I've already had Christy & Tom sort through my science fiction, and I've set aside a GKChesterton that was previously promised.
I don't have my complete list yet, but if anyone is interested in any of the following authors, give me a heads-up here. You can have the books for the price of postage (and if you are a starving student, I probably could be persuaded to chip in on postage, too).
Whatever doesn't find a home here will find one at Goodwill. I'll update with a more complete list this weekend, including ID on edition #s.
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-Tolkien -OSC -Laurel K Hamilton -Margaret Atwood -JK Rowling -Marion Zimmer Bradley -Octavia Butler (but Noemon would have first dibs on these) -Sci-fi short story collections (various authors) -Cordwainer Smith -Vegetarian/natural foods cookbooks -Feminist literature (e.g., Letters to Ms Magazine, hardcover copy) -Sheri Tepper -Walt Wangerin -Charles DeLint
And a whole lot more that I cannot remember.
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Edited to add:
-medical learning resources (first dibs to any nursing, osteopathic, or medical students) -philosophy texts (classic references, current topics, and/or teaching materials) -political history (mainly US, e.g., The Founding Brothers)
-old paperback editions of Heinlein -early paperback Star Trek novels -Asimov (fiction and non-fiction) -Lois McMaster Bujold (first dibs to Tatiana, though) -Children's books (some classics, many recent that have to do with going to the doctor, potty-training, or other developmental steps) -Year's Best in Fantasy and Horror (large paperbacks, 3? editions)
-some Stephen King -lots of Gene Wolfe
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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I'd love the cookbooks.
Are these repeats you're getting rid of? I never been able to give away books.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Dibs on non-Ender OSC stuff!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
erosomniac, you will have first refusal on all OSC. Same for Dagonee and the cookbooks.
I'm paring down my life to achieve a more stark simplicity, which means getting rid of scores of boxes of books. Many are already gone. I'm hoping that this will encourage me to focus more on the ones I really really really love and really want to read (or reread) -- which is limited to one small box.
The displaced energy that returns to my soul with shedding my possessions may well send me into orbit. I'm on a let-it-go high. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'm interested in Margaret Atwood, the Sci-Fi short stories, and/or Feminist stuff. And will happily pay for shipping, in cash or chocolate.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Margaret Atwood, and any Butler Noemon refuses!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'd love to peruse your Tepper. I only have Grass.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
If you have a spare Maps in a Mirror I'll take it, assuming Erosomniac will let it thorugh waivers...
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:If you have a spare Maps in a Mirror I'll take it, assuming Erosomniac will let it thorugh waivers...
Already own that one, so if she has it, I'm passing. Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Dibs on the Charles de Lint!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
*keeping notes
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Adding to list:
-medical learning resources (first dibs to any nursing, osteopathic, or medical students) -philosophy texts (classic references, current topics, and/or teaching materials) -political history (mainly US, e.g., The Founding Brothers)
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I'm interested in whatever sci fi short story collections and cookbooks that make it through waivers.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(Noted! )
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Ohh, do you have biographies? I'm definately interested in biographies.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Dibs on any deLint that Stray doesn't want!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yes, I'll list them out this weekend. Also craft books (knitting, crocheting, origami, drying flowers, etc.) and Shakespeare/Beckett/other plays.
Adding all this to 1st post.
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Also, sometime in the next month I'll be clearing out a storage unit in Peoria, Illinois (don't ask ), and there are 30+ boxes of books there. If they are still in usable condition, I'll do another iteration of this.
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
What philosophy have you got? Any teaching materials or anything on philosophy of religion, ethics or philosophy of mind would be very cool.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
By the way, if you want to offer up either that Maureen McHugh collection or the William Sanders collection, feel free to do so without fear of hurt feelings on my part; I wanted you to have the opportunity to read them, but I understand that you're paring down.
Thanks for the offer on Butler's stuff, by the way. Virtually my entire collection of her stuff is falling apart from repeated rereading, so I could definitely use new copies of a lot of it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
- 3rd (4th?) on any OSC - JK Rowling - I'm missing some of those, but I have books 1, 5, 6 - Octavia Butler (after Noem, et al. ) - Sci-fi short story collections - please!
