Comments on: Help the Aged (or one of those) http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/help-the-aged-or-one-of-those/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Sat, 19 May 2012 08:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/help-the-aged-or-one-of-those/comment-page-1/#comment-111191 Mark Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:58:35 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=3288#comment-111191 Friend of mine was in an Oxfam bookstore the other week. He wondered aloud to the gent beside him why there weren't any browning pulp paperbacks with questionable covers and short WHSmith shelf lives about. Said gent allowed that he knew the answer, and told my friend that such books were either dumped in the bin if they were beyond a certain age or, in some shops, sent for pulping. I was saddened to hear this and it's made me think twice about donating such paperbacks now, I must admit. Friend of mine was in an Oxfam bookstore the other week. He wondered aloud to the gent beside him why there weren’t any browning pulp paperbacks with questionable covers and short WHSmith shelf lives about. Said gent allowed that he knew the answer, and told my friend that such books were either dumped in the bin if they were beyond a certain age or, in some shops, sent for pulping. I was saddened to hear this and it’s made me think twice about donating such paperbacks now, I must admit.

]]> By: Thomas http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/help-the-aged-or-one-of-those/comment-page-1/#comment-111147 Thomas Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:33:07 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=3288#comment-111147 Enjoyable. Thanks John. Enjoyable. Thanks John.

]]> By: Jim Murdoch http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/help-the-aged-or-one-of-those/comment-page-1/#comment-111145 Jim Murdoch Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:52:13 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=3288#comment-111145 There is actually a nice - and large - Oxfam bookshop in the west end of Glasgow that I do frequent when in the area. You're right, it is a bit on the dear side but the selection is actually excellent and I rarely come out without something. But all of the charity shops in my area are claustrophobic affairs. I went into a couple the last time I was down the town and I can't have stayed more than 3 minutes in each one. I find the area makes all the difference to the quality of the books. Suffice to say you don't see much Camus or Sartre in my neck of the woods. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Jim. You don't see much Camus or Sartre in Paris these days. There is actually a nice – and large – Oxfam bookshop in the west end of Glasgow that I do frequent when in the area. You’re right, it is a bit on the dear side but the selection is actually excellent and I rarely come out without something. But all of the charity shops in my area are claustrophobic affairs. I went into a couple the last time I was down the town and I can’t have stayed more than 3 minutes in each one. I find the area makes all the difference to the quality of the books. Suffice to say you don’t see much Camus or Sartre in my neck of the woods.

jb says: Hi Jim. You don’t see much Camus or Sartre in Paris these days.

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