RE: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Scott Raley
PM To: cf-community Subject: What do *you* do with out of date books Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc. Stuff that will probabl

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Erika L. Rich
Now THAT is the best idea I've heard in a long time On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Glue the pages together, let it dry, take a good exacto knife and cut > out a whole the size of a good flask. Place said flask in book. Makes > an excellent present or just somethi

RE: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Jacob
-community Subject: What do *you* do with out of date books Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc. Stuff that will probably never be useful

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Judah McAuley
Glue the pages together, let it dry, take a good exacto knife and cut out a whole the size of a good flask. Place said flask in book. Makes an excellent present or just something fun to hide around the house. Judah On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Was going through

RE: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Scott Raley
Our library takes them and has a big yearly booksale as well as goodwill and you get a donation letter from both. -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 7:49 PM To: cf-community Subject: What do *you* do with out of

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Larry C. Lyons
MacKay Books. http://www.mckayusedbooks.com/ given how much we read, this is a life saver. larry On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundatio

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Dana
ya, that is my thought. Anyone who buys them because they don't know better may learn *something* from them, or if not, it's a little money in the hands of Goodwill, which is a small win anyway. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Goodwill does a big book sale around he

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Cameron Childress
Goodwill does a big book sale around here once a year. If you donate them you can claim the deduction, and the profits from their eventual sale will go to a good cause... I doubt you are going to find anyone willing to buy them for an amount more than the tax deduction you will get. On Sun, Jan

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Jerry Johnson
I keep them. Anyone interested in a slightly used Turbo Pascal book? Or dBase II? On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:51 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Half-price Books in the Seattle area. > > not sure what is available in your neck-o-the-woods. > > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread William Bowen
Half-price Books in the Seattle area. not sure what is available in your neck-o-the-woods. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Ac

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Erika L. Rich
I freecycled all of mine. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for > Flash 5), Turbo C++,

What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc. Stuff that will probably never be useful ever again. Seems odd to throw a book away, don't thi