eBay is evil - but I love it !

On 24-Apr-2006, "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
<"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Beldin wrote:
> > Just received a nice parcel of books from eBay. I am now
> > the proud owner of an Advanced Reading Copy of The
> > Outstreached Shadow, and an Uncorrected Proof of Mad
> > Maudlin, and a Hard Cover 1st Edition 1st Printing Daw
> > 30th Aniversary Fantasy ( DAW 1222 ). My wallet is £50.00
> > lighter ( do your own math guys, I've got a book to read
> > ! ) but I'm a happy Brit. ( I already own an Uncorrected
> > Proof of Sacred Ground )
>
> Megan wrote:
> Oh, boy. And I thought I was bad, owning all the published novels...
>
> <g>
>
> --

Don't feel bad - I make of point of getting my favorite authors in hardback.
Favorite authors include - Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, Tom Clancy,
Elizabeth Moon, John Grisham. Needless to say I have 1 bookcase that has 6
shelves filled and 2 2-shelf bookcases - all filled. How do I read most of
my book - why on my iPaq of course
--
Jules
aka Sibling Katana of Warm Humanitarianism

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In article
<ycg3g.6653$BS2.5101@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
<"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> says...
> Beldin wrote:
> > Just received a nice parcel of books from eBay. I am now
> > the proud owner of an Advanced Reading Copy of The
> > Outstreached Shadow, and an Uncorrected Proof of Mad
> > Maudlin, and a Hard Cover 1st Edition 1st Printing Daw
> > 30th Aniversary Fantasy ( DAW 1222 ). My wallet is £50.00
> > lighter ( do your own math guys, I've got a book to read
> > ! ) but I'm a happy Brit. ( I already own an Uncorrected
> > Proof of Sacred Ground )
>
> Oh, boy. And I thought I was bad, owning all the published novels...
>
> <g>
>
>

OK I have 84 volumes; ( three of which are duplicates )
of which 48 are Hard cover 1st Editions. I also note that
I have one MIA ( The Ship Who Searched ) but I think my
brother has it, so I'll just go and beat him up !

Now THAT'S sad )

The closest rivals are
Terry Pratchett ( 29 )
Raymond E. Feist ( 24 )
David Eddings ( 23 )

The pen is mightier than the sword - unless that sword is
Excalibur


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>> Well, I have several of those vertical slim bookshelves by a famous
>> manufacture of Sweden... Misty is the only author who has one for
>> herself
>
> Famous Swedish manufacturer of bookcases... I suspect I own one or two
> of those myself!
>
> (I certainly own at least one vertical, slim bookcase by a famous
> Swedish furniture maker. Fits right into the little spot between front
> door and TV stand.)

I use big, honking commercial wire rack shelves.
2 feet deep by 4 feet long by 6 feet tall; 5 shelves rated at about 300
pounds mass each. This is known as "overkill". Also very difficult for a
one year old monkey-boy grandson to tip over.

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That's what everybody calls me.

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On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:02:12 GMT, "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
<"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Aphrael wrote:
>
>> Beldin wrote:
><snip>
>>> OK I have 84 volumes; ( three of which are duplicates ) of which 48
>>> are Hard cover 1st Editions. I also note that I have one MIA ( The
>>> Ship Who Searched ) but I think my brother has it, so I'll just go and
>>> beat him up !
>>> Now THAT'S sad )
>>>
>>> The closest rivals are Terry Pratchett ( 29 )
>>> Raymond E. Feist ( 24 )
>>> David Eddings ( 23 )
>>>
>>> The pen is mightier than the sword - unless that sword is Excalibur
>>
>> Well, I have several of those vertical slim bookshelves by a famous
>> manufacture of Sweden... Misty is the only author who has one for
>> herself
>
>Famous Swedish manufacturer of bookcases... I suspect I own one or two
>of those myself!

I own 2. In fact, much of my furniture is from that store. My
ex still drives 4 hours up here to go shopping at that store to
furnish her townhouse.

