Subj : Re: Richyssoise (Chilled, Cre
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ben Collver
Date : Wed Apr 05 2023 11:50:52

  Re: Re: Richyssoise (Chilled, Cre
  By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Tue Apr 04 2023 07:28:55

 DD> Except for having to renew a library card - pretty cool. My library
 DD> issues cards only to juveniles. My voter's ID serves as my library card.

Sweet!  I find it interesting to hear about these regional differences.
A friend in Scotland told me that if the police pull someone over for a
traffic stop and they don't have their driver's license on them, that's
not a problem.  They get 10 days or so to come into the police station
and show their driver's license.  I like the sound of these systems
that better lend themselves to de-escalation.

My community voted to stop funding the local library and shut it down
completely for a few years.  I felt bitter about that decision for some
time.  We managed to re-open it with volunteers and generous donations.
I am grateful that it still exists and has a thriving circulation of
new books.  It also has a surprisingly large collection of cookbooks.

About half of the books i read are on paper and the other half are
ebooks.  I have little patience for ebook marketing, so most of my
electronic reading is the free stuff in the public domain.

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