tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post406804126531749333..comments2023-10-17T07:41:01.330-07:00Comments on Told You I Was Ill: Books old and newhydrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050622432144268086noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-55744675677263293792013-08-11T16:46:11.733-07:002013-08-11T16:46:11.733-07:00Yes, I often find I've got book doubles - same...Yes, I often find I've got book doubles - same for films.Jackie Saylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047994593375513101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-51344865667691768812013-08-11T12:24:19.783-07:002013-08-11T12:24:19.783-07:00And have you ever bought any of them again? I foun...And have you ever bought any of them again? I found I had acquired a second copy of John Betjeman's collected poems without realising, till I found my original volume in one of the boxes!hydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050622432144268086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-82253512139461915522013-08-10T18:00:50.706-07:002013-08-10T18:00:50.706-07:00Hello! I know exactly what you mean about having ...Hello! I know exactly what you mean about having had to cope on your own for years and then nobly trying to do so and being sharply reminded that you're not as young and nimble as you once were. It's a bugger, isn't it?<br /><br />I imagine the charity shop people didn't tell you their closing time because they assumed - as people always do - that you'd arrived in 'The Car'. Funny, isn't it, how people always seems to refer to a vehicle in capitals? I gave up driving years ago, so I know what you mean.<br /><br />I also know the pain of parting with books and the realisation that some of them really aren't going to be used now for any future career. I got through my last big clear-out by telling myself that I was freeing the books from my shelves to go out and be read again, as they were meant to be, and also that I'd be doing a charity some good in the process. I'd be lying if I said I didn't still miss some of the books I 'liberated'.Jackie Saylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047994593375513101noreply@blogger.com