Did you ever find anything interesting & unusual in a used/secondhand book (beside the text)?
No? Well, some folks did.
No? Well, some folks did.
Things Found in Books. And, of course, Cuba. (1 Viewer)
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i have put a lot of things in other people's books....
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
I am fairly certain that I lost a Passport to either Goodwill or a box of books I left at the curb when I was in my mid-20s in San Francisco. I say that because I never saw it again in the 2 years I lived in that house or ever since. Typical stoner move..
The only thing I would add to that article was UNUSED concert tickets. Back in the day you would put them in a "safe" place and forget where that safe place was... then blame your housemates for stealing them. ..
The only thing I would add to that article was UNUSED concert tickets. Back in the day you would put them in a "safe" place and forget where that safe place was... then blame your housemates for stealing them. ..
Just inscriptions.
My girlfriend found an old Polaroid of a (I'm assuming) grandfather and his grandson on Christmas Morning.
My girlfriend found an old Polaroid of a (I'm assuming) grandfather and his grandson on Christmas Morning.
Old bookmarks, pictures, business cards, pressed flowers, gum wrappers. Never money.
I once misplaced my birth certificate for almost 10 years in my copy of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not. Only noticed when I was trying to get my passport updated to go to Cuba. Ironic, seeing the book is set in Cuba. It was a hassle getting the passport with a photocopy of the birth certificate, but I got it. This was pre 9/11. Found it a couple years ago while rearranging my bookcases, just before I had to get my passport renewed.
I once misplaced my birth certificate for almost 10 years in my copy of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not. Only noticed when I was trying to get my passport updated to go to Cuba. Ironic, seeing the book is set in Cuba. It was a hassle getting the passport with a photocopy of the birth certificate, but I got it. This was pre 9/11. Found it a couple years ago while rearranging my bookcases, just before I had to get my passport renewed.
mjp
Founding member
Cuba? You're full of surprises.
Did the Cuban stamps in your passport ever cause you any problems? Every time I'd have to show my passport when it had Tunisian stamps in it I'd get to spend a few extra minutes explaining them. That was pre-9/11 too. Now any Arabic stamps are probably an automatic trip to the slow line.
Did the Cuban stamps in your passport ever cause you any problems? Every time I'd have to show my passport when it had Tunisian stamps in it I'd get to spend a few extra minutes explaining them. That was pre-9/11 too. Now any Arabic stamps are probably an automatic trip to the slow line.
Canadians have no trouble travelling to Cuba. As long as you don't mind middle aged German men is Speedos. There seemed to be a lot of those.
Music was great, people were great. Havana is run down but you can see what it once was, and it once was magical.
I took old Levis, baseball tshirts, old baseball gear, over the counter meds (pain reliever, etc.), cologne that I used to get free from work (I don't wear cologne ), American magazines, and passed it out among the locals. they loved that and they remembered me every time I saw them.
I took old Levis, baseball tshirts, old baseball gear, over the counter meds (pain reliever, etc.), cologne that I used to get free from work (I don't wear cologne ), American magazines, and passed it out among the locals. they loved that and they remembered me every time I saw them.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
I found a canceled check from the 80's, receipts, book marks from all over the place, a matchbook, the occasional pic. Many of my purchaces come from thrift stores. The number of them in Philly and the area is endless. I once found a letter written in the early 60's by a young lady to her family. She had just struck out on her own and was nice, naive, sweet. The letter was so dated and simple. A small time capsule.
When I was 21, I lived in a cheap rooming house in New York and was dead broke, drinking daily and fucking up in general. One day, the only day I can ever remember really being hungry, and with literally no dough, I opened up one of the 3 or 4 books I owned, just to kill time, and found 8 bucks. It was like a miracle. I remember walking to the closest deli and spending it all on hot dogs and junk food. Soon after, I found another gas pumping gig and was back to the good life. I started reading Hank a couple years later, and was hooked from word one.
Skygazer
And in the end...
Found in Hemingway's Cuban pool; the beautiful, unforgettable Miss Ava Gardner, swimming naked. Supposedly he decreed the water was not to be changed, a bit unhygienic, but very, very romantic! Don't know what his wife would have thought though.*
Back to reality, 3 yrs ago in a wind and rain battered caravan holiday up north, (only so many interesting things to find on the beach in wellies and raincoats) we went to the nearest town, rummaged in the second hand shops, I bought a couple of lovely old photography books on Scotland from the 50's and 60's, opened one of them and out fell x3 £20 notes! up went our wet weather budget 100%
*read a biography on her last year, if you like "old hollywood" you will love it: Ava Gardner, The Secret Conversations by Ava Gardner, Peter Evans.
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
Found in a copy of The Buk Book:
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
So, this was found in Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. I've only read one of his and it was way too wordy. Although technically skilled I wasn't digging his style. This is funny.