Bard Kesnit

-----
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let got of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
-- "Tonight I Want to Cry" Keith Urban
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m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR] wrote:
> Bard Kesnit wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:02:12 GMT, "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
>> <"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Aphrael wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>>> Well, I have several of those vertical slim bookshelves by a famous
>>>> manufacture of Sweden... Misty is the only author who has one for
>>>> herself
>>>
>>>
>>> Famous Swedish manufacturer of bookcases... I suspect I own one or
>>> two of those myself!
>>
>>
>> I own 2. In fact, much of my furniture is from that store. My
>> ex still drives 4 hours up here to go shopping at that store to
>> furnish her townhouse.
>
>
> 4 hours? Four? For furniture?
>
> Either I'm too lazy, or she's too Martha Stewart.
>

If'n it's Ikea you are nattering on about -- before we got one opening
here, the local Ikea obsessives used to drive to Chicago to shop at
the one there.

'wyrm (who's never set foot in one)
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>>>> Well, I have several of those vertical slim bookshelves by a famous
>>>> manufacture of Sweden... Misty is the only author who has one for
>>>> herself
>>>
>>> Famous Swedish manufacturer of bookcases... I suspect I own one or
>>> two of those myself!
>>>
>>> (I certainly own at least one vertical, slim bookcase by a famous
>>> Swedish furniture maker. Fits right into the little spot between
>>> front door and TV stand.)
>>
>> I use big, honking commercial wire rack shelves.
>> 2 feet deep by 4 feet long by 6 feet tall; 5 shelves rated at about
>> 300 pounds mass each. This is known as "overkill". Also very difficult
>> for a one year old monkey-boy grandson to tip over.
>
> Rated to support 300lbs each, I hope, not each shelf weighing 300lbs.
>
> I think I've seen the shelves you mean -- definitely lots of storage.
> But don't books slip down between the parallel wires that make up the
> horizontal part of the shelf?

I looked at one still in a box (we ran out of room for it) they are 18
inches deep and rated at 350 pounds of evenly distributed weight per
shelf. The wires run long-ways so books do not fall through, they are
perpendicular to the slots between wires.

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That's what everybody calls me.

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Currently: Various shades of red & bronze.
Holder of a provisional pedant licens/ce
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"Mommy, make daddy stop singing".

I dye my hair so much my driver's license
has a color wheel. Nancy Mura
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On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:59:06 GMT, "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
<"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Bookwyrm wrote:
>> m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR] wrote:
>>
>>> Bard Kesnit wrote:
><snip>
>>>> I own 2. In fact, much of my furniture is from that store. My
>>>> ex still drives 4 hours up here to go shopping at that store to
>>>> furnish her townhouse.
>>>
>>> 4 hours? Four? For furniture?
>>> Either I'm too lazy, or she's too Martha Stewart.
>>
>> If'n it's Ikea you are nattering on about -- before we got one opening
>> here, the local Ikea obsessives used to drive to Chicago to shop at the
>> one there.
>>
>> 'wyrm (who's never set foot in one)
>
>Well... I'm talking about IKEA. Not sure about everyone else. :>

I was talking about IKEA, too.

>It's good furniture for the price... but the price is low. It's not
>stuff that will last many generations or anything.

Do you really think I care about passing furniture to my kids?
I doubt the dogs will appriciate it. (Unless I left them a bed. That
they would like!) <g>

> A person could probably get better furniture for "IKEA cost + cost of gas for a 4 hour
>trip" nearer home. (Four? Think how far I could get through a novel in
>four hours! Or an extended version of one of the LoTR movies.)

She doesn't come up that often - 2 or 3 times over the past
year. She just bought the townhome and had almost no furniture of her
own. She went with me when I was buying my furniture, so she knows
there is a lot of stuff she likes. (And, like me, she is never having
human children.)

Bard Kesnit


-----
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let got of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
-- "Tonight I Want to Cry" Keith Urban
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In article <uSz4g.1758$Vn.886@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]" <"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net>
wrote:

: Possible she has a larger car than mine, too. I could fit, like, a
: chair in my car. Not much more. So four hours for that??

IKEA furniture mostly comes packed in flat boxes, so you can fit a lot
of stuff into your car. We just recently carried home a loft bed in our
minivan with room to spare.

Edna


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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:49:14 GMT, Edna <ehuelsen.TakeThisOut@earthlinkDOT.net>
wrote:

>In article <uSz4g.1758$Vn.886@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]" <"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>: Possible she has a larger car than mine, too. I could fit, like, a
>: chair in my car. Not much more. So four hours for that??
>
>IKEA furniture mostly comes packed in flat boxes, so you can fit a lot
>of stuff into your car. We just recently carried home a loft bed in our
>minivan with room to spare.

