As we drove home we both agreed it is not just a book swap it is a friends meeting time and also the time to make new friends. If you have the courage to come along and chat to people, before you know it you can make friends. We are all here in the same boat and we are all happy to make new friends and find a couple of books and a DVD.
Talking about DVD's we thought we had lost forever our copy of the opera Madame Butterfly featuring a very young Placido Domingo. I have asked for it to be returned to no avail, it was lent at the beginning of the DVD loaning period. We lent a few of our favourites on the basis they would be marked and we would get them back. A year later and at the last swap we were not there, but then or today it was returned. It still has clearly on the back THIS DVD IS on loan from TAG on line!! and on the front now is a sticker with a borrower's name stuck on. Incriminating stuff eh!
Gosh, we are so pleased to have it returned and a lesson learned in lending something special to the masses.
Lots of interesting stories told to me today, I liked this one from Bretje.
She was in the street near the new street free library box when an old French lady asked all about the box. Bretje explained it was for everyone to borrow a book when they wanted. She explained that there were books in French, Occitan, English and Dutch.
The lady humphed and walked on saying "but I only read in Spanish"
You can please some of the people some of the time, comes to mind.
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