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Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no. Oh no. I may have done that in the distant past.

Lynn

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In article <10bk17n$j9nv$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no. Oh no. I may have done that in the distant past.

IIRC, a biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs has him stating "Anybody who dog-ears books probably kick dogs, beat their children, and have other
bad habits."
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no. Oh no. I may have done that in the distant past.

Shame on you!
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no. Oh no. I may have done that in the distant past.

I haven't, so far as I can recall.
I also don't underline text in printed books.
I just destroy the binding if it isn't really really well done.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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On 10/2/2025 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no. Oh no. I may have done that in the distant past.

I haven't, so far as I can recall.

I also don't underline text in printed books.

I just destroy the binding if it isn't really really well done.

I have destroyed many bindings. Both technical hardbacks (you really
hate to hear that creak on a $250 book) and MMPBs. I keep the technical hardbacks (I have about 3,000 books in my technical library) but try to
weasel a new MMPB out of the MMPB publisher.

Lynn

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On 10/2/25 12:25, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 10/2/2025 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
-a-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no.-a Oh no.-a I may have done that in the distant past.

I haven't, so far as I can recall.

I also don't underline text in printed books.

I just destroy the binding if it isn't really really well done.

I have destroyed many bindings.-a Both technical hardbacks (you really
hate to hear that creak on a $250 book) and MMPBs.-a I keep the technical hardbacks (I have about 3,000 books in my technical library) but try to weasel a new MMPB out of the MMPB publisher.

Lynn

Ha!
I certainly fold corners of pages to mark note worthy passages
in books I own.
And I will underline, or circle, or block out good points.
If I own them, and it makes it easier for me to remember
and find these passages again, WHY NOT?

Do some self righteous people here really think you get a
bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted
old books is pristine condition? >

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a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> writes:

On 10/2/25 12:25, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 10/2/2025 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
-a-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no.-a Oh no.-a I may have done that in the distant past.

I haven't, so far as I can recall.

I also don't underline text in printed books.

I just destroy the binding if it isn't really really well done.

I have destroyed many bindings.-a Both technical hardbacks (you really
hate to hear that creak on a $250 book) and MMPBs.-a I keep the technical >> hardbacks (I have about 3,000 books in my technical library) but try to
weasel a new MMPB out of the MMPB publisher.

Lynn

Ha!
I certainly fold corners of pages to mark note worthy passages
in books I own.
And I will underline, or circle, or block out good points.
If I own them, and it makes it easier for me to remember
and find these passages again, WHY NOT?

Do some self righteous people here really think you get a
bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted
old books is pristine condition?

Do you enjoy asking strawman questions?
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On 10/3/2025 12:22 PM, a425couple wrote:

On 10/2/25 12:25, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 10/2/2025 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
-a-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no.-a Oh no.-a I may have done that in the distant past.

I haven't, so far as I can recall.

I also don't underline text in printed books.

I just destroy the binding if it isn't really really well done.

I have destroyed many bindings.-a Both technical hardbacks (you really
hate to hear that creak on a $250 book) and MMPBs.-a I keep the
technical hardbacks (I have about 3,000 books in my technical library)
but try to weasel a new MMPB out of the MMPB publisher.

Lynn

Ha!
I certainly fold corners of pages to mark note worthy passages
in books I own.
And I will underline, or circle, or block out good points.
If I own them, and it makes it easier for me to remember
and find these passages again, WHY NOT?

Do some self righteous people here really think you get a
bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted
old books is pristine condition? >

I do write notes in my technical books. One of my guys used to write
notes in pencil, I write in blue ink. If I found something of
importance, I want to know it for the future as I may refer to it again.

Lynn

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a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

Do some self righteous people here really think you get a
bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted
old books is pristine condition? >

Yes. Books are sacred, like forests, and we only borrow them until the
next owner comes along. Take care of them.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 10/3/2025 12:22 PM, a425couple wrote:

On 10/2/25 12:25, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 10/2/2025 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:59:48 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

Pearls Before Swine: Rat has a new job in Hell
-a-a-a https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/10/01

Oh no.-a Oh no.-a I may have done that in the distant past.

I haven't, so far as I can recall.

I also don't underline text in printed books.

I just destroy the binding if it isn't really really well done.

I have destroyed many bindings.-a Both technical hardbacks (you really
hate to hear that creak on a $250 book) and MMPBs.-a I keep the
technical hardbacks (I have about 3,000 books in my technical
library) but try to weasel a new MMPB out of the MMPB publisher.

Lynn

Ha!
I certainly fold corners of pages to mark note worthy passages
in books I own.
And I will underline, or circle, or block out good points.
If I own them, and it makes it easier for me to remember
and find these passages again, WHY NOT?

Do some self righteous people here really think you get a
bonus in Heaven if your heirs find your now unwanted
old books is pristine condition? >

I do write notes in my technical books.-a One of my guys used to write
notes in pencil, I write in blue ink.-a If I found something of
importance, I want to know it for the future as I may refer to it again.

I had forgotten that I used to annotate chess books in pencil,
questioning lines I didn't understand, suggesting improvements.

It's a good way to get better, but on rereading those books lately I've
come to understand just how bad a player I then was. Of course, there
are the notes I can't read. Maybe those are brilliant.

I also made notes in some history books. It's interesting how often
they are simply defending previous convictions while refusing to deal
with the author's argument. I had a lot to learn.

William Hyde
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 17:51:35 -0400, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
wrote:
<snippo, treatment of books>

I had forgotten that I used to annotate chess books in pencil,
questioning lines I didn't understand, suggesting improvements.

It's a good way to get better, but on rereading those books lately I've
come to understand just how bad a player I then was. Of course, there
are the notes I can't read. Maybe those are brilliant.

I kept notes in every lecture course. I would review them before
Finals.
But when I tried to reduce them to typewritten form over the summer
... I found them unreadable.
I doubt that they were ever brilliant, however.
In time, I came to realize the Awful Truth: simply /writing down/ the
notes was enough. It served to focus my attention on what the
instructor was saying.
This is akin to another observation: I do my best work when I am
slightly tired. When I am wide awake I am too likely to be distracted.
/gnothi seauton/ indeed!
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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Paul S Person wrote:

On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 17:51:35 -0400, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
wrote:

<snippo, treatment of books>

I had forgotten that I used to annotate chess books in pencil,
questioning lines I didn't understand, suggesting improvements.

It's a good way to get better, but on rereading those books lately I've
come to understand just how bad a player I then was. Of course, there
are the notes I can't read. Maybe those are brilliant.

I kept notes in every lecture course. I would review them before
Finals.

But when I tried to reduce them to typewritten form over the summer
... I found them unreadable.

I doubt that they were ever brilliant, however.

In time, I came to realize the Awful Truth: simply /writing down/ the
notes was enough. It served to focus my attention on what the
instructor was saying.

This is akin to another observation: I do my best work when I am
slightly tired. When I am wide awake I am too likely to be distracted.

I don't do cryptic crosswords well, but I do them significantly better
when tired or distracted. My guess is that when I am alert this shuts
down, or I pay no attention to, some intuitive process that works better
than conscious thought in some cases.

In chess it is well known that "the move your hand wants to play" is
often better than the move your mind decides on. But alas, the other decisions you have to make in a chess game are more important on the
whole, so it is best to play when awake, unless you are the late IM
Nickoloff, who would play quite well after 36 hours without sleep.

William Hyde
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