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Subject: Re: [Meta] Wait, you sort your books how???
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:28:04 -0700
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:57:51 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
<mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

>On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:32:33 -0400, Tony Nance wrote:
>
>> More signs of madness in this crazy world:
>>=20
>> I just ran across the results of a poll that asked 29,000 Americans
>> about their book-owning habits, and friends, I am shocked =97 shocked!=
 =97
>> to report that there are people who have absolutely no organizational
>> system whatsoever. Worse =97 worse, I tell you =97 there are some who =
sort
>> their books by color. Color!
>>=20
>> Here=92s a link to the main source (published in October):
>> https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/47712-how-many-books-
>americans-own-and-how-they-organize-them
>>=20
>> Tony
>
>
>Then there are people who heard about this, evidently,
>and tried it out.
>https://wapo.st/463w5h9

It's guarded by a dragon. Even being referred by "a WaPo reader" isn't
enough, it wants /my/ email for "free" viewing.

Here's a clue, WaPo: if I have to give you something to get something,
it ain't free.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"