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  1. 28th June 2021, 08:11 AM #5221
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    Don't talk to me about lending aircraft Books! By pure chance I found a brand new Lancaster Hardcover book on an ABC book stall. A4 Size with oodles of B&W images of the time. Excellent price as well.


    So what did I do? Being tre tre generous beyond belie,f I loaned it to an ex RAAF Lanc crew member client of mine. Never had time to even note my contact details in it. Time went on & I think he probably died, house cleared, no name or phone no. so bye bye book.


    I had it for so short a time so never even recorded the title of it. Have you ever tried to locate a book that you don't know the title of? Bloody difficult I can assure you. Searches turn up thousands but you never recognise the title.

    Only in special circumstances will I lend a book these days & only to special people. Then they have to forcibly be fitted with Prison GPS Bracelets.
    All my books now I stamp my name & contact details in side the front & back covers . Have lost too many LR books over the years . The last guy who borrowed one took me 5years to get back , kept telling me he had put in the post time after time . Trouble was I live in Brisbane & he moved to Rockhampton . Ended up telling him to order a new one & get it derived to me, mine turned up a week later.
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  2. 28th June 2021, 11:31 AM #5222
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1950landy View Post
    All my books now I stamp my name & contact details in side the front & back covers . Have lost too many LR books over the years . The last guy who borrowed one took me 5years to get back , kept telling me he had put in the post time after time . Trouble was I live in Brisbane & he moved to Rockhampton . Ended up telling him to order a new one & get it derived to me, mine turned up a week later.




    Thanks.
    A good idea, but the only drawback I can see is that some folk would think those details were in a "Market Sale" of S/H books. But if it just gets just one good book back to you I suppose it is worth it.
    I have bought books in the past which contained details & thought they may have been from a Deceased estate but were they Kosher????

    EDIT.
    Some of the inscription details were either a Father giving his son a book, or Vice versa. Some were a tad touching.

    Best thing is to become a hard bastard & don't lend them in the first place.

    I recall a saying from somewhere "To lend a book is to lose a Friend" but I have never worked out which friend it was,
    The Borrower, or the Book.
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  4. 28th June 2021, 03:38 PM #5224
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post

    Fantastic stuff Ian.

    My olde Teacher's dream come true. She actually said to me in grade 4 I think it was (it was a Lifetime ago)

    "One day someone will invent a machine that can write better than you".


    Little did she know someone already had.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    Fantastic stuff Ian.

    My olde Teacher's dream come true. She actually said to me in grade 4 I think it was (it was a Lifetime ago)

    "One day someone will invent a machine that can write better than you".


    Little did she know someone already had.
    Only just.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Only just.

    A pity we don't have a bare backside smiley here or I would give you a double moony for that, Ian.
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    One of the boys sent me this,hopefully it works..
    Its a set up for sure,rats are never this docile.

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    Those rodents look a bit doughey, taken a bait maybe.
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  9. 28th June 2021, 07:11 PM #5229
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    Am I the only one to never have seen or heard of a fractal vice?

    Rare Antique Fractal Vise [Restoration] - YouTube
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  10. 28th June 2021, 07:50 PM #5230
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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Am I the only one to never have seen or heard of a fractal vice?

    Rare Antique Fractal Vise [Restoration] - YouTube
    Me too. Looks interesting though
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