> It would never have gotten to that point if my first husband
 > hadn't been such a jerk.  He was convinced I was being a
 > hypochondriac like my mother, and paid no attention when I
 > started wheezing and gasping for breath and asked him to take
 > me to the emergency room.
    I'm *really* glad you're not in that situation anymore!
 > That's a neat idea.  Our library doesn't even carry any
 > crafting mags at all, and their selection of crafting books
 > is so outdated...most people here can afford to buy or sub-
 > scribe to whatever they want, and they don't care about the
 > rest of us "common folk."
    Well, ours only carries Craftworks and another generic type.  I have been 
considering donating a subscription to Pieceworks to this library, just to 
get them turned on to a quality mag.
 > Yes, we have given libraries books in the past.  Now I don't
 > know, they don't seem to appreciate that here but they ought
 > to.  The old library roof leaked so they built a new library,
 > and got rid of so many old books.  Most of my favorite old
 > friends are now gone.  I was shocked, but they said there was
 > water damage and mold spores in many of them, and so many of
 > the old ones are out of print.
    I had similar problems with a small town library I used to frequent. We 
donated an entire library of science fiction and fantasy books, which they 
did NOT have in the stacks.  Instead of enriching the community with decent 
SF, they sold the books at auction, leaving new fans to the likes of L. Ron 
Hubbard.  Sad.  We also donated the complete works of Shakespeare in one 
volume, only to have the book disappear - no one knows where.  I was quite 
peeved and decided to stop giving anything to that library.
 > They sure could use some crafting books though!  I have a few
 > I don't use which I've thought of donating whether they feel a
 > need for them or not.  I should...maybe someone could get some
 > use out of them, and I could be getting them off my hands.
    What kind are you looking for?  I have about 20 that could use a new 
home.  Are you interested in mags, too, or just books?
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