kruker wrote:How the hell can someone have a book checked out for a year? I went on to the school library website to check if they had Justin Fox's book and it's out on loan with a due date of 07/15/10. Professor or not, read the book and give it back.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Another funeral question. My Mom says I can leave after I go through the line, I don't have to stay for the mass. Is there anyway this is really possible without being a total $#@! head?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Another funeral question. My Mom says I can leave after I go through the line, I don't have to stay for the mass. Is there anyway this is really possible without being a total $#@! head?

TenuredVulture wrote:

kruker wrote:How the hell can someone have a book checked out for a year? I went on to the school library website to check if they had Justin Fox's book and it's out on loan with a due date of 07/15/10. Professor or not, read the book and give it back.

Um, I've some books checked out for over a year. It can necessary if you're working on a long-term research project. And Rutgers encouraged faculty and grad students to keep books as long as they had borrowing privileges. It might be an university legend, but rumor had it that the library lacked sufficient shelf space for the books that grad students and faculty held for them, or they would not be able to manage their circulation if people had to physically renew them.

Obviously, problems like yours were common. The library handled this by have a very serious recall policy--if a book you wanted was checked out, recalling was a matter of simply clicking a button on the computer, and I think it then have a due date of a week or maybe two. If you were late with a book that was recalled, the fine was something like $5 a day.

kruker wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

kruker wrote:How the hell can someone have a book checked out for a year? I went on to the school library website to check if they had Justin Fox's book and it's out on loan with a due date of 07/15/10. Professor or not, read the book and give it back.

Um, I've some books checked out for over a year. It can necessary if you're working on a long-term research project. And Rutgers encouraged faculty and grad students to keep books as long as they had borrowing privileges. It might be an university legend, but rumor had it that the library lacked sufficient shelf space for the books that grad students and faculty held for them, or they would not be able to manage their circulation if people had to physically renew them.

Obviously, problems like yours were common. The library handled this by have a very serious recall policy--if a book you wanted was checked out, recalling was a matter of simply clicking a button on the computer, and I think it then have a due date of a week or maybe two. If you were late with a book that was recalled, the fine was something like $5 a day.

Usually the recall option is available, but not for this book. I get that you might need the book for a long term project, but really, if you need it for a year, you might want to consider buying it. Especially, in a case like this, where it's not a textbook or obscure writing. It's a new, fairly popular book that's out of circulation for a year because of one person. Maybe I'm being selfish.

kruker wrote:I got used as a bargaining chip between the girl I was with last weekend and her on again, off again boyfriend. I don't feel too bad about this. What I find absolutely insane is that she was telling me about this today at the beach, then casually dropped the information on me that he's Georgian (not the state) and that they used to, and in rural areas of the country still, have this idea of "vendettas" wherein men kill other men for dishonoring them (I believe PJ O'Rourke talks about this in "Eat the Rich" but with Armenia). She then tells me, again casually, that her boyfriend contends that his friend growing up killed a guy for hitting on his girlfriend.

I'm putting this here to record the most $#@! up moment I've ever had with a woman to date. Not sure this is going to be topped anytime soon. Further, it adds credence to the contempt my crazy Ukrainian grandmother tried to instill in me for Russians. I figured it was the Alzheimers and her generalizing all Russians as being commies, but now I'm starting to think she was on to something.

kruker wrote:How do I go about carrying a dvd around comfortably? Cargo shorts? Is that where this is heading? I've got to walk around in perpetual frat boy garb?

jerseyhoya wrote:I think if Liverpool have the second semi CL leg at home this year, I'm going over and will see that game and the Chelsea home game. If I hit the lottery between now and then I'll take The Dude with me, since he's a newly minted Liverpool fan and all. And if I have a car, I hope to drive a few hours and meet Wiz in real life.