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This at my local B & N for over a year: (But I don’t know if the circuit is live.)
Looks like a receptacle that has been removed from the floor outlet. I looks like the wires are still connected.I can't load the pic, what am I looking at?
Looks like a mobile on the floor?
Not according to Wiki.Like Tom mentioned, it appears to be a floor box that's had its innards ripped out and placed perfectly in the path for stepping on with bare feet...not unlike those fresh dog turds that have also been placed perfectly in your yard for when you mow the grass.![]()
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As an aside...is this Nobel guy the same one that invented dynamite?
For the next generation..........(that can't read?)At least it's a good sign in general with more bookstores opening up!
There are more Starbucks Shops in the USA than there are libraries. (Heard on TV.)For the next generation..........(that can't read?)
And/or just don't see any benefit in reading sadly.For the next generation..........(that can't read?)
I had a Polish coworker before I retired. He left Poland when it was still under t Russian domination.Aside from giving the daughters of one of my work colleagues a large amount of books they absolutely loved, very few people the missus and I know bother to read books at all, and even if gifted, likely wouldn't look at it ever.
It's sad really, I think books are such an important part of developing comprehension skills as well as fostering the imagination, especially when young, but reading just seems "out of fashion" these days for the most part.
I couldn't imagine growing up as a kid without reading everything from Enid Blyton to Frank and James Herbert, Stephen King, etc. Not to mention the obligatory "Lord of the Flies", "1984" and "Romeo and Juliet" in school ;-)
I didn't enjoy the Shakespeare stuff generally as they were a bit of a dry read, kind of like reading original Charles Dickens books printed in the 1800's, but one I did enjoy early on was another mandatory book for a couple years in high school, "One day in the life of Ivan Denosivich", which was a truly great book.I had a Polish coworker before I retired. He left Poland when it was still under t Russian domination.
I asked him what was the first thing he did when he landed here. He said he asked where there was a bookstore, and when he got there he bought Lord of the Flies, and he read it that night.
He had read the book in Poland, but as mimeographed sheets stapled together. He didn’t have the whole book, just a couple of chapters at a time which got passed around (and hidden when not being read).
By contrast Lord of the Flies was required reading that I might not have read otherwise. (I’ve read more of the classics—and most of Shakespeare as an adult—but not so much in high school.)
I struggled to read Moby Dick—tried 4 times.I didn't enjoy the Shakespeare stuff generally as they were a bit of a dry read, kind of like reading original Charles Dickens books printed in the 1800's, but one I did enjoy early on was another mandatory book for a couple years in high school, "One day in the life of Ivan Denosivich", which was a truly great book.
I blame books entirely for why I now have so many interests and hobbies! ;-)
AND THIS ^^^^^ is how many of the Outdoor Book Boxes work around us here in our part of Chicago. Books flow to and from the boxes. My wife comments on how a book will make the rounds from box to box to box. Some people also dump books that no one apparently wants to read in a box, and they're there for months unless someone else does some 'Editing" and removes the book to make space for some OTHER book....We saved a book box that was in front of a house being demolished, the Contractor actually posted a sign on the box for someone to save it since they knew it would be trashed otherwise. So, I dug up the 4 x 4 post after removing the box from the post- took the whole affair home and did some rebuilding on it. New coats of paint, new door made of MDO, with fresh plexi-glass, and now it sits in front of our house.Many years ago, before digital books, my book shelf was getting overwhelmed. I decided to gift some of my popular fiction.
For every 5 books I gave away, I was gifted 10 in response. So the process was futile.
Luckily, my niece, mother and sister were avid readers and they did not feel obligated to gift me in return (and some of the books I got in return were worth my time and got read).
After that, I gave away one book at a time with instructions, “When you are done reading it give it to someone with these same instructions. Whatever you do, do not return it to me.”
That worked better. They did not feel guilty if they gave the book away and none came back to me.