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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 06:39 PM
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I definately have an "issue" about books.
Edited on Thu Mar-19-09 06:57 PM by BarenakedLady
I'm packing away my books until my new house is ready (and to help declutter this one to sell). So far, I've filled 11 UHaul book boxes and I need at least four more to finish. In comparison, STBE filled only 9. I'm sure I have more books hidden around the house somewhere too. I haven't even started on the kids' books, but at least those will be divided among the two houses.

But it is interesting to note that still 96% of the shit in this house and garage isn't mine. :crazy:

ETA: I don't have any bookshelves in my new house.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:00 PM
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1. Too many books?
I fail to see the problem...

:shrug:

RL
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:03 PM
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4. Of course YOU would say that.
11+ boxes of books is nothing to you. :rofl:

I just need a place to put them eventually.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:02 PM
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2. I'd worry more if you did NOT have tons of books around.
Reading truly is the best thing a person can do with their spare time. I am a firm believer in reading. Keep your books. Books are precious.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:03 PM
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5. I found some to donate
but the majority I'm keeping. They are like old friends to me.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:02 PM
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3. I don't even want to think about how many U-Haul boxes I could fill with my book collection.
It will be a nightmare when I move out of here.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:05 PM
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6. I think the majority of my storage pods will be filled with books.
Not that there is anything wrong with that. ;)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:06 PM
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7. When I get some scrilla
I am going to go get some BIG Ikea bookshelves.

Several of them.

If the fire marshal saw the shop, he'd have it condemned. :scared:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:11 PM
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10. I'm definately going to look into Ikea
in the future.

:thumbsup:
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:09 PM
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8. Book Addict Here
You can't believe the mess I have in my house.

I had a situation where I had no choice but to get rid of half the books I owned in order to move very quickly, and that was about 300 books, and that was ten years ago.

Now I have a house and a storage unit, and not only tons of books but duplicates of books, and signed books, and boxes filled with signed first editions, and you name it.

It is a nightmare.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:11 PM
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11. There must be a name for those of us
with book addictions. Heh.
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:10 PM
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9. This is why it pays to be illiterate
:dunce: That is a shitload of books.
:hi: :hug:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:13 PM
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12. I'd fill a whole room with books I love
If I had the space. They are going to be keeping me company in the future.

:hi: :hug:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:30 PM
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13. All pron?
Wow! That's a lot of pron!

:P

Glad you are keeping them. I know what it's like to think you might oughta toss 'em. Skr00 dat.

:hi::hug:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:32 PM
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16. Maybe only 1/2 is naughty
:P

Actually I have an inordinate amount of books on vampires and Katharine Hepburn. :rofl:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 08:05 PM
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14. No issue. You just have lots of books.
That's a good thing. :hi:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:32 PM
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17. I think so too!
:hi:

Hope you are ok.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 08:08 PM
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15. One of the few things I took in my divorce were my books and my music
I had to move them all again last September when I finally bought a new place after three years at my post-divorce apartment.

Many of my books are still in the dozen boxes I put them in when I packed them last fall.

You don't have too many books. :D
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:34 PM
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20. Thanks
I love books. I'm hoping my next home is my last (and ALL mine). :)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:32 PM
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18. Allow me to quote my dad upon helping me move once.
"You have too much shit."

:D
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:35 PM
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21. LoL.
Like I said, most of the shit isn't mine it seems. I do have a shitload of books though.

:D
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:37 PM
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23. The sad thing is that I thought I had thrown out a ton of stuff.
I guess not enough for ol' dad. :D
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leftyclimber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:33 PM
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19. The only issue I see
is that you may not have enough books. :evilgrin:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:35 PM
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22. See?
That's why you rock!

:D
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:42 PM
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24. No such thing as too many books!
Moving sucks!
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 09:45 PM
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25. I agree!
on both counts! :D
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 10:38 PM
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26. I'd be afraid to estimate how many books we have here


The thought of packing them is rather frightening...
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 10:40 PM
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27. Well I can't store any more here...
... I still haven't unpacked all of my boxes of books because there's no dang room for them. Every wall has a bookshelf already, and they're all full. :P
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 10:52 PM
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28. Get bookshelves from IKEA
They have some that are $20, the Flörn or something.
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