[Gertie Kindle]

Quite some time ago, long before Little Gertie arrived in my life, I stopped checking books out of the library.  That wasn't because I forgot to return them, but because the library forgot to give me credit for returning them. 

My mother got a letter that she hadn't returned three books.  She always takes out six and returns six.  We went back with the letter, they looked through the stacks, and found the books.  Big surprise. 

It was lack of efficiency on the part of the library staff (no matter which branch I went to) that stopped me from taking out books. 

For a while, I bought books at the library or wherever I could find cheap books, but now, I find many, many bargain and free books for Little Gertie. 

I'm committed to Kindle books at this point.  I will be buying a few DTV's but only because they aren't on Kindle and not likely to be.

 

[Gertie Kindle]

Another reason I don't like the library is the mixed up jumble of books.  When I browse the stacks, I invariably find several books out of place and feel compelled to reshelve them. 

Now, I take my mother to the library and read my K in a comfy chair while waiting for her to find what she wants. 

I used to love libraries, but now I'm happy I don't have to be dependent on them anymore.

 

[Gertie Kindle]

Do they not give reciepts in that library. I'm real paranoid about that myself. I get the reciept, and then when I get home/work I check the computer to make sure it registered. I had some slight problems, but luckily they put a trace on it, and they have always found it and gave me the credit. I wouldn't have had to worry about it for a year from the date, and it is always cleared up within 2 weeks.

Nope, no receipts. And they only give one printout no matter how many books you check out at the same time. I used to put the due dates on the bookmarks I was using for each book. Otherwise, I'd have to keep searching for that silly slip of paper through all the books.

If you try to give the books to an actual person, they will silently point to the table with the sign "return books here."

You can see why I'm not too thrilled with borrowing books from the library. Once I got over grabbing every K-book in sight, I'm actually getting more books for my money than I did when I bought books at the library and Goodwill.

 

[Gertie Kindle]

Ok, I just posted too much in the quote above. The first line was from Pawz, the rest from me.

Can someone tell me the the correct way to quote someone, without uncluding what I say in it also

Hit the "quote" button at the top of the post you want to quote. The end of the quote should be [ / quote ] without the spaces. Then you can type in your response after that.

If you want to multi-quote, after you respond to the initial quote, scroll down and find additional posts and click on "insert quote."

You might like to check out Forum Tips. A lot of good info there.