Comments on: “Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.” http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/ the neverending reference interview of life Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andy http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5010 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:34:25 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5010 I think it’s a re-definition of quiet. Silence was golden, but with the other activities going on beyond reading, it is adjusting. I do know libraries that have quiet reading areas and enforce them, but I think it is a matter of appropriateness.

]]> By: Andy http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5009 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:27:45 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5009 That’s a good one, Lindsey! I think I’ll use it. And I saw the thing about your move. It sounds like a good deal.

]]> By: Andy http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5008 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:26:54 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5008 I wouldn’t be able to hazard a guess beyond that we come off as non-threatening.

]]> By: Lindsey Meyer http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5006 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:39:44 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5006 Oh dear….

]]> By: Lindsey Meyer http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5005 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:37:30 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5005 The was an “ouch” at the end that got cut off, so let me reiterate: Ouch! I hope you feel better!

]]> By: Lindsey Meyer http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5004 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:35:49 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5004 As I am also knee-deep in packing boxes (filling, not emptying), I feel a certain empathy toward you. How about a Thread on “pulling up stakes” in preparation for moving on, choosing what or whom to leave behind, and deciding what makes it through to the next round? Or even just the simple pleasure of leaving the old thought patterns behind: flushing the radiator, so to speak. Not to mention the challenges of keeping one’s balance through the process .

]]> By: Brian http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5003 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:09:07 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5003 I read somewhere that librarians are popular jury members. Not sure if prosecutors or defense lawyers like us best.

]]> By: Lawrence http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5002 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:49:05 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/let-me-explain-no-there-is-too-much-let-me-sum-up/#comment-5002 I am an enthusiastic patron of my public library here in Northeastern Ohio. I was one of those somewhat misfit kids who volunteered in the library in high school, back in the (dinosaur?) days of the Demco notching charger…….the hours I spent filing date due cards and…… Well, anyway.

What I would like to know: What happened to the quiet public library? NOT silent, but quiet? Staff people are talking in “normal”-to-raised voices, there are the bloopings and bleatings of various mechanical devices, and worst of all….noisy patrons! True silence is not a realistic goal, but what happened to quiet?

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