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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 2:24:23 GMT -5
Teddy! I remember the confusion some people had about it on CBR. Why use a teddy as an avatar? some asked. I thought 'why not? They're cute and I like teddy bears!'
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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2014 2:25:43 GMT -5
Teddy! I remember the confusion some people had about it on CBR. Why use a teddy as an avatar? some asked. I thought 'why not? They're cute and I like teddy bears!' I always figured it was the fact that he was smiling and holding a gift. I associated it with you donating your comics.
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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 2:29:46 GMT -5
Hi shaxper! I still donate comic books. They have brought so much pleasure to both adults and children. And that's something nice, I think. To make another human being smile.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2014 2:32:05 GMT -5
Hi shaxper! I still donate comic books. They have brought so much pleasure to both adults and children. And that's something nice, I think. To make another human being smile. And something that we need far more of in the world, I know.
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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 2:37:25 GMT -5
So many times I heard stories of people overjoyed to find comic books I had given away. Of mothers picking up a comic book to read to their children. Of elderly men thrilled to find a comic they thought they would never see again. It warms the heart, to hear those stories.
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 19, 2014 4:56:41 GMT -5
So many times I heard stories of people overjoyed to find comic books I had given away. Of mothers picking up a comic book to read to their children. Of elderly men thrilled to find a comic they thought they would never see again. It warms the heart, to hear those stories. When I gave up on my long distance relationship after 8 years, I realized on that final trip back home from Miami, I'd never be able to carry back all those Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase presents, so I donated a big stack of them to SoBe Thrifty, and a young man in there was instantly badgering the owner to price them because he wanted to take some or all of them home. I had the feeling they found a good new place.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 19, 2014 6:04:07 GMT -5
There is a feeling of sadness that sweeps over me when I see secondhand bookstores close. It can be somewhat jarring to the senses. And unfortunately, more and more are closing all the time. At least, that's how it is here in the UK...I assume it's like that in the U.S. too. I guess people just don't buy books like they used too. It's easy to blame that on e-books and things like the Kindle, but in all honesty I think that's only half the story; I think a lot of people just can't be bothered to put the time or effort into reading. In today's ultra-fast, ultra-convenient, instant gratification society, reading must seems like an unbelievable chore to some. Anyway, welcome to the forum zryson. I know we might've had the odd cross word on occasion, but I am genuinely glad to see that you made it here. So should I take it personally that the ad space at the top of the forum has been showing me ads for Victoria's Secret and feminine hygiene products as of late? I know I'm a bit of a feminist in some of the debates here, but seriously...! For a minute there I was thinking, "what adverts? What the hell's he talking about?!" Then I realised, my ad-blocker must be working A-OK.
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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 6:07:05 GMT -5
That's a nice recollection the4thpip! I remember when I first thought of donating comic books. I thought 'would people be interested?' I had many doubts; which soon gave way to the realization that yes, people were interested in the comics. Very interested, as it turns out. Its nice that old things can find new homes.
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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 6:13:25 GMT -5
It’s nice to be back Confessor. Like many I enjoyed posting on CBR. Then, the reboot happened. I understood the reasons behind it. But the community that was there was broken. I knew it wouldn’t last; the good things never do.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 19, 2014 7:38:44 GMT -5
When I was living in the North End of Tacoma in the early '80s after I got out of college, I used to visit a tiny second-hand bookstore in my neighborhood called the Collectors Nook. You'd never know it to look at it but the Nook had a back room, about the size of my current bedroom, that was nothing but comic book back issues, unboxed, unbagged, just stacks and stacks and stacks of Atomic, Silver and Bronze Age funnybooks, none priced higher than $2 (the big ticket stuff was in a locked display case out front). It was not unusual for me to spend an entire afternoon going through the stacks, drop $25-30 and leave with 40 or 50 comics from my want list. Those were the days!
And good to see you, zryson! You were missed.
Cei-U! I summon the musty memories!
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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 8:08:46 GMT -5
Nice recollection Cei-U! I often visited bookstores as a child. On the weekends. After school. I spent so many hours there and I was never bored. How could I be? When there was so much to discover? To learn? Sadly these days many bookstores are closing. It’s happening right across the world. Sometimes I shudder to think of future generations and wonder will they even have bookstores. Or will it be relegated to some footnote from history?
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 19, 2014 9:31:49 GMT -5
Nice recollection Cei-U! I often visited bookstores as a child. On the weekends. After school. I spent so many hours there and I was never bored. How could I be? When there was so much to discover? To learn? Sadly these days many bookstores are closing. It’s happening right across the world. Sometimes I shudder to think of future generations and wonder will they even have bookstores. Or will it be relegated to some footnote from history? E-books seem to be all the rage so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happens to bookstores.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 19, 2014 10:47:31 GMT -5
Back in the late 70's I used to visit a book store in lower Manhatten NY,( near the World Trade towers) and I picked up comics , magazines and hard cover books. There was also a store named Strands where I remember buying Origins of Marvel comics, Sons of Origins and a Superman HC featuring 50-70's stories. I can't remember the last time I visited a book store other than Barnes and Nobles.
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Post by zryson on Jul 19, 2014 11:17:17 GMT -5
Yesterday while out driving, I noticed the half-mast flags; as countries around the world struggle to make sense of the senseless about what happened to the passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It is days like that which can make a person recoil in horror. That while the world is capable of much beauty, the world is capable of much darkness too.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 19, 2014 11:43:36 GMT -5
Yesterday while out driving, I noticed the half-mast flags; as countries around the world struggle to make sense of the senseless about what happened to the passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It is days like that which can make a person recoil in horror. That while the world is capable of much beauty, the world is capable of much darkness too. Made all the more darker simply by the astounding lack of information available. In this day and age there is no reason why this act should remain a mystery, we know exactly where the flight crashed, it's not in some wildly inaccessible waste land and yet experts are not being allowed to operate at the scene.
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