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On 2018-04-21, Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, 21 April 2018 15:30:03 UTC+1, D B Davis  wrote:
>> David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > On 2018-04-20, D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>> >>     This thread just gave me deja vue.
>> >
>> > i see wut u did thar
>> >
>> 
>> What you see is what you get from me in this thread. Although your kind
>> perception of greater wit on my part flatters me, it's undeserved. Peter
>> actually talks about Columbia University from time-to-time.
>>     At the risk of boring my readers to death, allow me to note that
>> Barnard's only role was to make me vicariously aware of Low Library.
>> Although the vista of Low Library from an outdoor perspective in my
>> dreams arguably counts as precognition, there's still no scientific
>> evidence, from Sagan's perspective.
>>     When Low Library appears in my dreams, it's full of books, but it's
>> not full of rows of books in standard shelves. Rather, it's a labyrinth
>> of small rooms and only the /walls/ of each room are plastered with
>> shelves that hold books. The shelves reach all the way to the ceiling.
>> You need a ladder to reach the top shelves. But, it's a dream, so you
>> get to go hunt for a ladder, if you really want it that bad.
>>     Pedestal display tables occupy the middle of rooms. The pedestal's
>> table holds one layer of books arranged with their spines facing upward.
>>     It's absolutely the stupidest oneiric library ever. Because it takes
>> you forever to root through things. It's totally unorganized and you
>> only find books by happenstance. The library's lack of rhyme or reason
>> makes it picture perfect to deliver dream frustration.
>
> It all sounds quite like my idea of a pop-up second-hand book shop,
> if such a thing exists - where your host wants you to take some of
> the books but is not fussy which ones you take.
>
> I've seen thrift shop shelves with two layers of books spine out, 
> one set behind the other, which makes me quite intensely want to 
> do something bout it.  For instance put something under the rear 
> books so that their titles can be read above the books in front of
> them.  But what would they put there?  More books, I suspect.
> And I wouldn't feel better.

I use 2x4's in several of my bookcases to double-shelf paperbacks. I have
7 full-height custom-built bookcases for paperbacks, but it wasn't nearly
enough!

Chris

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YASID David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-04-19 13:24 -0600
  Re: YASID Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-19 15:41 -0700
    Re: YASID Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-19 15:50 -0700
      Re: YASID D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-20 02:05 +0000
        Re: YASID Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-19 22:10 -0500
          Re: YASID D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-20 04:07 +0000
            Re: YASID Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-04-20 10:39 -0700
              Re: YASID Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-20 13:11 -0700
            Re: YASID David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-21 00:42 -0500
              Re: YASID D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-21 14:30 +0000
                Re: YASID Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-21 15:19 -0700
                Re: YASID Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> - 2018-04-22 13:48 +0000

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