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I'll stop now. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:29:43 AM UTC-6, Philip Williamson wrote: > > I think it's a really cool idea, and I like the name "Read On." > Once you've got a book club going like that, it seems like it would > transcend the physical book-shipping, and people who liked what they read > about the Bartali book might just go buy it. Would they be allowed to chime > in with their opinions? > It would be cool if once a book was "spent," it ended up in a central > location. "What's this? Why do people keep sending random books to "Bike > Book and Hatchet??" > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > On Monday, October 21, 2013 8:13:35 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: >> >> Hugh: >> >> That's a great idea & I'd be pleased to be part of the group. Somewhere >> I recall reading (maybe Kent's Bike Blog or Book Blog?) about the notion of >> meeting a friend for coffee & exchanging books, the idea being the group >> size increased as one had to find new people to pass books along to. When >> you think about it, we all buy books that we read once, perhaps our SO >> reads it, & then it becomes household clutter. >> >> dougP >> >> On Monday, October 21, 2013 5:27:07 PM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: >>> >>> Hi Bunch, >>> >>> Back in August some of us SoCal Rivsters did an S240 down in Southern >>> Orange County (San Onofre) were okay and our "RAD" levels are normal...my >>> Friend Curtis loaned me a book "Road to Valor" The Gino Bartali story that >>> he picked up on a Summer vacation visiting I believe his daughter in >>> Massachusetts, he had this idea of passing the book along and seeing where >>> and who it ended up with...I could have just given it to anyone but have >>> been mulling over how to do this? The story is fantastic. >>> >>> Here's my thought. I could start a topic offering the book for someone >>> to read send it, they read it sign it and then offer it to the next soul to >>> read...that sounds nice but how to keep track of it? Perhaps I thought I >>> could make a new group devoted to media about bicycling, then once you've >>> finished the media you make your comments about it...then pass it along >>> paying it forward. >>> >>> The media title would be the post and all subsequent readers would say >>> who they are and what city they're in and make comments sort of like an >>> informal book club.I or anyone then can post a topic here directing to the >>> other group. >>> >>> Well there it is...comments welcome. Once I get a feel about this >>> (feedback) I'll decide to either proceed or come up with another way.Of >>> course Jim E. let me know if this would pollute this group and I'll make it >>> completely independent. >>> >>> Best Intentions, >>> >>> ~Hugh >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
