Waxing_Gibbous
24-02-2010, 02:16 AM
As its too misty to observe, there's sod-all on telly and I can't access porn, errr..... I mean HALO, on this PC, I thought up something that might be, kinda, maybe useful.
A Library.
Lots of us seem to have the same interests and want to read the same type of books. To avoid spending needless amounts of money, that could otherwise go toward gear, I thought "why not start our own Library as the one in town is crap?"
Details to be worked out but it would run roughly as follows.
With there Graces' permission, we start a sticky where members list the books they are prepared to lend and / or want to read. Other members with the books to hand would send them off to the applicant.
Borrower would pay post both ways or send to the next person on the borrowing list at their expense.
Original lender would have 'yes' or 'no' over how long the book remaind in circulation, but about 4-6 weeks max for each lend seems reasonable(2 weeks for bestsellers, 1 week for magazines).
Borrower would also warrant and undertake to not, spit, spew,spill, sneeze drool, dribble, vomit, in/on, break the spines of, write shopping lists in, corner mark, wipe their bottoms or swat insects with, or in any other manner deface the lender's precious book.
Unless you want the complete 13 volume "Cambridge History of the Middle Ages" or an OED Comprehensive Dictionary. I'm pretty sure the postage would come in at less than buying a book you're only going to read once or twice (I read mine about 5 times, but thats cuz I'm pretty stupid).
Any thoughts?
Ta.
Peter
A Library.
Lots of us seem to have the same interests and want to read the same type of books. To avoid spending needless amounts of money, that could otherwise go toward gear, I thought "why not start our own Library as the one in town is crap?"
Details to be worked out but it would run roughly as follows.
With there Graces' permission, we start a sticky where members list the books they are prepared to lend and / or want to read. Other members with the books to hand would send them off to the applicant.
Borrower would pay post both ways or send to the next person on the borrowing list at their expense.
Original lender would have 'yes' or 'no' over how long the book remaind in circulation, but about 4-6 weeks max for each lend seems reasonable(2 weeks for bestsellers, 1 week for magazines).
Borrower would also warrant and undertake to not, spit, spew,spill, sneeze drool, dribble, vomit, in/on, break the spines of, write shopping lists in, corner mark, wipe their bottoms or swat insects with, or in any other manner deface the lender's precious book.
Unless you want the complete 13 volume "Cambridge History of the Middle Ages" or an OED Comprehensive Dictionary. I'm pretty sure the postage would come in at less than buying a book you're only going to read once or twice (I read mine about 5 times, but thats cuz I'm pretty stupid).
Any thoughts?
Ta.
Peter