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[ChasSmith]

I've told this before, but DR JRand74 mentioned his, so...

The One That Got Away

I bought my 1st printing of Atlas Shrugged in great shape with a wholly intact dust jacket for $1 at a Goodwill while on a visit to Miami in 1980. I wasn't into collecting books at all then, but I knew even then that it was a prized volume. I also knew very little then about protecting valuable books, but I was a careful person and it was with me in good shape for a couple of years ... when one of my best friends at the time asked if he could borrow it. And then I moved east, a tumultuous time when we all literally lost track of each other and I had plenty of other things on my mind.

Folks, never loan a valuable book.   

Years later I found another copy of it, also in great shape, 9th or 11th printing, I forget (it's in a box where I can't get at it to check right now), and I keep it just as a reminder of that lesson and as an angry fist shaken in the general direction of the universe.

[Jane]

TOD:

I paid $550 for a copy of a very limited privately printed book dealing with a branch of my family - the pharmaceutical Upjohns - that was out of print. I found it on eBay and snatched it up. This was years ago now.

Wow, but I bet it was worth it.

[Jane]

DR Jrand, I am curious about the location of your washer and dryer.  Are they both in your bathroom?

[Jane]

I've told this before, but DR JRand74 mentioned his, so...

The One That Got Away

I bought my 1st printing of Atlas Shrugged in great shape with a wholly intact dust jacket for $1 at a Goodwill while on a visit to Miami in 1980. I wasn't into collecting books at all then, but I knew even then that it was a prized volume. I also knew very little then about protecting valuable books, but I was a careful person and it was with me in good shape for a couple of years ... when one of my best friends at the time asked if he could borrow it. And then I moved east, a tumultuous time when we all literally lost track of each other and I had plenty of other things on my mind.

Folks, never loan a valuable book.   

Years later I found another copy of it, also in great shape, 9th or 11th printing, I forget (it's in a box where I can't get at it to check right now), and I keep it just as a reminder of that lesson and as an angry fist shaken in the general direction of the universe.

That was a hard lesson to learn.  At one point I stopped lending books as people didn't return them or lost them.  Later I began lending them again, if I didn't care if it was lost.

[John G.]

I just received a pair of shoes from Amazon, except it wasn’t a pair. The box was open and one shoe was missing.

[Jane]

 

[KevinH]

Good afternoon!

[KevinH]

Wordle:  No luck today!

[KevinH]

TOD:  Autographed and numbered "My Passion for Design" by Barbra S.  Suggested price, I think, was $500 but I got it from Barnes and Noble for something like $270.

[KevinH]

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Good for you, DR George!

[Rodzinski]

Most expensive books I ever got were college textbooks.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - nine and a half hours of good sleep - weird dreams having to do with The Three Stooges. I mean, REALLY?

[bk]

elmore, that happens often with Instacart - their initial charge is more than the purchase, but that should disappear immediately especially if you're using a normal credit card - the initial charge should show as "pending" and should disappear right after the real charge happens. Not sure why they would have told you to deal with Amazon or that no one at either place knows what they're talking about, but that is the sad state of affairs these days.

[Jrand74]

Yes DR JANE.  Originally the main bathroom and the furnace room/laundry were two room....main bathroom entrance in the hall, laundry entrance from the kitchen.

In our remodel we took the wall down between them - then extended the kitchen wall and put in French exit doors to the deck.

So now you can sit on the convenience and look at your reflection in the dryer door.

[bk]

Voice is a bit better today, I think - hard to tell because I really don't want to test it - but boy is my nose stuffed up - I think because I didn't do the Claritin-D - I will have some later today.

[Jane]

Wordle:  No luck today!

I'm sorry

[Jane]

TOD:  Autographed and numbered "My Passion for Design" by Barbra S.  Suggested price, I think, was $500 but I got it from Barnes and Noble for something like $270.

Good price

[Jane]

I'm up, I'm up - nine and a half hours of good sleep - weird dreams having to do with The Three Stooges. I mean, REALLY?

[Jane]

Yes DR JANE.  Originally the main bathroom and the furnace room/laundry were two room....main bathroom entrance in the hall, laundry entrance from the kitchen.

In our remodel we took the wall down between them - then extended the kitchen wall and put in French exit doors to the deck.

So now you can sit on the convenience and look at your reflection in the dryer door.

LOL.  Your kitchen sounds nice.

[Jane]

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Keith also got it in six.  His 3rd, 4th, & 5th lines were only missing the first letter.

[bk]

Waiting on a small pizza from CPK.

[Rodzinski]

Cheese Pizza Klinik?

[bk]

Pizza was fine. Not great, not bad.

[Jrand74]

I didn't know there was an orchestra conductor named Artur Rodzinski.

[George]

I would like to purchase the full score of Follies, but at $800 for the two volumes, it's not in the cards at the moment.

Oh, my goodness, I'd love to, too...but it's also much too expensive for me!

[George]

Goddamned Amazon! When I put together my Amazon Fresh order, Amazon posted a charge of $87.47 to my credit card, stating the fee included possible additional item. After the order was delivered, Amazon posted an actual charge of $76.06, but the $87 charge is still there and I am now over my credit limit.

I called the card customer service to get the charge removed; they tell me I need t seal to Amazon cistomer service. So I did, and they tell me I need to speak to the credit card people. WTF?

WTF is right!!

[George]

I came home yesterday and sat with the heating pad on my back. I can walk for miles, but standing several hours seems to be harder.

Hope you feel better quickly, Laura!

[George]

My son and his classmates had such a love for their teacher last year, she agreed to meet up with some of them for ice cream yesterday because she misses them too. I think teacher and kids both know odds are next year can’t be as good as what they had.

That's very sweet...and not just the ice cream!

[George]

Good morning! Last night I finally got to see I Confess on the big screen as part of the Stanford Theatre's Hitchcock festival. That was way better than watching it on my iPad.

This was the last of the 3 Hitchcock movies that my 2nd cousin once removed was involved with. He started out as co-producer, as with Rope and Under Capricorn but left midway through and took his name off the credits.

Oh, my!

[George]

The revision is done. The book is back with the editor.

Yay!