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Started by AbbyTC, July 09, 2016, 05:33:23 PM

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#210
October 25, 2017, 10:46:34 PM
 :yes: You are welcome.  I'm glad to know someone I can share information like that with. My son shared my interests, but he passed away several years ago. Topics like this make me wish Bo D would join us again. He posted some of the most fascinating science topics -- among other things!
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

AbbyTC

#211
October 26, 2017, 09:41:38 PM
I run a  weekly and monthly collections report and vet patrons for putting them into collections with a collection agency. Oh, the irony I see sometimes.  One patron in collections has a book he didn't return called "Credit Repair".  :spooked:
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

#212
October 27, 2017, 08:02:50 AM
Quote from: AbbyTC on October 26, 2017, 09:41:38 PM
I run a  weekly and monthly collections report and vet patrons for putting them into collections with a collection agency. Oh, the irony I see sometimes.  One patron in collections has a book he didn't return called "Credit Repair".  :spooked:

:rotfl:
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

#213
November 20, 2017, 06:38:40 PM
Never a dull moment at the library.  I'm not sure why our branch has so many problems with this, but we seem to be the only ones.  Another patron jumped the curb and ran into our hedges and hit the tree.  The tree faired much better than her car. 

                        

The license plate frame said "This was God's choice".  Guess she must have pissed him off. 
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

#214
November 20, 2017, 06:44:23 PM
Quote from: AbbyTC on November 20, 2017, 06:38:40 PM

The license plate frame said "This was God's choice".  Guess she must have pissed him off. 

Or maybe God just woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day!  ;D
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

Locutus

#215
November 20, 2017, 06:45:04 PM
BTW, nice Thanksgiving hat on your avatar!  :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

#216
November 20, 2017, 07:27:05 PM
Quote from: Locutus on November 20, 2017, 06:45:04 PM
BTW, nice Thanksgiving hat on your avatar!  :yes:

Thanks!  Abby wanted to get in the holiday spirit. 
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

#217
December 19, 2017, 07:32:46 PM
I really wish people would be more considerate.    I can't believe the Youth Services Assistant accepted them.  That's mold spots all over and they weren't even the worse ones. 
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.

Palehorse

#218
December 20, 2017, 01:50:25 PM
Quote from: AbbyTC on December 19, 2017, 07:32:46 PM
I really wish people would be more considerate.    I can't believe the Youth Services Assistant accepted them.  That's mold spots all over and they weren't even the worse ones. 


Typical of money that is buried instead of deposited in the bank. . .  :yes:
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Locutus

#219
December 20, 2017, 07:10:46 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on December 20, 2017, 01:50:25 PM
Typical of money that is buried instead of deposited in the bank. . .  :yes:

I applaud Abby for working at the library.  Dealing with the public can always be gross in one way or another - smells, looks, the occasional "say no to crack" that happens to be sitting down somewhere, etc.  ;D
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

#220
December 20, 2017, 07:47:26 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 20, 2017, 07:10:46 PM
I applaud Abby for working at the library.  Dealing with the public can always be gross in one way or another - smells, looks, the occasional "say no to crack" that happens to be sitting down somewhere, etc.  ;D

Thank you, Locutus. We got computer chairs last year that prevent seeing that!  Which is good because I always got an eyeful of crack from one huge man that I could see from my office window when I looked out to give my eyes a break from the computer screen.  :spooked:  Not a good break for my eyes!   We need to replace the chairs elsewhere as there are still a lot of ass cracks out there.  Just say no to ass crack!  Hmmm, maybe I can make a sign....
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

#221
January 28, 2018, 05:50:32 PM
Here's an interesting piece on women delivering library books on horseback.  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/librarians-horseback-new-deal-book-delivery-wpa
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

#222
January 28, 2018, 11:25:12 PM
 :smile: Fascinating, especially the old photos.
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

AbbyTC

#223
June 05, 2018, 07:16:26 PM
From the "Can patrons really be that stupid?" files.  Our copier was out of order and we were waiting for the repairman to come in.  I put an 8x11 Out of Order poster in an acrylic holder in front of the keyboard. (Patrons need to release their print jobs from a computer used only for this purpose.) The only way to the keyboard is to physically move the poster out of the way.  Another Out of Order poster was on the coin ops and still another one was on the copier itself, covering the keyboard.  My office is now near this copier and I could hear money dropping into the coin ops and then "why isn't it printing out my paper?"    :spooked:  It took a lot of self control not to get up, open the door, and tell her how stupid she was! I then heard her ask our reference librarian why she didn't get the copy.   :rolleyes:  Every time I think I've seen/heard the maximum stupidity imaginable, someone comes along and tops it.   
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

#224
June 06, 2018, 05:57:36 PM
If you keep reading the Zone, someone may top even that.  :wink: :biggrin:
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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