Re: My mother is a hoarder

Posted by emmanuel98 on May 10, 2012, at 19:13:38

In reply to Re: My mother is a hoarder » pegasus, posted by jane d on May 9, 2012, at 14:30:32

Also, there is google books. I re-read Madame Bovary on google.
> Do your parents have access to and use the internet?
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> I and many of my family had (and loved) homes that were like libraries. The point was never to read every book there - it was to have at your fingertips a book on any given subject that you suddenly wanted to know about. You could say we were web surfers before there was a web.
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> The internet has made some of this unnecessary. For instance I no longer keep those foreign language dictionaries. The internet is so much better for that.
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> I do understand your dread. I was the one who had to move all my fathers books and I still ache just thinking about it even though I love books myself. But you don't have to do that. If that time comes you can make arrangements for someone to remove just the books. With any luck they might even pay you for them. Then you can focus on just those things that have sentimental meaning to you.

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