packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Do they have to go 6 abreast?
I don't make the rules. First wife's electric chair was huge and didn't turn sharply, so that may be the need for the spacing.
Do they have to go 6 abreast?
Packy, it ain't but just started. See Ryan's link in the Weather Thread.
I'd love a library on every corner and another church...they are both important for the community and the lack of both is telling in society.There’s enough illiterate morons in this country already. Build MORE public libraries! We’d be better off if there was a public library on every block instead of yet another “church”.
Yeah but libraries have all the books and churches just the one.I'd love a library on every corner and another church...they are both important for the community and the lack of both is telling in society.
I'm ok with that...Yeah but libraries have all the books and churches just the one.
I agree with you. As much time as I spent in the library I would never go now even if I could. All the knowledge I used to get from there when I wanted to know something is now at my fingertips in a split second.Sadly, their time has passed.
Speaking as a researcher and author of several books on historical nonfiction, libraries are a quaint concept from a time gone past, right up there with velocipedes and whale-oil lamps.
Google and online resources have displaced the libraries.
During covid, our libraries in Illinois were shut down. When they opened back up, they’d removed all the chairs and closed the bathrooms.
They’re another bloated fund-sucking outdated institution.
The times they are a’changing.
Worst of all, at least to me, are the growing sections of anime books.Libraries USED to be where the world's widom
from all times past was preserved and protected
REGARDLESS of "how popular" it was with the general population. What"services" libraries now offer should be offered by community centers.
Thowing out historic and classic fiction and nonfiction and reference works to replace them with paperback romance novels and popular written crap is utterly
A violation of what a library is supposed to do and be.
When i saw this happening some thirty years ago
I quit supporting what they still call "libraries"!
Seconded!Lots of us love libraries...If you don't like them, just stay out of them and leave us alone.lol
as long as they do not engage in censorship of collective works...Seconded!
Libraries are priceless, imo.
Filtered for the latest keywords of course....Most Libraries can be accessed online now. Maybe they just need to consolidate and move all the books to a few central locations in each state.
IMHO they are dying the slow death of technology. Pretty soon all-young people will have access to the internet 24/7 with Neuro Link and AI technology. You can have your personal AI read to you any book.
I agree. But they are going way. Some are fortunate enough to have a nice Library at home. But within the next two generations all the books will be tossed, because they are archived online.There is nothing better than holding a book in your hand....Never wanted a Kindle.
My daughter and MIL read the digital books and borrow those from the library. Digital books aren't the same as paper books though.
My Discover credit card was frauded at Amazon back in October of 2023. Amazon said call Discover, which I did. Discover shut down the card. Both Amazon and Discover have done investigations and both agree that I was frauded. However, Amazon refuses to let me access my digital books THAT I PAID FOR until I pay them the $1300 fraud. At least with physical books, while they could burn in a fire, I can still read them.
Another problem with digital books is that they can change what it says. Print books are harder to change. They leave some chance of showing what the original said. China changed Robinson Crusoe to edit out he read the Bible.
I liked having so many books on my Kindle but now it's useless unless I pay $1300 for stuff I didn't order. So as much as it annoying other family members, I'm back to print copies.
I was never aware it it being a particular homeless problem. There were "regulars" who "lived" there from opening till closing time, but for the most part they were elderly who were there because that was their routine. And, in the summer, because it had air conditioning. Most read at least something--newspapers. magazines. We were young and these people were something of a joke to us, but they were not a problem.
Filtered for the latest keywords of course....
Most Libraries can be accessed online now. Maybe they just need to consolidate and move all the books to a few central locations in each state.
IMHO they are dying the slow death of technology. Pretty soon all-young people will have access to the internet 24/7 with Neuro Link and AI technology. You can have your personal AI read to you any book.
Which is why I have a rather large library, to preserve the knowledge and the beauty.Everything will go electronic, books, REAL BOOKS will become things of the past......and then.....the power will go out and we'll have to totally reinvent the world because nobody will know how to do anything and there will be no available reference materials. Yep, sounds like a great and wonderful future "they" are planning.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE THE INTERNET. It's like having access to the largest library on the planet....sometimes too large, BUT I also have hundreds of books. They are my steadfast and true friends that I know will always be there, absolutely totally reliable and available 24/7/365. As long as my home is intact MY library is intact and backing me up. I'm not giving up my books and I'm always adding to my collection. The ONLY thing I hate about my books is when I have to move them....what - a - pain!
Unless the arthritis is so painful and hands and fingers so gnarled that it’s practically impossible to hold and turn the pages of a book, magazine or newspaper.There is nothing better than holding a book in your hand....Never wanted a Kindle.
I live in a county that has just one stop light. The head librarian is pushing an agenda and likes to display it with selected books on display. There are some good books there for sure, but it's not like when I was young even in this small community.I wholeheartedly disagree... (and don't normally with Kathy) our Library is clean well stocked, within walking distance and we use it multiple times per week as our kids are voracious readers. Ours has art displays and you can check out different small tools and appliances as well with many opportunities for community engagement. We have used multiple libraries in our local area and intent to continue to do so.
Please consider the generational differences and where you are at in life before making statements on use when you yourself have moved on from the usefulness of the library. There have been times where I would have said the same thing; but we attempt to be engaged with our broader community as much as possible and the library is one of the places that happens at.
I also live in a smaller community of less than 12K attached to a larger metro area. Safety and vagrants are not much of a concern in our area.