I'd also like any books you have on knitting, crocheting, and especially origami. My daughter would love them.
And I'm MORE than happy to pay for shipping!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
( at Noemon. I have some brand-new Butler just recently out. Titles are at home.)
amira, I have those three topics and some logic resources, too. Here are the titles for things currently in my office, mostly bioethics. Some I'll probably decide to keep, but most will go.
-Daniel Callahan -- Setting Limits, as well as The Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of a Peaceful Death -James Rachels -- The End of Life -Wittgenstein -- On Rules and Private Language -Norman Daniels -- Just Health Care -Richard Rorty -- Consequences of Pragmatism -Ronald Dworkin -- Life's Dominion: And Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom Johnathon Glover -- Causing Death and Saving Lives
Textbooks/Compilations -Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues -Arguing Euthanasia: The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, and the "Right to Die" -Cuttin' the Body Loose: Hiostorical, Biological and Personal Approaches to Death and Dying -Marketplace Medicine: The Rise of the For-Profit Hospital Chains -Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research -The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers -Matter and Consciousness (ed., Churchland) -The Experience of Philosophy (4th ed.)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
rivka, noted.
Noemon, I'm keeping those for now. But thanks!
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
-Margaret Atwood -JK Rowling -Sci-fi short story collections (various authors) -Vegetarian/natural foods cookbooks
I haven't read any Harry Potter, but apparently I need to because all the kids read it(and the holds on them at the library are CRAZY!). I'm always interested in any sci-fi short story collections. Margaret Atwood just sounds interesting to me. I'm also always interested in vegetarian/vegan cookbooks (hopefully you have favorite recipes marked!).
I live in an intentional community so the books will be shared with others after I read them.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Fledgling, I assume? It's a very good book, although she doesn't really go beyond her other books in terms of her explorations of the common Butler ideas. I find myself wishing that she hadn't gotten writer's block with the third Parable book; I suspect that she'd have broken new ground with it. Or maybe, you know, not.
In any case, if you're offering up Fledgling it's Kasie H's if she wants it.
Taking Sides and Cuttin' the Body Loose both look like interesting reads, if you decide to part with them.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Do you happen to have any of Dozois' Year's Best anthologies? If so, and if others haven't already laid claim to them, I may be interested; I'm trying to complete my collection of them.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Noted, JonnyNotSoBravo. I donate postage costs to intentional communities, regardless. (Part of the deal, so no backtalk.)
Noemon, I don't know for sure whether I do, but if so, they'd be in Peoria.
Adding: -old paperback editions of Heinlein -early paperback Star Trek novels -Asimov (fiction and non-fiction) -Lois McMaster Bujold (first dibs to Tatiana, though) -Children's books (some classics, many recent that have to do with going to the doctor, potty-training, or other developmental steps) -Year's Best in Fantasy and Horror (large paperbacks, 3? editions) <---[assuming Noemon wanted Year's Best for sci-fi]
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
I'll take anything that hasn't been spoken for, that you think my homeschool library could benefit from. Anything I can't use I'll donate to the other families in my support group.
edit: and child development stuff would be great...Boo is just getting ready to potty train...
edit2: and I LOVE Asimov...I only have Robot Dreams.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Are they edited by Dozois? If so I'd be interested in them (if others aren't), but yeah, it is his SF anthologies that I'm trying to get a complete set of.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I would love to get ahold of some of those Asimov fiction, that would be great.
Also, I've been hearing some good things about Heinlein, so I would love an oportunity to check that out.
And, If I'm not being to greedy, if Hart's Hope is in your collection and there were an act of god and no one else wanted it, I would be willing to do some pretty gross stuff to get it.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I'll take any left over Bujold, as well as any crochet or knitting books rivka doesn't want.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I missed the bit where you said that you were going to be hanging on to the McHugh and Sanders books, CT. Glad to hear that they were interesting enough/looked like they'd be interesting enough to take with you.
