I do have a sister a couple of years older than you, and a brother about your age. Actually I spent four years a decade ago working in a book distributor's warehouse. Any books that were damaged were written out of the system and employees could take them, the horrible limit being no more than three books per day. Once I was in the returns department I found out I could write off any book I pleased, so I got a bunch of brand-new stuff for free. I would still be with them, but in 1998 the parent company moved them to Charlottesville, Virginia, and they didn't take me.

I would love to still work there, and I'd love to live there. The company's address is now on James Madison Drive.

When setup how about a picture or two!:yep:

If either or both of you come to the subsim meet this year Mrs. August and I might get a chance to show off our personal library to some fellow book lovers.

I sometimes want to cry for all the books I've had to part with over the years, some due to space constraints but a lot of them lost to water damage when two different basements where I stored things at different times got partially flooded.

My high school library put out about a dozen boxes of "discards" the year before I graduated. Guess who lugged them all home? Me, 3 books at a time, lol.

Somehow I've managed to squeeze 8 "full size" bookcases into the living room and bedroom of my very small apartment. Some of the shelves don't hold books, but most do, and they're slowly but surely filling up again.

I once had someone walk into my apartment for the first time, look around, and say, "Soooooo... I take it you're a reader?"

To which the only appropriate answer is, "Not really," said with as straight a face as possible. :O:

Well, I've been here for a week, and finally got some of my stuff here, including the old computer thingie. They have wi-fi, so I got an adapter and here I am posting from my own room.:sunny:

Already loaded some of the SH3 mods I downloaded to my flash drive while I was out and about. Good stuff!:rock:

Great news Steve. So, how much room do you have to move around in now? :DL

Sorry that I missed this post frau.

Well you got us beat as we only have about six full size cases worth of books, but we do have some real good ones though and a decent selection of topics. The latter being mostly due to Mrs. Augusts much wider tastes in literature than mine, which are mostly military related.

I was just wondering when you'd get settled in and set up and check in here again - yay! :D

The entire Atlantic, from the sound of it. :O:

I have two cases of novels and one of other non-novel "literature" like poetry, drama, lit-crit, etc. But mostly I have non-fiction, I hardly even read fiction any more (unless it's a Terry Pratchett book :rock: or I need a break from "reality.") Probably a third of the space taken up by novels is Terry Pratchett books, lol. I've given away or sold or traded probably three times the number of novels I still have. Most of the ones I've kept are either "classics" or related to something I have a non-fiction interest in as well. Or they're books I'm emotionally attached to, like the ragged paperback copy of Moby Dick I read in high school and won't get rid of even though I have a nice hardback copy now. (All my notes are in there! I thought some very deep and important thoughts at 16! :O:)

Most of the non-fiction is archaeology/history/biography, religion/mythology/folkore, or psychology-related. Some martial arts books and a few math/science books.

Someday, I will start reading them as fast as I acquire them. :D

Sounds much like our collection. When you and Steve come for the Subsim meet we'll sit you in a comfy chair and stick a book under your noses so you'll feel right at home! :DL

Well good for you Steve in finding a place! :yeah: Enjoy!

:yeah:good to hear steve

great to hear you're back into the world of SH!
(what do you think of rik007's water-mod?) :up:

Move around? I squirm in my chair sometimes, but why would I want to move away from my computer? Oh, yeah. Excersize, eating, stuff like that.

Actually it's something like 12 x 12. It's an average hotel room.

:rotfl2:
All in good time. Right now I'm fiddling with the latest mods and getting my new careers set up. Be on patrol very soon.

SINK EM ALL!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...ies/pirate.gif

Good to hear you'll be back to sailing the seas with us Steve :)

Not the greatest arrangement, especially for a man with so many books, but hey, it's something right? I actually live in a room I'm renting that's about 9x9ft myself, and it's been pretty tolerable. Sadly most of my books, CD boxes and models had to go (though are safe in my parents' basement). On the other hand I've managed to squeeze a full two desktop PCs in here :doh:

But hope something comes along with work soon and things get even better.

Looking forward to reports from your patrols though :up: