"A true bibliophile doesn't stop accumulating volumes just because his house is already full," says Simon Heffer.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/8082354/To-me-books-are-literally-indispensable.html "My wife says the collecting gene affects men only, and I think she may be right." That's certainly been my impression -- that collectors of all manner of items are disproportionately men. I suspect that men predominate among that indispensable group, nerds. I also suspect it may relate to the fact that men disproportionately feature towards one end of the autistic spectrum. N.B. Collectables from A-Z: http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/boards.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5995 or send a blank email to leave-5995-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
