Today has been a good day. Made the trek to Raleigh today, and
picked up a number of automobile repair manuals I had been given.
Probably 'bout $40-50 if I'd had to buy them. Hehehe
Then proceeded to my usual used bookstore, and traded in a few of
them, for store credit. Then started checking what they had.
I've been told in the past, that as soon as they see me coming,
they hide all the books on small steamboats, so didn't score there.
However, they did have a number of early Fine Woodworking
magazines. Wound up with two of those, and one early The Woodworker's
Journal, for one buck each. Hehehehe They still had about six Fine
Woodworkings when I left.
Went thru the woodworking books, and they had a number of quite
interesting books at very reasonable prices, but nothing I was
interested in getting. Well worth checking at least weekly, as they
have a pretty good turnover on them. They did have one as-new book, by
someone with an obviously made up author name, Charles R. Self. I'm
pretty sure it was by Norm Abram writing with a pen name, because none
of the pictures showed a face, just arms and flannel shirts.
Did score on a really neat book, 600 Things to Make For The Farm And
Home Vol III, for $4.95. This one is full of fascinating stuff, a lot
of which I've never seen the like, and a lot I have. Sheds, dairy desk,
masonry, tractor powered posthole digger, hay lift, brush beater, seed
harvester, cutlery drawer, milk cart, several homemade lawn mowers,
etc., etc. Absolutely fascinating, nicely done drawings for everything.
I may never make any of the stuff in it, but it's a fascinating read
anyway. It'll be a keeper. Printed in 1952, so they're taking it for
granted the reader doesn't have a lot of fancy tools, and probably not a
lot of money.
Got a few sci-fi books too. With the trade-ins, only paid $10 out
of pocket. Well, gas money, of course. All in all, it's been a pretty
good day.
Oh, yeah, it's the Reader's Corner, on Hillsborough Street,
Raleigh, NC. I've been buying books from them since about 1980. If you
go, mention, and they'll probably charge you more. LMAO
JOAT
"106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of
cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." - Elwood
"Hit it." - Joliet Jake
In article <[email protected]>,
Brian L <[email protected]> wrote:
>Charles R. Self is Norm??
>
>I just did a quick search and found some 32 books authored by Charles R.
>Self. While most have a woodworking twist to them, some are way off like
>one on autobody repair, another called "Western Horsemanship", and one
>called "Underground Plant Life: The Amazing World Beneath Your Garden".
>These sure don't sound like our Norm.
>
>Norm must have some energy level to host NYW, star on TOH, contribute to TOH
>Magazine, author several NYW books, and manage to write 32 books under a pen
>name.
>
>I have to say it's kinda hard to believe.
>
Well, you see, some of the books go through the NYW publisher.
The other tomes are Self-published.
Thu, May 27, 2004, 5:19pm (EDT-3) [email protected] (Wolf=A0Lahti)
trembles and whimpers:
I'm almost afraid to ask...
What's a dairy desk?
Hehehehe Actually, it looks about like a lap desk. I would think,
from the name it was kept in the barn. I would imagine used for
keeping records regarding the milk cows, milk production, whatever.
Probably kept on a shelf somewhere, and stand to use it. At least
that's the way I'd probably do it. I never was around a dairy barn that
much, so can't say for sure. I'd never heard of one either.
There's plans for a milking stool in there too, but it's a LOT
fancier then any milking stool I've ever seen. Rectangular, raised
seat, and apparently a shelf in front, to hold the bucket. I figure
that whoever designed it never used it, or no more than once, at the
most. I think it'd be way too unhandy to back off from, the first time
a cow kicked.
JOAT
"106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of
cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." - Elwood
"Hit it." - Joliet Jake
On Thu, 27 May 2004 18:19:15 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:
> Today has been a good day.
<snip of gloateus maximus (good score, JOAT) >
> They did have one as-new book, by
>someone with an obviously made up author name, Charles R. Self. I'm
>pretty sure it was by Norm Abram writing with a pen name, because none
>of the pictures showed a face, just arms and flannel shirts.
Yeah, it's a well known fact that Normie has been writing under the
norm de plume, Charles R. Self, for years. I think LRod has a whole
section about this on his website.
<snip of gloatal proportions>
>
>JOAT
>"106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of
>cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." - Elwood
>
>"Hit it." - Joliet Jake
"Set the controls for the heart of the sun." - Pink Floyd.
Regards,
Tom.
Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
Charles R. Self is Norm??
I just did a quick search and found some 32 books authored by Charles R.
Self. While most have a woodworking twist to them, some are way off like
one on autobody repair, another called "Western Horsemanship", and one
called "Underground Plant Life: The Amazing World Beneath Your Garden".
These sure don't sound like our Norm.
Norm must have some energy level to host NYW, star on TOH, contribute to TOH
Magazine, author several NYW books, and manage to write 32 books under a pen
name.
I have to say it's kinda hard to believe.
Brian
"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 18:19:15 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
> wrote:
>
> > Today has been a good day.
>
> <snip of gloateus maximus (good score, JOAT) >
>
> > They did have one as-new book, by
> >someone with an obviously made up author name, Charles R. Self. I'm
> >pretty sure it was by Norm Abram writing with a pen name, because none
> >of the pictures showed a face, just arms and flannel shirts.
>
> Yeah, it's a well known fact that Normie has been writing under the
> norm de plume, Charles R. Self, for years. I think LRod has a whole
> section about this on his website.
>
> <snip of gloatal proportions>
> >
> >JOAT
> >"106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of
> >cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." - Elwood
> >
> >"Hit it." - Joliet Jake
>
> "Set the controls for the heart of the sun." - Pink Floyd.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Tom.
>
> Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
Sat, May 29, 2004, 12:58am [email protected] (Brian=A0L) is
amazed:
Charles R. Self is Norm?? <snip>
I have to say it's kinda hard to believe.
ROTFLMAO
JOAT
"106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of
cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." - Elwood
"Hit it." - Joliet Jake