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FROM: "Carol Elmore" <[removed]@westga.edu>
REC'D: 11/8/99, 9:30 AM

Had to share this...a patron just asked me for a "big book" when I asked
on what subject, she said it didn't matter, just a big book. I pressed
the issue a little and she finally said, "It doesn't matter, I want to use
it to press some fall leaves and I need a big, heavy book!"
I found a big book, also told her leaves dry more quickly if inclosed
in other paper before putting them in said big book and found her
directions for using other methods for drying leaves!
Then there is the lovely "little old lady" who brings me these bird
eggshells, interesting dead little bugs, etc...and wants me to help her
identify them. Actually, I look forward to her coming in, breaks up the
everyday "I need critical essays on 'To Kill a Mockingbird'"
Enough already, just wanted to share!
Carole Elmore
Newnan-Coweta Public Library
Newnan, Georgia

FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 11/8/99, 2:03 PM

I'm glad they thought of coming to the library for help!

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Elmore [[removed]@westga.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:33 AM
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Subject: Patrons, don't you love them!

Had to share this...a patron just asked me for a "big book" when I asked
on what subject, she said it didn't matter, just a big book. I pressed
the issue a little and she finally said, "It doesn't matter, I want to use
it to press some fall leaves and I need a big, heavy book!"
I found a big book, also told her leaves dry more quickly if inclosed
in other paper before putting them in said big book and found her
directions for using other methods for drying leaves!
Then there is the lovely "little old lady" who brings me these bird
eggshells, interesting dead little bugs, etc...and wants me to help her
identify them. Actually, I look forward to her coming in, breaks up the
everyday "I need critical essays on 'To Kill a Mockingbird'"
Enough already, just wanted to share!
Carole Elmore
Newnan-Coweta Public Library
Newnan, Georgia

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