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Post by everso on Feb 24, 2011 10:52:07 GMT
Google can never give you what libraries can. . Like scabies, influenza and other skin and respiratory infections. Salmonella, e coli, etc. etc. Like Rob, I'd be interested to see stats - on how many people have caught anything from library books.  What about sitting on buses? Think of all those people who've sat on the seat you're sitting on? They might have farted or something. Think of all the people who've been picking their nose then holding on to the rail to steady themselves as they get off the bus. What about staying in hotels? Think of all those people walking about on the carpet in your room. They might have had bare feet. And what about the matress on the bed? It really doesn't do to worry so much about germs. It's not healthy. We need to build up resistance to them and to do that we need contact with them. ;D |
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Post by motorist on Feb 24, 2011 12:24:57 GMT
What about sitting on buses? Think of all those people who've sat on the seat you're sitting on? They might have farted or something. Think of all the people who've been picking their nose then holding on to the rail to steady themselves as they get off the bus. I flick nose blops onto vacant seats on buses or trains, and chuckle inwardly when somebody sits on them. I did this in England too  |
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Post by everso on Feb 24, 2011 12:41:43 GMT
 I take it you visited Glasgow often?
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Post by motorist on Feb 24, 2011 13:07:56 GMT
Edinburgh twice, but never Glasgow. Just think of how infrequently the London trains wash their seat cushions  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 24, 2011 17:40:24 GMT
If you catch scabies, you might not be sure where you got it from. It might have been from a library book.
So many infections seem to come from an unknown source . . . who can tell how much of a biohazard library books are?
Sometimes when I'm standing on the bus I risk falling over rather than holding on to one of the germ-ridden rails.
Funnily enough, my house is a mess. It's just outside germs I'm afraid of.
But seriously, doesn't it turn your stomach if you're reading a library book or a second hand book and there are THINGS stuck to the pages?
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Post by everso on Feb 25, 2011 15:50:04 GMT
If you catch scabies, you might not be sure where you got it from. It might have been from a library book. So many infections seem to come from an unknown source . . . who can tell how much of a biohazard library books are? Sometimes when I'm standing on the bus I risk falling over rather than holding on to one of the germ-ridden rails. Funnily enough, my house is a mess. It's just outside germs I'm afraid of. But seriously, doesn't it turn your stomach if you're reading a library book or a second hand book and there are THINGS stuck to the pages?Yes, it does. I know what you mean. It's not so bad if you can tell it's a squashed cornflake, but when it's green and crispy and not easily recognisable, it does make one heave. To be honest, though, the books I read seldom have strange things attached. |
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Post by motorist on Feb 25, 2011 16:37:08 GMT
If you catch scabies, you might not be sure where you got it from. It might have been from a library book. So many infections seem to come from an unknown source . . . who can tell how much of a biohazard library books are? Sometimes when I'm standing on the bus I risk falling over rather than holding on to one of the germ-ridden rails. Funnily enough, my house is a mess. It's just outside germs I'm afraid of. But seriously, doesn't it turn your stomach if you're reading a library book or a second hand book and there are THINGS stuck to the pages?Yes, it does. I know what you mean. It's not so bad if you can tell it's a squashed cornflake, but when it's green and crispy and not easily recognisable, it does make one heave. To be honest, though, the books I read seldom have strange things attached. I can categorically state that, despite what I do to seats on buses, trains and in burger joints (that involves gerkhins), the things you find on books are nothing to do with me. Books are sacrosanct |
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 25, 2011 20:01:11 GMT
The world is full of fegging germs.
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 25, 2011 20:31:03 GMT
Scabies people, scabies.
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Post by Weyland on Feb 25, 2011 20:37:20 GMT
Scabies, Schmabies. Disirregardless* of your hypochondria, Sheffield Council is suppressing debate. ______________________ * ©Dubya |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Feb 25, 2011 21:28:22 GMT
The world is full of fegging germs. I married one... |
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Post by everso on Feb 26, 2011 15:53:26 GMT
The world is full of fegging germs. I married one... Your husband's German?? |
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Post by aubrey on Feb 26, 2011 16:08:00 GMT
Google is good for finding things that you know you're looking for. The library is good for finding things that you didn't know you were looking for. Or it used to be, before they started putting the books in the storage.
I don't think I've ever caught anything off a library book (or a dog). I have caught plenty of things off people - children especially. Mucky beggars.
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Post by aubrey on Feb 27, 2011 9:45:55 GMT
Ian Sinclair was supposed to be giving a talk in a library in Hackney, on a book about Hackney that he'd written. Anyway, it got out that there was a bit in the book against the idea of the Olympics being held in East London, and the talk was cancelled.
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Post by jean on Feb 27, 2011 12:02:16 GMT
Google is good for finding things that you know you're looking for. The library is good for finding things that you didn't know you were looking for. Amazon vs. proper bookshops. |
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Post by Weyland on Feb 27, 2011 13:15:16 GMT
Google is good for finding things that you know you're looking for. The library is good for finding things that you didn't know you were looking for. Amazon vs. proper bookshops. There's a lot in that, but Amazon does have a pretty good search and sort facility. There's a secondhand bookshop in Oswestry where the bloke told me he was trying to get every book into a database and put it up on the Web. It's the way to go. It's going to take a while though. |
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Post by Weyland on Feb 27, 2011 16:49:36 GMT
We need some grammar nazi input here I think. Please. I'm only a Grammar Commissar. Will that do? Here's a handy link for the guidance of the likes of Riot. My first-born just sent me it. (His English is not quite as good as his Dutch, but he does try.) [Practically feck all to do with the thread, but this is the Stub.] |
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Post by Weyland on Feb 27, 2011 16:58:48 GMT
While I'm here, get a dose of this. Typical Sample: TODAY'S TIP FOR NOVEL WRITERS: Remember that you can make big money if your novel is made into a movie, so in your writing, always be alert for opportunities to include scenes that will appeal to the motion-picture industry.
WRONG: "Apprehensively, Hugo entered the room.''
RIGHT: "Apprehensively, Hugo entered the room and found Julia Roberts in there naked.''
VICE PRESIDENT QUAYLE: You forgot the "e'' in "Hugoe.'' |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Mar 1, 2011 22:15:09 GMT
Google is good for finding things that you know you're looking for. The library is good for finding things that you didn't know you were looking for. Amazon vs. proper bookshops. Amazon is the book shop...I spend AAAAAAAALL my money at Amazon (well, a fair bit of it anyway). As for libraries, they are ok I suppose, but I hear the pro-librarists coming out with BS like "they are like community centers that knit society together" and other hokey crap and I just want to bomb them out of spite. AH |
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Post by aubrey on Mar 2, 2011 22:01:30 GMT
sounds a bit awkward.
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