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Morrigoon · 03-17-2010, 12:36 PM

I'm finicky about my books. I strive to bend the binding as little as possible, especially paperbacks. I cringe when someone bends the read half back around the binding, curling the front cover, and I'm hesitant to loan books to anyone who does. I know this is lame because I'm that way even about cheapy paperbacks that I have no intention of reading again. I also check the binding frequently to make sure I'm not bending it.

My glasses go in haphazardly, and frequently stacked. TP roll is over the top.

I used to be wiggy about my CDs, but now they're spread out across so many places that I can't keep them in perfect rows any more.

If I get a set of something, crayons, for example, they have to go back in in the order they came from the factory, and I'll use the inside of the box lid to guide me in returning them to that order. I got mad at a kid in school ones for reorganizing my crayons into rainbow order. But since I'd lost the original order, they then had to stay that way.

Kevy Baby · 03-17-2010, 01:19 PM

If I ever fold over the corner of a page in a book (to mark where I am - in lieu of a bookmark), I will be drawn and quartered. Even if it isn't a book that Susan will be reading.

Betty · 03-17-2010, 06:22 PM

I always feel bad about folding over the corner - even if I have no intention of reading the book again. Then I remind myself of that fact and that it was just a few dollars for the paperback and it doesn't matter. But I always feel a tinge of guilt about it.

Scrooge McSam · 03-18-2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I strive to bend the binding as little as possible, especially paperbacks. <snip> I know this is lame

Then I'm lame. I own it.

A book, well treated, can be enjoyed for years by many different people.

I remember a line from Frazier years ago, when Niles is instructing someone on the house rules...

" And we close the art books when we're finished so we don't. crease. the spine."

alphabassettgrrl · 03-23-2010, 03:53 PM

Ok, I'm the same way about my books, Goonie. I keep them as close to perfect as is humanly possible and still read them. Bent anything, marks, that kind of thing are to be avoided and absolutely never done on purpose. I never even wrote in my textbooks.

I have a Tarot workbook that is meant to write in, and even that's difficult for me to do. I don't think I made it all the way through.

Kevy Baby · 03-23-2010, 04:02 PM

Susan keeps old Witches Almanacs. WTF do you need a five year old almanac for?!?

alphabassettgrrl · 03-23-2010, 04:07 PM

I've still got every one of my datebooks since... 1989 or 1990. But I make a lot of notes in my datebooks: things that happened, how I was feeling, things I wanted to remember. I probably have old Farmer's Almanacs, too.

Kevy Baby · 03-23-2010, 04:13 PM

You're weird

alphabassettgrrl · 03-23-2010, 04:48 PM

And?

Kevy Baby · 03-23-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

And?

And I love you for it!

03-17-2010, 12:36 PM	#81
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I'm finicky about my books. I strive to bend the binding as little as possible, especially paperbacks. I cringe when someone bends the read half back around the binding, curling the front cover, and I'm hesitant to loan books to anyone who does. I know this is lame because I'm that way even about cheapy paperbacks that I have no intention of reading again. I also check the binding frequently to make sure I'm not bending it. My glasses go in haphazardly, and frequently stacked. TP roll is over the top. I used to be wiggy about my CDs, but now they're spread out across so many places that I can't keep them in perfect rows any more. If I get a set of something, crayons, for example, they have to go back in in the order they came from the factory, and I'll use the inside of the box lid to guide me in returning them to that order. I got mad at a kid in school ones for reorganizing my crayons into rainbow order. But since I'd lost the original order, they then had to stay that way. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	If I ever fold over the corner of a page in a book (to mark where I am - in lieu of a bookmark), I will be drawn and quartered. Even if it isn't a book that Susan will be reading. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	I always feel bad about folding over the corner - even if I have no intention of reading the book again. Then I remind myself of that fact and that it was just a few dollars for the paperback and it doesn't matter. But I always feel a tinge of guilt about it. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Ok, I'm the same way about my books, Goonie. I keep them as close to perfect as is humanly possible and still read them. Bent anything, marks, that kind of thing are to be avoided and absolutely never done on purpose. I never even wrote in my textbooks. I have a Tarot workbook that is meant to write in, and even that's difficult for me to do. I don't think I made it all the way through. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Susan keeps old Witches Almanacs. WTF do you need a five year old almanac for?!? __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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03-23-2010, 04:07 PM	#87
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I've still got every one of my datebooks since... 1989 or 1990. But I make a lot of notes in my datebooks: things that happened, how I was feeling, things I wanted to remember. I probably have old Farmer's Almanacs, too. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	You're weird __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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03-23-2010, 04:48 PM	#89
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	And? __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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