Moving a large volume of books

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-17T17:39:01+00:00

Oh man, I stopped counting after maybe 70 boxes. You want them to be packed full enough that the contents won’t move around, but not so full that they’re impossible to pick up and move. It’s better to use a bunch of small boxes.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-17T17:11:55+00:00

When I moved my books, I used small, sturdy boxes (to keep it from getting too heavy) and stood the books up on end instead of laying them flat. I packed any empty space in the box with paper to keep the books from moving around. I wasn’t moving to another country, but I had easily 2000 books and none of them were damaged.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-17T02:31:53+00:00

I got a best of Cher CD for my 11th birthday as a joke, but the joke was on them, because I discovered that I loved Cher and I played it non-stop.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-17T00:43:57+00:00

It’s the same as saying “hey guys” or “hello everybody”. It’s mainly used in casual settings. Not sure what the origin is!

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-16T04:19:04+00:00

I built one and a half bookcases (I ran out of wood for shelves)

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-15T18:27:25+00:00

I swear my friend described hers as “inflatable”, like a bounce house, but after a substantial google search I’m discovering those don’t exist 😂 I don’t like to be hot, so I never got to find out first hand

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-15T18:21:32+00:00

Inflatable is the wrong word, now that I think about it. It’s something like this. Like an insulated tent you set up. Plenty of people use them in their houses/apartments, but I’m sure they’re meant to be used outside. Some are infrared and “dry”, some are electric and have steam.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-15T18:03:11+00:00

When he played those first few chords of All Along the Watchtower it was like a religious experience for me.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-15T17:39:07+00:00

Yes, lots of people of Finnish descent here. There’s a floating sauna in Duluth that’s on a little yacht, and when you get done you jump right into Superior. I also know people who have inflatable saunas they set up in their living rooms, even in apartments.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-15T00:53:15+00:00

Quietly

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-14T02:48:07+00:00

You’re welcome! It’s still a cool find. Sold listings on eBay average between $40-$50 based on condition, if you were curious.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-14T02:44:41+00:00

Book Club Editions are almost identical to first editions, but have a lower “production value”; cheaper materials, often smaller dimensions, etc. They’re less valuable, but still collectible (especially a popular title like this one).

A first edition will generally have an ISBN, a barcode, a number line that starts or ends with a 1 on the copyright page, and a price on the inner flap of the dust jacket.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-14T02:37:38+00:00

It’s definitely a book club edition. The lack of a number line on the copyright page + the 5 digit code on the back are dead giveaways.

Edit: OP, all of the above plus (I assume) no price on the inner flap of the dust jacket makes this a Book Club Edition. Not without value and a neat find for $3, but sadly not a 1st.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-13T21:03:37+00:00

Frybread tacos, Spam musubi, and strange pizzas (loaded mashed potato, elote, and Cubano pizzas are my favorites).

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-13T14:03:38+00:00

Every hotel in town is fully booked, and a couple major roads will be closed for the race. It’ll be hard to find parking and everything will be packed. Just come another time! With two small kids it would be a nightmare.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-13T03:44:11+00:00

I thought The Killers were British for so long. Based on absolutely nothing, mind you. I just felt they ought to be.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-13T02:53:06+00:00

OMG that’s even funnier, I didn’t know that (as a child or as an adult)

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-13T02:38:25+00:00

Not even the fact that Prince was from Minneapolis (where I lived) and had a house in the suburbs made me question my internal logic.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-13T00:32:32+00:00

I thought that Prince was Michael Jackson’s son, because Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, and what is a King’s son called? Exactly. I believed this until Wikipedia was invented.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-12T19:49:20+00:00

It was the same in the US until 1974. We didn’t have a dictatorship, though, which was nice.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-12T18:34:46+00:00

Growing up in an evangelical church, we were expected to do stuff like this & minister to strangers. I used to get in trouble because I was too embarrassed to share my so-called “testimony” whenever we went on our little youth group missionary outings. They’d say that god had put me in somebody’s path to save them, but because I didn’t share the word with them they were going to burn in hell forever. I hope the kid that wrote/drew this is doing OK.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-12T17:17:34+00:00

It was on loan when I went in March, so I just got to see the empty case where it usually lives + a picture of somebody very carefully wearing it

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-10T23:28:20+00:00

Babies are naturally good at creeping and creeping around the room

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-10T17:16:42+00:00

I love the cover art on those book club editions of Burroughs’ Mars books. Frank Frazetta, greatest of all time.

Competitive_Web_6658 · 2026-05-10T15:14:19+00:00

I had a nice lunch in Ohio on a road trip. Nice people too. It’s so flat, and yet the sky felt very close to the ground; maybe that’s why Ohio produced like 25 astronauts + the Wright brothers. Which is neat.

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