Re: Personal Book Question

[cussata@juno.com (Courtney L Coulson)]

Poster: cussata@juno.com (Courtney L Coulson)

Ah, but what kind of book is it, and how much did you pay for it?  I find
myself folding pages and using cats or shoes as place holders when the
book is a paperback that I only paid $4.95 for and/or the book is junk
fiction that I will only read once anyway.  

But to mar my $109 Anatomy text, or a fine hardback Eddings (yes Eddings,
the man's a genius) by turning down the page, or cracking their delicate
spines by  placing them face down on a table, is sacrilege.

My dear, I feel you must judge the book before you judge your husband. 
But if your husband persists.....use rattan :-)

Cussata

On Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:44:30 -0500 Erick and Sue <bduck@fred.net> writes:
>
>Poster: Erick and Sue <bduck@fred.net>
>
>
>Pray forgive the intrusion.  I beg for all to participate in settling 
>an
>arguement between my Lord and myself.
>
>My side is thus.  I beleive that most people DO NOT fold the pages of
>books.  Books are much too precious to deface in this crass manner.  
>Most
>people also DO NOT lay them open face-down to keep their places, this
>breaks the spine and in some cases makes pages loosen and fall out.  
>In the
>same vein, they do not lay them down open and face up and put 
>something
>heavy on them to keep their place..unless they are reading and 
>following
>directions; cooking, carving, sewing....
>
>I say, readers, find a bookmark or something flat to act as a 
>marker...not
>pens, knives, or small children, and close the book...
>
>My good husband claims that most people have no need of bookmarks due 
>to
>the presence of flat surfaces to lay books face-down on.  The 
>availability
>of pages to fold, and the clutter of knives, pens, and small critters 
>to
>hold his place books.
>
>Assuming that you do not all read books straight through in one 
>sitting,
>how do you keep your places?
>
>Please reply, honestly, before St.Valentines Day.  I'd like to have 
>this
>settled so we can honor the day without bloodshed.
>
>Thank You for your honest replies.
>
>Sue 
>
>
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