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Hello All! I'm back, hope you missed me!
<p>catherine@cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:<tt></tt>
<p><tt>However, now he</tt>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>realises what I am like, everytime I come home
with new books, he</tt>
<br><tt>says "Not more books - haven't you got enough yet?" It also
took me</tt>
<br><tt>a long time to train him to appreciate that they had a place in
our</tt>
<br><tt>house. It took me four years to actually get a bookcase into
the</tt>
<br><tt>house - prior to that he wanted them stored in boxes, under the</tt>
<br><tt>stairs or in the garage. It was one of the few times I put
my foot</tt>
<br><tt>down. I don't think that enjoying the sight of a well stocked</tt>
<br><tt>bookcase is unusual though - is it? I find it very satisfying.</tt></blockquote>
<p><br>My partner is the same way. I believe that books are my vice/addiction,
whatever you want to call them. I read almost everything, except textbooks.
When we go out, I'm always saying "let's go to the bookstore", and he replies
"you and bookstores, dear god, you already have enough, why do you need
more?"
<p>We even had a blowup about Harry Potter. He doesn't want me to talk
about it anymore. Sigh. He says that, and I quote, "Harry Potter means
nothing to me. The books were nice, but sheesh, give it up!". I was very
upset.
<p>Either way, we worked out our differences on that. He'll put up with
my reading, and I'll tolerate is anal retentivness. Fair trade, don't you
think?
<p>Hugs<br>
Jamieson
<br>--
<p>"Many that live deserve death.
<br>And some that die deserve life.
<br>Can you give it to them? Then
<br>do not be too eager to deal out death
<br>in judgement." - Gandalf (The Fellowship
<br>of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien)
<p>--
<p>Transported to a surreal landscape,
<br>a young girl kills the first woman she
<br>meets and thenteams up with three complete
<br>strangers to kill again. - Marin County
<br>newspaper's TV listing for
<br>The Wizard of Oz
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