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
If you don't mind me slightly hijacking your thread, CT, I also have a few OSC books that I have duplicates of and have been looking to unload. I'd be more than happy to give up my paperback copies of Songmaster, Memory of Earth, Call of Earth, and Homebody if anyone is interested. If there are any serious collectors out there, I also have three old analog magazines from the 70's with OSC stories in them I'd be glad to give up. (Not the one with Ender's game in it, though)
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
quote:Octavia Butler (but Noemon would have first dibs on these) Sci-fi short story collections (various authors) philosophy texts (classic references, current topics, and/or teaching materials)
I'll take any of those three that no one else has claimed.
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
CT, which Tolkien books do you have? I'm ready to call dibs, but I want to know...
Thanks Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I'll trade macadamia nuts for craft books.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
I'm interested in the Asimov, Heinlein, and Star Trek.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
What sort of medical texts do you have?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Was the Rowling called? I don't have 2 or three (or 4 hard cover). Hard or soft cover is fine with me, I'm just trying to collect YA and childrens lit for my future classroom.
Edit to add: Of the other authors I'm familiar with I don't think any of those books really would be appropriate (we're talking less than 6th grade here) but if they are let me know.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
Dibs on any Charles de Lint that Spray doesn't want and Noemon doesn't want!
Also, the Cordwainer Smith I have to call dibs on even though it's for my boyfriend and while I should be using that as an incentive for him to post more on Hatack and call it himself, I am feeling nice today.
EDIT: You live in WI? I will have a car this summer and can literally pick them or whatever I can claim from the next installment up so don't worry about postage.
[ May 04, 2006, 07:06 PM: Message edited by: Kristen ]
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
What kind of medical stuff do you have, CT? I do peds, ob, and neonatal. I love technical books.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I want any Asimov left over, especially his non-ficion stuff, I already have the foundation series, and I'm not particularily interested in robot series.
Now Can I have dibbs on the Worthing Saga, thats the one with that civilization type game in it right? That or Alvin maker whichever was it.
What do i have to do to get em?
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'm interested in your extra Shakespeare. Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I'd be interested to see the philosophy, political history, definitely the plays, and also the Asimov.
Also, since I'll be back in WI shortly, I may be able to save massively on postage. Woo!
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I'm interested in the philosophy, Bujold, short story sf, plays other than shakespeare, and craftbooks (knitting, origami, drying flowers)
This is awesome Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
i want free books!!!
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Any of the craft books or shakespeare left, I'll take.
Ni!
Posted by Coatesie (Member # 9202) on :
quote:Also, the Cordwainer Smith I have to call dibs on even though it's for my boyfriend and while I should be using that as an incentive for him to post more on Hatack and call it himself, I am feeling nice today.
"She got the which of the what-she-did, Hid the bell with a blot she did, But she fell in love with a hominid, Where is the which of the what-she-did?" --From The Ballad of Lost C'mell
Yeah, you're right, I would post more on Hatrack if it meant not having to pay $2.95 for books by Cordwainer Smith! :-)
I'd ask about the collections, but I'm sure they're already spoken for and there's no guarantee I don't have them already.
The Rorty book, though, I'd be interested in. In five years of judging debate I heard people read quotations from Rorty time and again but never sat down and read the whole thing myself.
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
Depending on which ones you have I'd be interested in the Laurell K Hamilton, if no one else has asked.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Jeni, Dibs on your OSC books. I have none of them. I just must figure how much it will cost to send them to Brazil. But I'm willing to pay!
I'll PM you this weekend, ok?
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Marion Zimmer Bradley and old Heinlein books and some craft books for me, please.
Oh, and I've got The Memory of Earth but not the others in that series, Jeni, if you haven't found anyone interested in your duplicates.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I took too long to post.
That's okay, Eduardo can have them - I've got a discount card at B. Dalton now. (I always put that off, but finally decided to go ahead and get it.)
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
Sounds good, Eduardo. My email is in my profile. The analog magazines too, or just the books?
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Yes, CT, I'll take the Bujold! I gave all mine away a couple of years ago to someone who wanted to read her.
