I would rather try to control the bedbugs, then have to throw out my books.
I have my grandmother's copies of "The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" and the next 2 books in the series.
Then there are all our sign books by popular S/F, Fantasy and History writers.
Nope I'll get rid of all my bed frames and mattresses, but the books stay!
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You CAN keep your books, but there's are some steps to ensure you've killed anything that could possibly be in them, month long process to be absolutely sure. We'd already read all of the books we had (I use an e-reader now, which I'm keeping in a plastic bag to ensure nothing hides in the SD card slot) so it wasn't that big of a deal to just toss them (we have enough to do without treating books).
And you only create stronger bugs if you don't succeed. I'm not trying to eradicate them, I'm GOING to eradicate them.
And you only create stronger bugs if you don't succeed. I'm not trying to eradicate them, I'm GOING to eradicate them.
The books on my shelf are testaments to my intellectual superiority. If I threw them out, how would I make my guests feel uncomfortable?
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Sit on your couch naked with them and start rubbing butter all over yourself?
Yodabunny wrote:
We'd already read all of the books we had so it wasn't that big of a deal to just toss them.
That sentence makes no sense at all to me.
This thread makes me all itchy. :(
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Belkira the Tulip wrote:
Yodabunny wrote:
We'd already read all of the books we had so it wasn't that big of a deal to just toss them.
That sentence makes no sense at all to me.
Why not? I don't reread books. There's no point, I already know what's in them. So I threw them out instead of working to keep them.
Tare wrote:
This thread makes me all itchy. :(
Yeah, it's kinda like when you get that letter from the school saying someone in the class has head lice. Whether your kid brought them home or not you're going to be scratching your head for a week.
Yodabunny wrote:
Belkira the Tulip wrote:
Yodabunny wrote:
We'd already read all of the books we had so it wasn't that big of a deal to just toss them.
That sentence makes no sense at all to me.
Why not? I don't reread books. There's no point, I already know what's in them. So I threw them out instead of working to keep them.
If you don't re-read books, why waste the money buying them? There are these places, maybe you don't know about them, where you can borrow books for a period of time for free (or a small nominal fee) and just give them back when you're done.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Debalic wrote:
If you don't re-read books, why waste the money buying them? There are these places, maybe you don't know about them, where you can borrow books for a period of time for free (or a small nominal fee) and just give them back when you're done.
And occasionally I use those places, but they don't always have the newest books, and for some of the better authors I like to support their writing.
Edited, Aug 25th 2010 1:45pm by Yodabunny
Debalic wrote:
If you don't re-read books, why waste the money buying them? There are these places, maybe you don't know about them, where you can borrow books for a period of time for free (or a small nominal fee) and just give them back when you're done.
Oh man! That is a hell of an idea. What are those called?
Sir Xsarus wrote:
They can get into books? Really? /horror
Yep. I've read lots of stories with bedbugs in them.
Yodabunny wrote:
We'd already read all of the books we had so it wasn't that big of a deal to just toss them
No seriously, I think you're a horrible person for throwing out innocent books like that.
And who doesn't reread their books? The idea alone is mind boggling, every book I have has been read multiple times and I'll continue to read them until they fall apart.
Edited, Aug 25th 2010 10:26pm by Aethien
Yodabunny wrote:
Belkira the Tulip wrote:
Yodabunny wrote:
We'd already read all of the books we had so it wasn't that big of a deal to just toss them.
That sentence makes no sense at all to me.
Why not? I don't reread books. There's no point, I already know what's in them. So I threw them out instead of working to keep them.
I guess you don't ever watch a movie more than once then? No TV reruns, right??
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
And who doesn't reread their books?
I used to be able to read books for the first time by opening up at random pages and piecing it together, but that was like twenty years ago. Now I just start in the middle of books I've read a couple dozen times before.
Nadenu wrote:
I guess you don't ever watch a movie more than once then? No TV reruns, right??
I don't watch much TV to begin with, I definitely don't watch reruns. I'll rewatch a movie that comes on if I can't remember much about it (action movies from when I was younger for example), but even then I tend to lose interest as soon as I start remembering what happens.
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