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...a man could easily go broke if left to his own devices.

I went to Barnes and Noble to buy 2 books, and was on the fence about a third.

I walked out with 5:

Jordan Peterson -- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Charles Seife -- Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Bill Bryson -- *A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dan Brown -- Deception Point
Thomas Harris -- Red Dragon



*BAM* -- 112 bucks!

I'm a sucker for a good book, and after reading so much popular science lately, I wanted to throw in some lighter reading to go with it.

Heh... on Sunday I made a trip to both B&N and Home Depot, too...

Luckily I was in a hurry, so I forced myself not to look around in B&N. I'm surprised I didn't walk out with more shit from Home Depot, though...
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red dragon was actually a fun read.
but you need to start looking at paperbacks and/or used books.

menkent wrote:red dragon was actually a fun read.
but you need to start looking at paperbacks and/or used books.

I never buy hardbacks. I'm not a collector so the paperbacks are all I need. Much cheaper that way. :icon14:

menkent wrote:red dragon was actually a fun read.
but you need to start looking at paperbacks and/or used books.

Word.. I've got a few nice used shops by me that I frequent... you can come out with a stack of 10 books for $12 or so. Lots of rare and unique stuff, too...
Limited in choice of new stuff, though...

lol what kind of morons buys books?

stocktroll wrote:lol what kind of morons buys books?

This one sentence explains volumes about you.

volumes, i get it

R00k wrote:Jordan Peterson -- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Charles Seife -- Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Bill Bryson -- *A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dan Brown -- Deception Point
Thomas Harris -- Red Dragon

*BAM* -- 112 bucks!

It's always nice to see someone reading, but there's no reason whatsoever that should have cost you three digits.

The real really easy place to go broke is eBay. I've bought all manner of books, CDs, DVDs, clothes, a digicam, an MP3 player and god knows what else on there, all either rare [talkin about the books/clothes/CDs here] or way cheaper than retail ... but when it's cheaper you buy more, so while I've gotten a hell of a lot more than my money's worth, I've still blown thousands of dollars on there in the last year.

sliver wrote:

R00k wrote:Jordan Peterson -- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Charles Seife -- Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Bill Bryson -- *A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dan Brown -- Deception Point
Thomas Harris -- Red Dragon

*BAM* -- 112 bucks!

It's always nice to see someone reading, but there's no reason whatsoever that should have cost you three digits.

The real really easy place to go broke is eBay. I've bought all manner of books, CDs, DVDs, clothes, a digicam, an MP3 player and god knows what else on there, all either rare or way cheaper than retail ... but when it's cheaper you buy more, so while I've gotten a hell of a lot more than my money's worth, I've still blown thousands of dollars on there in the last year.

ah, but for some, it's the experience of GOING to buy...

what can i say, i dont like shopping i just like having shit.

oh yeah ... what does this thread have to do with Home Depot?

I could spend some serious cash at Home Depot.

I spent a few hundred on edgestones last weekend at the depot - got them to match a wal-mart price for me too, and I happened to have been given the wrong wal-mart price by the person who gave me the original price quote (oops) - saved myself an additional $30 with the mistake.
I've got a long home depot list this summer ranging from the little shit that adds up (weed spray, fertilizers, etc..) And I get to buy there tax free. I feel guilty loving that store and do try and stop by the small little ma and pa shop nearby as well, but shit there is much, much more expensive.

it's all about the Lowe's.

menkent wrote:red dragon was actually a fun read.
but you need to start looking at paperbacks and/or used books.

They're all paperbacks. Maps of Meaning was hard to find, and it cost $50.

I've destroyed too many paperbacks and had to re-purchase them. So even though I love hardcovers, I try to limit those to the ones I'll read over and over again, and risk tearing up. (if my dog doesn't get to them first, the bastard)

Glad to know Red Dragon is good. I really wanted to read Silence of the Lambs -- I heard the book was great -- but I always like to start with the earlier stuff first.

sliver wrote:

R00k wrote:Jordan Peterson -- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Charles Seife -- Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Bill Bryson -- *A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dan Brown -- Deception Point
Thomas Harris -- Red Dragon

*BAM* -- 112 bucks!

It's always nice to see someone reading, but there's no reason whatsoever that should have cost you three digits.

The real really easy place to go broke is eBay. I've bought all manner of books, CDs, DVDs, clothes, a digicam, an MP3 player and god knows what else on there, all either rare [talkin about the books/clothes/CDs here] or way cheaper than retail ... but when it's cheaper you buy more, so while I've gotten a hell of a lot more than my money's worth, I've still blown thousands of dollars on there in the last year.

