[PRCo] Re: A Great Brussels Museum Video

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I used go there on purpose.  But not so much any more...Janis and I both
acquired Kindles recently, since we don't want to lug two weeks' worth of
books on an upcoming cruise.  If you don't have to have the physical book
(which I do in some instances), the e-reader is much more convenient, and
storage takes up a lot less of that bookshelf space!

And I don't have to endure the response from the clerk at Barnes & Noble
when I'm looking for a book on Thomas Edison that "we don't stock that
because people in Pittsburgh aren't interested in it."  The people of
Pittsburgh weren't interested in the other five on my list that day, either,
but Amazon.com was happy to sell them to me at a discount and download them
to my device in under a minute each.

I guess if you want a romance novel or a mystery or something about
entertainment or sports or contemporary political opinion, the people of
Pittsburgh are interested.  Science or business history, forget it.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of John
Swindler
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:23 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: A Great Brussels Museum Video



Hi Derrick

I don't go to Borders or Barnes and Nobles on purpose.  But it is a much
more viable alternative to the shops my wife prefers to frequent. 

Helps keep the peace.

Cheers
John




> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:03:41 -0400
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: A Great Brussels Museum Video
> From: shadow at gmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:09 AM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > I always just assumed all houses came equipped with book cases.  And
then my wife would take me along on the 'pumpkin house tours' sponsored by
Adamstown Library.  Soon became apparent that "us railfans" aren't the norm.
Might find a bookcase stuffed with video games or knick-knacks, but real
books?????  Maybe 10% of the upper class houses on the tour.
> 
> We have a library. The shelves are full. The *room* is full. The 
> railroad books are on a different shelf in another room.
> 
> > When traveling, my family can't understand why I want to spend "shopping
time" in Borders or Barnes and Nobles.
> 
> Me either. It's cookie-cutter, except *maybe* the local interest 
> section. If i'm going book shopping while traveling, it's generally 
> somewhere that has something I won't see at home.
> And these days so much of the "local interest" is the Arcadia picture 
> books. Not without value: a lot of pictures you might not see unless 
> you visited each local historical society. But not much more than 
> coffee table books, mostly. In truth, Google Books has been far more 
> valuable as it has told me where to look for what I am missing, on 
> nearly any topic that suits my fancy, not just forgotten local 
> railways.
> 
>