tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post2915527094089468831..comments2023-12-25T05:45:34.307+00:00Comments on Broken Biro: Batgirl, Borrowers and 'Sticky Books': it's National Libraries Daybroken birohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-30656297707202929132014-08-18T13:46:19.548+01:002014-08-18T13:46:19.548+01:00Hello BB My computer has been faulty for a while b...Hello BB My computer has been faulty for a while but not it's up and running again. Hope your day is going well. QWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-46317055439944359502014-04-29T03:16:19.077+01:002014-04-29T03:16:19.077+01:00pretty nice blog, following :)pretty nice blog, following :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-26335530169034290652014-02-21T10:49:00.741+00:002014-02-21T10:49:00.741+00:00Quick wipe with a clean warm damp cloth, Is that a...Quick wipe with a clean warm damp cloth, Is that allowed? I always leave everything cleaner than I found it.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-17484803130266267382014-02-11T17:09:17.533+00:002014-02-11T17:09:17.533+00:00Shit and semen - gordon bennett! I've never lo...Shit and semen - gordon bennett! I've never looked at it that way, but libraries can be really unhygienic. Brill poems by the way. Annie (Lady M) xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086309578820420578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-78825936899441793832014-02-09T12:01:41.607+00:002014-02-09T12:01:41.607+00:00That is a shame - but at least the luckier ones ge...That is a shame - but at least the luckier ones get to read them at the library?broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-71181353557725825022014-02-09T11:59:52.910+00:002014-02-09T11:59:52.910+00:00Hmmm... best left that way. Sorry if I put ideas i...Hmmm... best left that way. Sorry if I put ideas in your head! ;-)broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-79287117994549723292014-02-09T11:58:54.590+00:002014-02-09T11:58:54.590+00:00Thanks Fran! And, again, euuuwww!Thanks Fran! And, again, euuuwww!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-68225386685857562172014-02-09T11:57:29.639+00:002014-02-09T11:57:29.639+00:00Yes!! Paul Farley mentions bacon rashers in his p...Yes!! Paul Farley mentions bacon rashers in his poem. And once only, a £20 note!!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-29438411842349294082014-02-09T11:56:23.771+00:002014-02-09T11:56:23.771+00:00Thanks! It's all about finding the time isn...Thanks! It's all about finding the time isn't it? Glad you love the poem. I did read it at the event but bottled out of the last verse when two old ladies tottered in at the moment I was about to say shit and semen and it just didn't seem right! 8-)broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-92149436583597060482014-02-09T11:53:01.707+00:002014-02-09T11:53:01.707+00:00Thank you M! Only in the reference library upstair...Thank you M! Only in the reference library upstairs. Actually I should post some pics of it...broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-60410732405738988082014-02-08T19:05:48.667+00:002014-02-08T19:05:48.667+00:00I guess the good thing about "sticky books&qu...I guess the good thing about "sticky books" is that these are signs of them being well-used! I work in education in South Africa and many poor, rural schools (if they have a library) don't allow the children to take the books home because they come back as "sticky books".Nicole Rimensbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921144424599438690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-45158548792114088232014-02-08T16:47:38.514+00:002014-02-08T16:47:38.514+00:00I quite like the chocolate smears and squashed sul...I quite like the chocolate smears and squashed sultanas between the pages of library books. It's the unidentified smears I'm not so sure about...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-88865145350183380792014-02-08T16:09:25.239+00:002014-02-08T16:09:25.239+00:00I think ALL these things when I am marking a set o...I think ALL these things when I am marking a set of kids' exercise books .... Love the poem. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-53331994111237251302014-02-08T11:25:01.296+00:002014-02-08T11:25:01.296+00:00Also the interesting items used as bookmarks, as I...Also the interesting items used as bookmarks, as I remember from my far-off days as a library assistant.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-84147657107858125662014-02-08T09:24:48.562+00:002014-02-08T09:24:48.562+00:00Good to see you back again. I too had a bit of a f...Good to see you back again. I too had a bit of a fallow period on my blog for most of 2013, but I'm trying to put that right now.<br /><br />And I LOVE "Sticky Books"!<br /><br />Hoping to hear more from you again soon!She Means Well...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11606884423689767178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-50445622141093769192014-02-08T09:00:44.109+00:002014-02-08T09:00:44.109+00:00Great to see you flying the flag for libraries, as...Great to see you flying the flag for libraries, as ever, BB. Also great to see that you still have an active card index in your branch! Good luck with today, and Happy National Libraries Day!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.com