I've seen people strapping boxes onto the roof of a VW Bug.

Bard Kesnit

-----
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let got of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
-- "Tonight I Want to Cry" Keith Urban
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:06:18 GMT, "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
<"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Bard Kesnit wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:59:06 GMT, "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"
>> <"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net> wrote:
><snip>

>>>A person could probably get better furniture for "IKEA cost + cost of gas for a 4 hour
>>>trip" nearer home. (Four? Think how far I could get through a novel in
>>>four hours! Or an extended version of one of the LoTR movies.)
>>
>> She doesn't come up that often - 2 or 3 times over the past
>> year. She just bought the townhome and had almost no furniture of her
>> own. She went with me when I was buying my furniture, so she knows
>> there is a lot of stuff she likes. (And, like me, she is never having
>> human children.)
>
>If a person has to buy a lot of furniture all at once, I can see the
>IKEA charm. Unless born rich, tough to buy the fancier furniture in
>large quantities. :>
>
>Possible she has a larger car than mine, too. I could fit, like, a
>chair in my car. Not much more. So four hours for that??

She drives a Jeep Liberty. It's amazing what you can fit into
one of those. (I also drive one.)

Bard Kesnit

-----
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let got of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry
-- "Tonight I Want to Cry" Keith Urban
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"Grygon" <grygon.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote

> "Beldin" <beldin.sorcerer.DeleteThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message

>> Just received a nice parcel of books from eBay. I am now
>> the proud owner of an Advanced Reading Copy of The
>> Outstreached Shadow, and an Uncorrected Proof of Mad
>> Maudlin, and a Hard Cover 1st Edition 1st Printing Daw
>> 30th Aniversary Fantasy ( DAW 1222 ). My wallet is £50.00
>> lighter ( do your own math guys, I've got a book to read
>> ! ) but I'm a happy Brit. ( I already own an Uncorrected
>> Proof of Sacred Ground )

> snot ebil. i've fallen in love with how cheap i can buy forgeign musics
> and gorgeous, sorta odd looking jewelry at ebay.

> not to mention the items as you described! O.o

Me too... There's a local version of ebay called Trade Me
which has been feeding my book addiction and my relatively
recent interest in anime for the last few months...

Best find: a copy of Jon Blum and Kate Orman's "Vampire
Science".
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Bard Kesnit <shadows RemoveThis @book.com> writes:

> Edna <ehuelsen RemoveThis @earthlinkDOT.net> wrote:

>>IKEA furniture mostly comes packed in flat boxes, so you can fit a lot
>>of stuff into your car. We just recently carried home a loft bed in our
>>minivan with room to spare.

> I've seen people strapping boxes onto the roof of a VW Bug.

So have I...and I make a distinct effort to avoid driving (or riding
my motorcycle) anywhere in proximity to such situations. This
morning I saw the results of something similar: a matress (or box springs;
I couldn't tell) in the middle of I-66, followed shortly by what appeared
to be the remains of a table and its glass top. Not what you want
to have suddenly appear in front of you...or off to the side,
where some *other* driver might swerve into your lane.

Joe Morris
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<snip>
> Once a year, I figure I could rent a bigger vehicle. But the only
> sizeable things I've purchased since my car was a washer and dryer, and
> I don't think those would have fit in *any* car. ;>

I guess it depends at where you draw the line of car/not car. A Chevy
Suburban is licensed in Pennsylavania as a station wagon, but I would
not call it a car, personally. But I would be willing to bet a Pontiac
Aztec could hold a washer or dryer, but not both. Of course, depending
where you bought them they may have "free" delivery, and remove your old
machines.

> <Snip>

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I'm glad my Mom named me Aaron,
That's what everybody calls me.

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Patron Saint of Hair Color Changing
Currently: Various shades of red & bronze.
Holder of a provisional pedant licens/ce
(limited to the area of physical sciens/ce)
Member of ABMLNCSC - Base singer, very base
"Mommy, make daddy stop singing".

I dye my hair so much my driver's license
has a color wheel. Nancy Mura
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