On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:46:34 -0400, the infamous Wes
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:

My library doesn't have it. Then I did Amazon and one of the reviews said the one I was
looking at was the abridged version only containing the how-to's. I'll have to do some
research on this one. I'd like the how-to along with the stories that is in the original.

Someone stole the lone copy I read from this library, too, damnit.

Try eBay for these knockoffs: http://fwd4.me/u5
or
http://www.amazon.com/Wheelwrights-S.../dp/0521091950
$6.99 for the 1962 paperback.

http://isbn.nu/9780521065702 $6.75 for the 1974 hardcover.


I already commited to paying for a interlibrary loan search. Used to be free to search
now the library charges two bucks. Not that I'm complaining, I librarians time costs
money.

Yeah, but librarians are paid by county funds to which I already
contributed. When our library was a county object (they defunded it 3
years ago and the citizens are funding it now), they had moved to a $5
per book interlibrary loan. If I'm going to pay that much money, I
want a book I keep, TYVM. I found Amazon marketplace, ISBN.nu,
Alibris, and dozens of others which start pricing at a penny. I've
never sought another interlibrary loan. If I wanted a $500 research
paper, I'd spring for the $5 and scan the necessary parts.


Someone scored the 6.99 if I didn't miss it in the listing.

Next up is one for $7 even, cheapskate. I found it a really
fascinating book, having read it back in my entirely Neanderthal
years.

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The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook