what you need, Bill, is a special addition to your house,
perhaps over your garage, that is climate controlled and has
special reading furniture and lighting as well as library
shelves. i gather you live in texas, or rather i think you
do, and that seems to be the only solution for bookrats with
wives that object to how much they spend on books, in TX.
("you think the BOOKS cost a lot? wait until you see the
contractor's estimate, honey-")
>How big is my library, you ask? Well, let's just say
it's OK to ask me,
>but don't discuss it with my wife, who might have a
few choice words to
>say. I'm actually afraid to retire from teaching
(merely at a community
>college, not a university) because my office and
numerous storage cabinets
>are so full of books that there's no place for at
home. In fact, I already
>have to rent air-conditioned storage space to keep
some of the ones I don't
>have room for at either place. Let's just say that
although you can never
>have too many books, I'm pushing the limit.
Fortunately, I'm mainly a
>collector of old paperbacks, which don't take up as
much room as hardbacks
>would.
>
>Bill Crider
>
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