The only thing I've ever bought off of eBay is a part for my car.

I must be some kind of throwback or something.

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:ah, but for some, it's the experience of GOING to buy...

I have to say that just going to the bookstore is as enjoyable to me as what I wind up purchasing. I usually spend an hour or more thumbing through different books while I'm there, looking for things that interest me.

sliver wrote:oh yeah ... what does this thread have to do with Home Depot?

Home Depot or Lowes is the only other place my body starts producing female-esque hormones for shopping the minute I walk in.

When I go to a bookstore or to Home Depot, either one -- these are the places where I can reasonably set an amount of money that I want to spend in the store..... And then inevitably spend a multiple of that amount.

And every time, for some reason I think I can control myself. It's eerily like an addiction.

tnf wrote:I spent a few hundred on edgestones last weekend at the depot - got them to match a wal-mart price for me too, and I happened to have been given the wrong wal-mart price by the person who gave me the original price quote (oops) - saved myself an additional $30 with the mistake.
I've got a long home depot list this summer ranging from the little shit that adds up (weed spray, fertilizers, etc..) And I get to buy there tax free. I feel guilty loving that store and do try and stop by the small little ma and pa shop nearby as well, but shit there is much, much more expensive.

You magnificent bastard!

Yea, I frequented the local hardware store regularly when we moved into the neighborhood. But it has since closed down from the competition

R00k wrote:

tnf wrote:I spent a few hundred on edgestones last weekend at the depot - got them to match a wal-mart price for me too, and I happened to have been given the wrong wal-mart price by the person who gave me the original price quote (oops) - saved myself an additional $30 with the mistake.
I've got a long home depot list this summer ranging from the little shit that adds up (weed spray, fertilizers, etc..) And I get to buy there tax free. I feel guilty loving that store and do try and stop by the small little ma and pa shop nearby as well, but shit there is much, much more expensive.

You magnificent bastard!

Yea, I frequented the local hardware store regularly when we moved into the neighborhood. But it has since closed down from the competition

that's the only downside i see to home depot. it'll cut down a lot on the local businesses. a guy i clanned with WAY back in the q3 days, like 2000ish, was a general contractor. he used to complain a lot about how all the locally owned business went out of business because of stores like home depot and lowes. particularly the locally owned lumbar yards. you pay 10x as much for lumbar at a home depot than you would at a lumbar yard.

oh and another great thing about home depot! i dont know if this a local phenomenon, but every time you walk into a home depot you're garunteed to run across a drop dead gorgeous girl. i didnt believe it at first until my friend started making us do random check ins at the local home depot haha.

Slightly off-topic but I like buying books, reading them, and then passing them on to friends (or sometimes people I've only met a couple times) with the explicit understanding that I don't want them back. I've already got enough books stowed away in boxes. If I really want to re-read a book, I'll buy another copy and pass it on again. I mean, it's only like $15 for a paperback, brand new.

In closing, more people should adopt this philosophy.

Grandpa Stu wrote:he used to complain a lot about how all the locally owned business went out of business because of stores like home depot and lowes. particularly the locally owned lumbar yards. you pay 10x as much for lumbar at a home depot than you would at a lumbar yard.

in that case, the lumber yard should have thrived at home depot's expense, so there must be some other reason they went out of business

it's probably canada's fault

I blame Syria.

l0g1c wrote:Slightly off-topic but I like buying books, reading them, and then passing them on to friends (or sometimes people I've only met a couple times) with the explicit understanding that I don't want them back. I've already got enough books stowed away in boxes. If I really want to re-read a book, I'll buy another copy and pass it on again. I mean, it's only like $15 for a paperback, brand new.

In closing, more people should adopt this philosophy.

That's a nice thing to do, but I often re-read many of my old books. That and I just love having lots of books...
Another thing to do -- my gf does this -- is to bring old books with when you travel. Then find a cafe or hostel or book shop or something that does book exchanges. Your books end up with some other traveler and you get all kinds of stuff you've never heard of. Probably including some exotic disease. :icon14:

R00k wrote:...a man could easily go broke if left to his own devices.

I went to Barnes and Noble to buy 2 books, and was on the fence about a third.

I walked out with 5:

Jordan Peterson -- Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Charles Seife -- Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Bill Bryson -- *A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dan Brown -- Deception Point
Thomas Harris -- Red Dragon



*BAM* -- 112 bucks!

I'm a sucker for a good book, and after reading so much popular science lately, I wanted to throw in some lighter reading to go with it.

Buy through Amazon next time. Practically all books are %30-%50 off, plus 3-4 day shipping is typically free.