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  #11  
Old October 17th 12, 09:27 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Dorothy J Heydt
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In article ,
Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.


I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

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Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?

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Old October 17th 12, 09:35 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Titus G
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Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.


I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.


How far have you driven?


  #13  
Old October 17th 12, 09:36 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
John Briggs
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On 17/10/2012 21:27, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In ,
Jim wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.


I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

--
Jim G. | A fan of good reading, good writing, and fellow bookworms
http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin


Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


His primary concern was buying books when drunk - to which Jack Campin
offered counterexamples.
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Old October 18th 12, 04:55 AM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Francis A. Miniter[_2_]
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Default Salisbury's Library Book Sale

On 10/17/2012 16:27 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article ,
Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.


I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

--
Jim G. | A fan of good reading, good writing, and fellow bookworms
http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin


Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


Yes, that. And also the image of a person with martini in
one hand and a half dozen books in the other trying to reach
for the next book. Even if the drink holds steady, the half
dozen books will go flying in all directions. Meanwhile,
another book buyer, seeing the same book, quickly darts out
a hand and grabs it while our imbiber is still picking his
books up off the floor. Our imbiber finally rises again
above table level and wonders what it was that caught his
attention. Finding nothing to remind him, he stumbles along
to the next table.

--
Francis A. Miniter

Mesure is Medicine þauh þou muche ȝeor[n]e.
Al nis not good to þe gost þat þe bodi lykeþ,
Ne lyflode to þe licam þat leof is to þe soule.

William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman
Passus I, lines 33 - 35
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Old October 18th 12, 08:08 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Jim G.
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Dorothy J Heydt sent the following on Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:27:07 GMT:
In article ,
Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.


I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.


Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


It adds character.

Besides, I've seen scarier-looking stains in used books.

--
Jim G. | A fan of good reading, good writing, and fellow bookworms
http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin
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Old October 18th 12, 08:08 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Jim G.
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John Briggs sent the following on Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:36:48 +0100:
On 17/10/2012 21:27, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In ,
Jim wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.

I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

--
Jim G. | A fan of good reading, good writing, and fellow bookworms
http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin


Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


His primary concern was buying books when drunk


Ah. Binge-buying. Kind of like doing your grocery shopping when you're
hungry...

- to which Jack Campin
offered counterexamples.


Moderation in all things. Including moderation.

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http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin
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Old October 18th 12, 11:33 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Bookwyrm
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Jim G. wrote:
Dorothy J Heydt sent the following on Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:27:07 GMT:
In article ,
Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.
I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


It adds character.

Besides, I've seen scarier-looking stains in used books.


Like the time I found that someone had used a piece of bacon as a
bookmark in a library book???
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Old October 22nd 12, 11:25 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Jim G.
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Bookwyrm sent the following on Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:33:19 -0500:
Jim G. wrote:
Dorothy J Heydt sent the following on Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:27:07 GMT:
In article ,
Jim G. wrote:
Francis A. Miniter sent the following on Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:29:10
-0400:
No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than
drinking and driving.
I have a glass of Merlot that's telling me that you're crazy.

Surely Francis meant that you shouldn't risk spilling wine on the
pages?


It adds character.

Besides, I've seen scarier-looking stains in used books.


Like the time I found that someone had used a piece of bacon as a
bookmark in a library book???


That's just wrong on so many levels.

--
Jim G. | A fan of good reading, good writing, and fellow bookworms
http://www.goodreads.com/jimgysin/
http://www.librarything.com/home/jimgysin
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Old October 23rd 12, 04:40 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
John P
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In article ,
lid says...
That's just wrong on so many levels.


What a waste of bacon.

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Old October 23rd 12, 05:15 PM posted to rec.arts.mystery,rec.collecting.books
Jack Campin
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Like the time I found that someone had used a piece of bacon
as a bookmark in a library book???


Working in a second hand bookshop I enjoy looking at the things
people use as bookmarks. It's a bit like the Amazon "if you liked
this you might also like..." system: if you use the information
leaflet from a packet of blood pressure medication as a bookmark,
it's likely to be a James Patterson, and if you put a leaflet in
a Wilbur Smith it's likely to be for diabetes pills... (In fact
we don't get a big enough sample to do that, but the idea is nice).

Air tickets are among the commonest bookmarks. Completely unsurprising
conclusion: all airport bookstalls sell the same sort of stuff. But
kudos to the Bangkok airport bookstall for seeing the sales potential
of "Forget You Had a Daughter".

Erotic letters are routine. Once got an empty blister pack of Viagra
but in a book that didn't fit at all, like a gardening manual.

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