Annoyance of the Day (yesterday): Why, oh why, would you package a book printed in 1887 in a Tyvek envelope (the thin wrinkly envelopes used by FedEx, etc), with no bubble wrap or anything like that? After I paid like, $4 for shipping?
The book survived, not too much worse for the wear (it was hardly in mint condition to start with), but still. I mean, I send out $0.75 paperbacks in bubble wrap.
Also, eBay's new detailed ratings do not include packaging, only time to ship.
# posted by David : Friday, July 06, 2007 8:08:00 AM
"Elsie's Friends at Woodburn", by Martha Finley. It's part of a series that my Granny started me reading, and that I really really enjoy. I'm trying to collect all of them in a specific binding.
They were revised and republished in paperback recently, but I hate the revisions. I think it sacrificed all the history and charm of these books to achieve some measure of political correctness.
Here's the wikipedia page on the series... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_dinsmore
I think I'm only missing 4 or 5 books at this point.
# posted by Deedee : Friday, July 06, 2007 8:15:00 AM
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
