[HN Gopher] Overdue library book returned more than 110 years later ___________________________________________________________________ Overdue library book returned more than 110 years later Author : MilnerRoute Score : 72 points Date : 2021-11-29 01:33 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.nbcnews.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nbcnews.com) | BitwiseFool wrote: | I once borrowed a book that hadn't been checked out since 1959. | Instead of stamping the card, the librarian simply put a barcode | on the inside cover and scanned that. I felt a little sad that | the history of the book is no longer stamped into it anymore. I | felt a sense of connection knowing just how many people had read | the same book in the past. | onemoresoop wrote: | I remember that too. One could infer some useful information | from those dates alone. Similarly, it just dawned upon me how | useful the dislike counter from youtube was to me, I was | drawing some metrics from it that I no longer can. The like | counter really has no value without the dislike one IMO. | lettergram wrote: | You'd have to look at like vs view ratios. But I agree, the | dislike button made that far easier. Unfortunately, the | regime didn't like the button lol | JasonCannon wrote: | Now you need to determine if you like the video for what it | is, instead of relying on the masses to tell you if you | dislike the video. | | Or, you know, just read the comments. | thechao wrote: | Without naming a place, a friend of mine checked out a copy of | the parliamentary proceedings (from the UK) of the House of | Lords from the early 19th c. They were the only one to have | _ever_ checked any of these books out. Mostly boring, but the | HoL could get up to funny stuff when they were bored or | irritating each other. | | My only gripe was that they highlighted their favorite bits in | yellow. I mean -- come on! Their counterargument was that, in | the year 2150, when the next person checks out the proceedings, | they'd know where the good parts were. | Archelaos wrote: | I have had the opposite experience: I once borrowed a more than | 100 year old edition of U.S. Grant's autobiography from the | university library. There were some pencil notes on the first | pages, but I had to cut open the last hundred pages. | Apparently, no one has read the book in its entirety in more | than a century. | iancmceachern wrote: | I once bought a used book for a family member for their | birthday. It turned out to be an old library book and the card | within was stamped with the last date the book was checked out, | which was on their birth date, down to even the correct year. | cableshaft wrote: | I agree, I always got a kick out of that. Always interesting to | see when someone thought it was interesting enough to check out | last. | [deleted] | artificialLimbs wrote: | Will it now be named "The Old Chronicles of Rebecca"? | chmod775 wrote: | > "I don't think anybody here has seen a book" that's been away | for so long, she said. | | Those quotes gave me a laughing fit. | kleer001 wrote: | Oh gosh, I wonder what the literal and naive fine would have | been. | | I too would have returned in anonymously. | oh_sigh wrote: | None, because the borrower has almost certainly been dead for a | long time. | boomboomsubban wrote: | They mention the fine based on when the book was checked out | would be over $800, but under current rules would be capped at | price of acquisition of the book or $1.50. | panda88888 wrote: | I assume the price is not inflation adjusted? | boomboomsubban wrote: | Both are the current amount they would pay based on the | late fee systems. So no? | sydthrowaway wrote: | https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/dec/07/school-lib... | linuxlizard wrote: | Nice to see my home state/town making cute national news for a | change (as opposed to our usual cringe-worthy coverage). ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-11-30 23:00 UTC)