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I'm new here and just wanted to say hi. ::01 This is an awesome place! I will try to pick up 'I, Claudius' on my next trip to the bookstore, it looks like an excellent read. Take care,
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Hi Chris! ::01

I registered a very long time ago and then moved away and had no computer for a while. Then when I got the internet again I tried to sign up for a history forum, but I was having so many technical difficulties that I just gave up and then I kind of forgot about ezboard until now. I'm pretty sure I am new to this community, but it may be that I did post here before as I used to read a lot of book reviews on websites like this. More interesting than amazon.com reviewers ::03

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I'm glad you found us. ;)

We'll be reading "Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction" during the last 3-months of 2006, so please do consider joining us. I just created that forum a few minutes ago.

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That does look like an interesting book to read. I will check it out although right now I'm low on cash. I wish there was a free online library where I could check out/download books and then return them by email ::03

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I'm also low on cash AND wish there was a way to get books online for free. ::17 Some of our books can be found in public libraries, so it might be worth looking.

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::74 no no no that won't work.. I might be on some kind of hit list.. I have a stack of philosophy textbooks I haven't returned. The thing is the late fees for all of them combined will be too high for me to pay. There needs to be a book amnesty or something. if they can collect weapons in war zones and grant amnesty to rebels.. why can't libraries collect overdue books and forgive and forget the fines???

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The first thing to do is bring back the overdue books immediately. Stop the clock! The longer you hold them the more they will consider putting out a hit on you. ::204

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I think the clock already stops at around $30/book after a certain time period and I signed them out several years ago and then left the country ::08 I guess I will have to budget and return one book every 3 months or something. I'll start that after Christmas.

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You can return the books without having to pay the fines right there and then.

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