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#225
June 06, 2018, 06:14:43 PM
Quote from: Locutus on June 06, 2018, 05:57:36 PM
If you keep reading the Zone, someone may top even that.  :wink: :biggrin:

Gee, whoever could you mean?  :wink:  :laugh:  I already have read enough stupid things on here.  I'll never understand why it is so hard to fact check things before posting and not tell lies.  I've encountered both and it still surprises me.  You would think after almost three years I'd be use to it!  ;D
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

AbbyTC

#226
August 12, 2018, 12:31:28 PM
I take care of room reservations for our branch and we can get some odd requests for room use.  The latest one was for a house warming party.   :spooked:  Isn't the idea of a house warming party to have it at your HOUSE?  Hence the name? 

We also had a group come in hosting a "grandmother's tea" birthday event.  They looked at the room the day before the event and declared our tables (long ones that seat 6) were unacceptable and proceeded to rent round ones and bring them in.  They also told us they didn't like our walls.  What do you think this is, the Hilton?  :mad:  After the party they asked if they could store their rented tables in the meeting room until they could pick them up the next day! Of course the answer was no, they had to be removed as we are not a storage facility. 
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

libby

#227
August 12, 2018, 08:30:23 PM
 :rolleyes: and I thought a library was a place where people went to find books to read, where the rich and poor have equal access.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Locutus

#228
August 13, 2018, 06:15:07 PM
Quote from: libby on August 12, 2018, 08:30:23 PM
:rolleyes: and I thought a library was a place where people went to find books to read, where the rich and poor have equal access.


Did you see the article in Forbes by that shitzhead that said Amazon has replaced the need for local libraries?  The backlash was so swift and severe that Forbes has to delete it.  ;D

Here's one link about the removal:

https://qz.com/1334123/forbes-deleted-an-op-ed-arguing-that-amazon-should-replace-libraries/


One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

libby

#229
August 14, 2018, 10:22:12 AM
No, I didn't see it and thanks for the link. I'll read it later. Am having trouble with my computer. 
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

AbbyTC

#230
August 14, 2018, 07:16:10 PM
Quote from: Locutus on August 13, 2018, 06:15:07 PM
Did you see the article in Forbes by that shitzhead that said Amazon has replaced the need for local libraries?  The backlash was so swift and severe that Forbes has to delete it.  ;D

Here's one link about the removal:

https://qz.com/1334123/forbes-deleted-an-op-ed-arguing-that-amazon-should-replace-libraries/

Obviously he hasn't been to a library in a looooong time.  This: "The communities that would be affected the most would likely be low-income people, immigrants, and, really, the most marginalized among us," says Paul Guequierre, director of communications for the Urban Libraries Council, a membership organization for North American public libraries. "

We have free basic computer classes, over the summer we provided free lunches for children, we help people find services for whatever their needs may be, and two of our libraries have a movie night once a month. That's just the top  of the iceberg of everything we do.  I had the opportunity to help a woman who was being abused by her husband by providing her with information on where to go and an ear to listen to her story. I was able to share with her my story and how I left before the physical violence began as she was going through something very similar. She told me I gave her hope and thanked me for the encouragement.   You don't get that with Amazon and probably not Starbucks. 

Libraries can be amazing places. Support your library! :yes:
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Locutus

#231
August 18, 2018, 11:39:18 AM
Quote from: AbbyTC on August 14, 2018, 07:16:10 PM


Libraries can be amazing places. Support your library! :yes:

:yes:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

AbbyTC

#232
April 11, 2019, 05:42:28 PM
Aaarrrggghhh!  I'm going to put a huge sign up in our computer area.  It will say, "IF YOU NEED TO PEE, GO TO THE BATHROOM." and another one that says, "THIS IS A URINE FREE ZONE".   My co-worker gave me a chair last Friday that had a pee stain on it and I came in today to find a chair outside of my office with a HUGE pee stain on it.   :mad: :mad:  Seriously, if you can't hold it, buy Depends.  Surely you know when you have to use a bathroom.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Locutus

#233
April 14, 2019, 06:25:54 PM
Quote from: AbbyTC on April 11, 2019, 05:42:28 PM
Aaarrrggghhh!  I'm going to put a huge sign up in our computer area.  It will say, "IF YOU NEED TO PEE, GO TO THE BATHROOM." and another one that says, "THIS IS A URINE FREE ZONE".   My co-worker gave me a chair last Friday that had a pee stain on it and I came in today to find a chair outside of my office with a HUGE pee stain on it.   :mad: :mad:  Seriously, if you can't hold it, buy Depends.  Surely you know when you have to use a bathroom.

G..R..O..S..S!!!

It constantly amazes me what those who have to deal with the pubic run across in their jobs.  Cleaning up bodily fluids is just something that nobody should have to do.  Ever. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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