I've been wanting an out of date Harrison's (is that what it's called?) medical reference book to read, and Joey promised me one a couple of times, but he's very absent minded, and always forgets. If you happen to have one or something similar from some earlier year that you can't use, I would love it. I've got the book on cats, but I need one for the humans in the family too.
All that's going to cost at least $30 to send. How about I paypal you that much, and if there's any left over (or if all the books are gone already), you use it to fund someone else's shipment? I love to see books find a good home. If that's not enough, let me know and I'll send more.
What is your paypal-linked email address?
[ May 04, 2006, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: Tatiana ]
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I'm totally gonna do this with my own book collection. I want them to find good homes, because I can't bear to think of them being trashed, but there is a lot of stuff that I will almost certainly never read again that someone else could be getting some use out of before they rot. Books are for reading! Not for mouldering on the shelf!
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Tatiana, if you have any books appropriate for 5 to 12 year olds (which is unlikely but possible), I'd be interested.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Yo! Tatiana, since everyone dibbed all the books give them to me!!!!! I love books! Books are very happy in my apartment.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
I'm still a good ways from med school (so Nikki, among others, should get first dibs) but if you have anything undergraduate-level, I could use some summer reading. Organic chem, molec/cell bio, physics, anything along those lines?
And... heh, wow, you're generous, I thought this was about free e-books. Which, btw, if you're interested in...
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: -early paperback Star Trek novels
How early? Like, do you have the two Blish books I'm missing? Or do you mean some of the earlier ones from Pocket? Any chance you could name a few titles and/or publication years? I have most of 'em up through about 1991, but almost no paperbacks from after that.
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: In any case, if you're offering up Fledgling it's Kasie H's if she wants it.
*hopeful*
quote:Originally posted by Jeni: I'd be more than happy to give up my paperback copies of Songmaster, Memory of Earth, Call of Earth, and Homebody if anyone is interested.
Songmaster, please, please!
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
can i have the rest of those OSC books? PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSE?!?!?!?!?!?!
*needs to have every book that doesn't suck.*
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Syn, I'll list authors and maybe titles for fiction, and subject matter for non-fiction, and anything that sounds interesting to you, I'll be delighted to send. I have a 4 bedroom house now, and still have way more books than I can manage here, so I have to find some way to reach equilibrium. Ceasing to buy more doesn't seem to be an option, so that leaves finding homes for some I already have. If I built a new floor to ceiling bookcase in my downstairs hall, it would probably just about give me room for the ones I have now.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
By the way, CT, you gave me dibs on the Bujold probably because I recommended her to you, (thanks), so in the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that it was Survivor (Richard Chiu) who recommended her to me, along with Mark Salzman (who is my favorite living writer now), and Watership Down, which is one of my favorite novels. So it's his good taste and not mine that you should thank.
He also recommended C.J.Cherryh, and I haven't gotten around to reading her yet. I really need to do that. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Watership Down! I keep meaning to read that . . . *revives mental note*
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I'd be interested in just about anything I also need a shelf though... A lot of shelves... Gonna make me a library.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
rivka, I have at least one copy of Watership Down. It'll go in your stack. I have some J Blish books, but I won't get to titles until this weekend.
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Edited to add:
Tatiana, also because you like her. I want the books to have good homes!
Syn, the cheapest sturdy shelves I know of can be handmade from cement blocks or bricks layered with inexpensive planks.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I should read that book. It's about rabbits and I have a rabbit.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I will take Homebody if no one else has dibs.....
It is one of the few OSC books I have not read.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: rivka, I have at least one copy of Watership Down. It'll go in your stack. I have some J Blish books, but I won't get to titles until this weekend.
Double Yay!
Um, when you say weekend, you mean Saturday . . . ?
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tatiana:
He also recommended C.J.Cherryh, and I haven't gotten around to reading her yet. I really need to do that.
IMO Bujold is much much better. Although Cherryh's Foreigner series has some really interesting and well conceived aliens.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I generally like children's books (as a matter of fact, I love books), I'll sure have a close look on your list once it's published Edit (LJ code is different from Hatrack code)
[ May 05, 2006, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: Anna ]
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Jeni, only the books, not the magazines, thanks. Now...does anyone know what would be the easiest way to transfer the money to Jeni so that she can send me the books?
