tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post7408734771173517754..comments2024-03-29T03:11:38.607-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Your local skid row public libraryPacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-71095916708135959362013-04-02T12:02:02.269-04:002013-04-02T12:02:02.269-04:00The internet and Amazon have become my library.The internet and Amazon have become my library.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-42307383435616333702013-04-02T04:35:23.997-04:002013-04-02T04:35:23.997-04:00Heading that way here in Australia, but not so bad...Heading that way here in Australia, but not so bad yet. Just visited the university I graduated from, to find they've shut the old library - built in the 1970s! - which had many nooks and hiding places, to replace it with a shiny new place with panoptical security and fewer books on the open shelves. Guess they've seen the future. <br /><br />Yeah we have free internet, cds, dvds etc in libraries too now. And all sorts of 'youth attractions'. sigh. brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-10023430629897863592013-04-01T21:44:28.086-04:002013-04-01T21:44:28.086-04:00Most of our libraries have guards. Interestingly,...Most of our libraries have guards. Interestingly, to me at least, the ones that are giving away food (Hot Pockets) are the ones in the suburbs, not in the city. SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.com