Most libraries receive state/federal grants that specifies how long/old a book
can be for purchasing. Our local library trashes anything over 3 years old!
If they're caught with old books, they can lose their grant money.
Mike - W0TMW
Dale L. Martin wrote:
>
> Consider your local public or school libraries!!
>
> 73,
> Dale, KG5U
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. B. Cebik <cebik@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
> To: Bruce Makas <k1my@nlis.net>
> Cc: antennas@qth.net <antennas@qth.net>; CQ-CONTEST@contesting.com
> <CQ-CONTEST@contesting.com>; dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org <dx@ve7tcp.ampr.org>;
> towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>; yccc@contesting.com
> <yccc@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 20:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] old books
>
> >> This is no big deal for me as I was going to throw them out anyhow
> >
> >Please! to all who have old books, never (NEVER, please) throw them out
> >without trying to find a new home for them. This is not a plea from a
> >collector who places them on a shelf to show them off, but from someone
> >who regularly reads them and learns from them--both stuff that shows how
> >we have progressed and stuff that shows what we have forgotten along the
> >way--along with how old some of our new ideas really are. For example, I
> >have mid-1920s material on radio control vehicles and on SSB. I cannot
> >afford to buy every volume that appears on these lists myself, but please
> >be patient--someone will find a good use for that old book. List them as
> >many times as it takes to find someone willing to buy/pay for shipping in
> >advance.
> >
> >Did I remember to say "please"?
> >
> >-73-
> >
> >LB, W4RNL
>
> ------
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Mike Watson, W0TMW QCWA Mbr# 28651, Mid-Continent Chapter #35
Raymore, Missouri, USA Grid: EM28st
http://www.sky.net/~crucis E-mail: crucis@sky.net
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