, 1968

Or something like that... my memory's going.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

To each his/her own, Marc. Whats in your bedroom? Or do we want to know?

Well, I don't know what strange desires lurk in the minds of weirdos like yourself, but I'll confess...one pbook sitting on top of the Iliad. It's like a flash of monogamous ankle compared to your shake-your-booty-if-you-got-it-flaunt-it promiscuity. Well, I've that and the monkey-bars...and the soft-serve icecream maker...and...

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Yeah? Well, I just got an old, used, tatty-looking 3 1/2' bookcase and stuck it in a corner of my bedroom so I can have more room for paper books.........In my bedroom, do you hear?

One bookcase? Slacker! I have 3.....

(No pictures. This is a family forum.)

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Well, I don't know what strange desires lurk in the minds of weirdos like yourself, but I'll confess...one pbook sitting on top of the Iliad. It's like a flash of monogamous ankle compared to your shake-your-booty-if-you-got-it-flaunt-it promiscuity. Well, I've that and the monkey-bars...and the soft-serve icecream maker...and...

Ooohhhh . . . monkey bars in the bedroom. Kinky.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Well, when I get 6 Red adventures finished, I'm going to hand-bind them as p-books. I got the equipment and the chutzpah to do it.

The title will be "A Sixpack of Red".

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Actually, I have a better idea. One page per character, I print the avatar that the character likes best, and have the person sign that. Then bind one of each character at the start of the book....

brilliant idea !!

(Now if only we could get a picture of VR peeing on Red's shoe for the endpiece...)

something tells me he wouldn't mind obliging. to advance the cause, of course.

Originally Posted by Nate the great

P.S. Every so often I like to take a paper book and rub it all over my body.

of course you do.

Originally Posted by Cabe

My problem is a dreadful weakness in charity book shops and an overwhelming sense of wrongness in destroying a book just to scan it.

actually, that is my problem as well. i've taken to trying to avoid any shop selling used books which is not easy around here (although i pass in front of a bookshop every time i go to the grocery store. i always slow down and look at all the titles in the window). but i definitely have to cut back ; i've been replacing as many cheap paperbacks as i can with ebooks and i *still* have piles all over the house that won't fit in any bookshelves. although, there are fewer of them than before.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

actually, that is my problem as well. i've taken to trying to avoid any shop selling used books which is not easy around here (although i pass in front of a bookshop every time i go to the grocery store. i always slow down and look at all the titles in the window). but i definitely have to cut back ; i've been replacing as many cheap paperbacks as i can with ebooks and i *still* have piles all over the house that won't fit in any bookshelves. although, there are fewer of them than before.

Hmmm, something tells me you would be a excellent reason for starting PBA (Paper Books Anonymous), then you could have support meetings where everyone stands up to confess.

"Hi, I'm Zelda, im a paperbook-junkie. It's been three weeks since I bought my last paperback. I passed the used bookstore today, and I almost went inside. But I managed too look the other way and pass by"

And everyone claps their hands and grouphugs...

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

One bookcase? Slacker! I have 3.....

(No pictures. This is a family forum.)

Realize......thats just in my bedroom.....there are other rooms, and yea, even closet shelves that hold my weaknesses......

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Slite

Hmmm, something tells me you would be a excellent reason for starting PBA (Paper Books Anonymous), then you could have support meetings where everyone stands up to confess.

"Hi, I'm Zelda, im a paperbook-junkie. It's been three weeks since I bought my last paperback. I passed the used bookstore today, and I almost went inside. But I managed too look the other way and pass by"

And everyone claps their hands and grouphugs...

aren't we doing that already ?

(anyway, at this point, i might also need "e books anonymous" meetings. i've got even *more* of them, it's just the stacks aren't quite so visible. and yet i still keep going to feedbooks... )

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Realize......thats just in my bedroom.....there are other rooms, and yea, even closet shelves that hold my weaknesses......

I was only talking about the bedroom.....

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

actually, that is my problem as well. i've taken to trying to avoid any shop selling used books which is not easy around here (although i pass in front of a bookshop every time i go to the grocery store. i always slow down and look at all the titles in the window). but i definitely have to cut back ; i've been replacing as many cheap paperbacks as i can with ebooks and i *still* have piles all over the house that won't fit in any bookshelves. although, there are fewer of them than before.

That's my goal as well. But then again, it becomes so wrenching when you sell the old p-books....I mean, you're throwing old friends out of the house....

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

That's my goal as well. But then again, it becomes so wrenching when you sell the old p-books....I mean, you're throwing old friends out of the house....

i don't sell mine, i give them away, but i agree, it's really hard sometimes !! even though i try to give away my paper books only after i replace them with ebooks. but some of them i'm too attached to (for sentimental reasons) to even think about it. recently i gave away about 15 books i had been dragging around with me since uni, and i hadn't re-read them once, so i decided it really was pointless even though i haven't yet replaced them ; i gave them at a café near my house which has an informal lending library inside and the girl got so excited looking at the titles i suddenly felt really unsure and worried i had made a mistake, giving them away, and that i would regret it. but really, how many times do i need to read "discipline and punish" by foucault in my lifetime ? so far once seems to have been enough.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Superlucky

You people disgust me. The only use I have for a p-book is to cut it up, scan it and turn it into something useful.

You, desertgrandma, are the worst. Where was your Kindle while this debauchery took place? You should be ashamed of yourself. Owners of dedicated reading devices read during oil changes. That is, if they have any self respect.

And I hope you use the remainders in the fireplace to help address the energy crisis!

[Slite]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And I hope you use the remainders in the fireplace to help address the energy crisis!

Meh! Burn processed paper and contribute to greenhouse gases.... fer shame!