Doug you are rightb there and they can be used for toilet paper--although
the smell of some books is foul musty garage damp covered in stinking moss
mice filth bat droppings -or is that just in Raynes Park
Patrick heavily bebooked mainly unread
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: 22 January 2010 17:43
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Subject: Re: kindle
Ah Patrick
SF & away we go! I see that, but some of us will still want that
smell, maybe recycled paper, though?
Doug
On 21-Jan-10, at 2:19 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> All this about good old smell of leather in old books is ok but you
> can have yummy containers for these kindle jobbies gold bejeweeled
> or plastic to taste with constantly changing scintillating forms
> -and save the good 'ole trees
Douglas Barbour
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