[PLUG] First Tech Credit Union "microsoftens" web interface

[alan]

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Carla Schroder wrote:

> On Wednesday 03 May 2006 11:01 am, Wil Cooley wrote:
>> On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 10:36 -0700, John Purser wrote:
>>
>>> I really my prefer my "This is how it works" books but since starting
>>> my new career as a linux system administator I confess I occaisionally
>>> need a "Make it GO NOW!!!" manual.
>>>
>>> Anybody know a good source for cheap book cases?
>>
>> #2 pine lumber from your favorite lumberyard, a box of nails, a box of
>> screws, angle braces and associated tools.
>>
>
> I beg to differ. Real geeks know that Ikea sells bookcases for about the cost
> of lumber, so they spend a whole day driving to Renton WA and spend a hundred
> bucks on gas and sit in gridlock for hours and get CO2 poisoning and get all
> beat up by the ferocious Ikea shoppers and bang up their cars loading their
> nice new Ikea furniture and still feel like they came out ahead.
>
> This is the same principle that justifies repeated 30-minute drives to Fry's
> to return a defective $5 widget until you get one that works.
>
> Regardless of how storing the books is managed, people who buy lots and lots
> of books are the very finest humans on earth. (lots of books.)
>
> Staples often has good deals on bookshelves. They look nice, too, not tatty.

I don't need more bookshelves, I need more walls.

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