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
What about Paypal? I never used but saw it mentioned a lot on Ebay.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Um, when you say weekend, you mean Saturday . . . ?
It will be at least a week before I can get everything boxed and weighed, so there is no rush. I'll have a more thorough list up by this Monday, updated with "claimants" -- and people can start to pick and choose.
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Adding: Stephen King and Gene Wolfe (lots of the latter)
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
Could I have dibs on the Wittgenstein and the Churchland? Also, what children's books do you have?
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
CT, dear, I have zillions of book (may follow your generous example one of these day) but do you need any help packing this spring? I could come up some weekend.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Wolfe? I would *love* first dibs on your Wolfe collection!
::thinks::
Am I being greedy here?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Okay, an hour has passed without anyone else posting in the thread at all. My jumping on the Wolfe books is now officially not greedy. Nope, not at all. That's my rationalization, and I'm sticking with it.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
kmboots, what an awesome offer. I would take you up on a night out instead? *smile
I'm mostly pitching stuff, but I would love a little company.
Noemon, I would love for you to have my Wolfe. That would be cool. (And no, you are not being greedy. Officially. )
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
Do you know which Laurell K Hamilton books you have? I have some of her books so I wouldn't want duplicates but if you have ones I don't have (early Anita Blake or Merry Gentry) I'd love to have them.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
I'll take some of the stephen king, especially if they're Dark Tower.
Ni!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
I love children's books, too, the ones that are good. I sort of think any book that is a good children's book is first of all a good book, so people of all ages should be able to like it.
My nieces taught me that some books that are well beloved by children can be the type that don't appeal to adults, though. The Berenstain Bears (which I didn't read as a kid myself) I've always thought were too didactic and preachy. However, I saw that all three of my nieces truly loved them, with a real love. I think children must crave to know what is right and what is wrong. They have a yearning to know the rules. The preachiness of it never bothered them. So maybe my principle of good kids books being good for adults too is not a universal.
On the other hand, the girls taught me to appreciate a lot of things I never thought I would. I actually love Barney, now. Mary loved him so much when she was little, that I caught it from her. I got him. I understand now what's so good about him. But then she grew older and the older kids made fun of him and so she bowed to peer pressure and turned against him too. I am totally loyal to him still, though. I think Barney rocks! I used to get back to the hotel from working 14 hour night shifts on this one start-up I did that lasted for months, and I would strip off my hard hat and steel-toed boots, change out of my filthy jeans and shirt, and kick back and catch Barney on the tube before I slept. He's the .... dinosaur! Let go of your adult cynicism! Be pure and innocent again, small and uncertain in a world of big people, and greatly needing of love and reassurance and understanding! Do these things, my friends, and you shall know of the greatness of Barney! Barney is our friend.
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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I too love children's books and young adult books better than most adult books.
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
CT, you never told us where to send the postage. <nudge>
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hi!
Just life busy. Once I get titles up, I can estimate postage, and PayPal would be great. Don't send anything yet!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Noeman, you ARE greedy, I don't care what she says.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Hey, CT, I just realized my address will have changed from when I sent it to you. I'll make sure you get the address with the paypal stuff.
Also, if you need a contribution to cover any poor struggling student postage, let us know. I'm sure there are people here besides me who would be happy to contribute to book distribution. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I loved the mod of Castle Wolfenstin, where you get to use a chain gun on multiple Barney's. Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Kwea, alas, you wound me sir! Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Why, are you purple? Of so then it probebly WAS me wounding you. A chain gun will do that. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Tatiana, I just say you post in another thread and wanted to tell you that I'm finally getting around to typing out my titles. Will try to finish up and post in the morning. Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Yay! I haven't even started on mine yet.
When are you moving, CT? I need to know for unrelated reasons. It's not in the next 2 weeks I hope?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*breathes sigh of relief*
I didn't miss my chance!
(I'm not really here! My finger slipped!
>_> <_<
Of course, once my browser was pointing here ANYWAY . . .
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