22-07-2003 08:47									#1
	Over due library books. Put an end to popups!

So how long is the longest you've ever had an over due library book for? I once had a book for 12 years. I was in elementry school and my parents bought a new house on the other side of town half way through the year so we packed up everything and I forgot all about the library book I had checked out. Later, when I was tranfering from junior college to a four year school I was going through some old boxes and found a library book that was *ahem* a bit over due.

It was called the Shy Stegosaurus of Crooked creek and it was about a boy on summer vacation who meets an intelligent dinosaur who's hiding out in the American west. It was really rather dumb but as a 3rd grader I liked it well enough.

Can anyone top that?

	22-07-2003 08:48									#2
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Did they make you pay the fine?

	22-07-2003 08:49									#3
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Once I paid a $300 library fee.

	22-07-2003 08:49									#4
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I have a book I checked out five years ago at a library in a different state

I also had a school textbook that I had for seven years after LEAVING THE SCHOOL

	22-07-2003 08:52									#5
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Did they make you pay the fine?

Nope, the library had long ago written the book off and they were just happy to finally get it back. So I guess it just goes to prove that if you commit a little crime they fine you but if you commit a big crime but later come clean about it then they're just glade you were honest.

	22-07-2003 08:54									#6
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Once I paid a $300 library fee.

What did you do to deserve a $300 fine and more importantly why did you pay it? You should have just waited them out like I did.

	22-07-2003 08:55									#7
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Well, it was a university library and I had a bar on my registration. Doh!

	22-07-2003 08:58									#8
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Those damn regents always know how to get paid.

	22-07-2003 08:59									#9
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	22-07-2003 09:00									#10
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No, I have never had a book overdue for too long a time.

Working in a Library, I once scanned back in 4 books, each which had an overdue fine of $300 on them, so this person owed at least $1200 to the library: I never saw them, but if they planned to graduate, that must have been some surprise. their fault thought.

	22-07-2003 09:11									#11
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Having overdue library books should be a felony.

	22-07-2003 09:16									#12
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Jesus, I was in 3rd grade so I don't think I could be tried as an adult.

On a more recent note though when I was in college I used to not buy the text books to several of my classes (who wants to pay $80 for a book and then have the school say they'll only buy it back for $4?) so I'd check the book out from the RBR (the reserve book room) which was basically the secion of the University's library where you could check out books for 3 hours at a time. The problem was the night before the test there would be a big line for the book so I'd check it out the day before and spend all night studying with it then return it, pay the fine, and get a good grade on the test. As an added bonus the other people usually didn't do well on the test so the curve became that much larger. Harsh, but sometimes a college guy needs to look out for #1.

	22-07-2003 09:18									#13
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monkspider... I hope you're joking

	22-07-2003 09:23									#14
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quote: Originally posted by skywalker monkspider... I hope you're joking

Nope, I honestly support people getting 25 to life for being a couple days late on their kid's copy of Green Eggs and Ham.

(wait for it)




(there it is)

	22-07-2003 17:05									#15
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GoddAMN that was funny! Nice one, Dorothy.

I'd have crapped out my liver again, if I'd had more than 1.

	22-07-2003 17:57									#16
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hey oerdin:

i know that book! yes, it was stupid, but i liked it too, at the time.

longest i've kept one out was a paperback from the dekalb co. library system. they've stopped counting them, so if you don't return them they don't really charge you anything (i think. i don't recall them sending me any letter or message saying the book was overdue).
so i've a copy of watership down and zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance which i've now kept for roughly two and a half years.

^^;

	22-07-2003 18:08									#17
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Every school library I've ever used seems to lose the one book I take out on odd occasions. I'm pretty sure I always took the book back, but I would spend a week hunting desperately around my house, a month feeling vaguely guilty, then forget about it until the end of term when the slip of paper came through again asking where the book was. It's a conspiracy.

I don't often get overdue fees, since I usually just ring up the library on the day the book is due back and get it renewed. I did find they get a bit pissed off if you do this 5 times (with three week intervals between each call). It was about 4 months I had those books...