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In message <40A01568.3210 DeleteThis @do.not.spam.the.moose>, Cadbury Moose
<please DeleteThis @do.not.spam.the.moose> writes
 >Previous owner was a heavy smoker, so the page edges are
 >stained yellow and the whole thing smells like an ashtray.

Try burying it in fresh kitty litter for a week. I've heard that's good
for musty smelling books so it may work for this.

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In <Rkt$gjBV5JoAFA7Q@menageri.tele2.co.uk> Omega wrote:

 >In message <40A01568.3210.RemoveThis@do.not.spam.the.moose>, Cadbury Moose
 ><please.RemoveThis@do.not.spam.the.moose> writes
  >>Previous owner was a heavy smoker, so the page edges are
  >>stained yellow and the whole thing smells like an ashtray.
 >Try burying it in fresh kitty litter for a week. I've heard that's good
 >for musty smelling books so it may work for this.

Some froup I was on once had a discussion about this, and it was said that
putting a layer of bicarbonate of soda in the bottom of a shoebox, covering
it with one piece of A4 paper, putting the offending book in on top and
then putting the cbox into a plastic bag for a week would often get rid of
the smell of either cigarette or mildew.

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Cadbury Moose <please.TakeThisOut@do.not.spam.the.moose> wrote in news:40A01568.3210
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 > Having carefuly emptied the piggybank, and ordered a copy of
 > Alexander At The World's End for a certain BB, it has arrived.

You, too?

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In message <20040511162619.679046668884443.RemoveThis@firedrake.org>,
anon2765.RemoveThis@firedrake.org writes
 >In <Rkt$gjBV5JoAFA7Q@menageri.tele2.co.uk> Omega wrote:
 >
  >>In message <40A01568.3210.RemoveThis@do.not.spam.the.moose>, Cadbury Moose
  >><please.RemoveThis@do.not.spam.the.moose> writes
   >>>Previous owner was a heavy smoker, so the page edges are
   >>>stained yellow and the whole thing smells like an ashtray.
  >>Try burying it in fresh kitty litter for a week. I've heard that's good
  >>for musty smelling books so it may work for this.
 >
 >Some froup I was on once had a discussion about this, and it was said that
 >putting a layer of bicarbonate of soda in the bottom of a shoebox, covering
 >it with one piece of A4 paper, putting the offending book in on top and
 >then putting the cbox into a plastic bag for a week would often get rid of
 >the smell of either cigarette or mildew.
 >
Probably similar principle. It doesn't say what they use for odour
control on the litter bag but it may be something along similar lines.
Not bicarb obviously since you don't want fizzy cat litter but...

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In article <qOVRqNM2ZQoAFAv3.TakeThisOut@menageri.tele2.co.uk>,
Omega <omega.TakeThisOut@menageri.org.uk> wrote:

 >Not bicarb obviously since you don't want fizzy cat litter but...

I am sure there would be a market for it.

 >Bill the Cat for President
 >Opus for Veep

Bill the Cat. He's been one of us.

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In article <qOVRqNM2ZQoAFAv3.DeleteThis@menageri.tele2.co.uk>,
Omega <omega.DeleteThis@menageri.org.uk> wrote:

 >In message <20040511162619.679046668884443.DeleteThis@firedrake.org>,
 >anon2765@firedrake.org writes
  >>In <Rkt$gjBV5JoAFA7Q@menageri.tele2.co.uk> Omega wrote:
  >>
   >>>In message <40A01568.3210.DeleteThis@do.not.spam.the.moose>, Cadbury Moose
   >>><please.DeleteThis@do.not.spam.the.moose> writes
   >>>>Previous owner was a heavy smoker, so the page edges are
   >>>>stained yellow and the whole thing smells like an ashtray.
   >>>Try burying it in fresh kitty litter for a week. I've heard that's good
   >>>for musty smelling books so it may work for this.
  >>
  >>Some froup I was on once had a discussion about this, and it was said that
  >>putting a layer of bicarbonate of soda in the bottom of a shoebox, covering
  >>it with one piece of A4 paper, putting the offending book in on top and
  >>then putting the cbox into a plastic bag for a week would often get rid of
  >>the smell of either cigarette or mildew.
  >>
 >Probably similar principle. It doesn't say what they use for odour
 >control on the litter bag but it may be something along similar lines.
 >Not bicarb obviously since you don't want fizzy cat litter but...

New! Improved! Cresta(TM) Cat Litter, with added E500(ii).
It's Frothy, Man!

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(ii) Not really a footnote. Yes, I did look it up.

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Belsambar wrote:
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 > Cadbury Moose <please DeleteThis @do.not.spam.the.moose> wrote in news:40A01568.3210
 > @do.not.spam.the.moose:
 >
  > > Having carefuly emptied the piggybank, and ordered a copy of
  > > Alexander At The World's End for a certain BB, it has arrived.
 >
 > You, too?

No, me three. My name is legion.

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Omega wrote:
 >
 > In message <40A01568.3210.TakeThisOut@do.not.spam.the.moose>, Cadbury Moose
 > <please.TakeThisOut@do.not.spam.the.moose> writes
  > >Previous owner was a heavy smoker, so the page edges are
  > >stained yellow and the whole thing smells like an ashtray.
 >
 > Try burying it in fresh kitty litter for a week. I've heard
 > that's good for musty smelling books so it may work for this.

Unfortunately Ramsgate is a long way to be hauling several large
sacks of kitty litter, and they probably wouldn't stand still
long enough for it.

This moose will have to try for a refund. 3:O(>

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On Tue, 11 May 2004 00:51:07 +0100, Cadbury Moose
<please DeleteThis @do.not.spam.the.moose> wrote:

 >Having carefuly emptied the piggybank, and ordered a copy of
 >Alexander At The World's End for a certain BB, it has arrived.
 >
 >It was _described_ as being Very Good/Very Good condition,
 >minor fading, some shelf wear, first edition, unclipped DJ.
 >
 >This moose thinks they've been economical with the truth.
 >
 >There's no mention of:
 >
 >Spine cracked at flyleaf.
 >Previous owner was a heavy smoker, so the page edges are
 >stained yellow and the whole thing smells like an ashtray.
 >
 ><grumble>
 >
 >Words Will Be Had.
 >Cadbury.
 >(Off to abebooks with the _backup_ piggybank).

Sympathy sent your way. Handling smokey books is one of the drawbacks
of working in a public library. The worst was a book on microbiology
that looked as though some one had spilled a "nutritious" fluid on it
as it was warped and the pages had started to grown something nasty
smelling. It could have been used for a class in microbiology,
"Class, I want you to identify what organisms are growing on this
book."

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The message <Rkt$gjBV5JoAFA7Q@menageri.tele2.co.uk>
from Omega <omega.RemoveThis@menageri.org.uk> contains these words:

 > Try burying it in fresh kitty litter for a week.

Or, indeed, permanently. Best place for it, if it's anything like the
author's other books.

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had bought a new copy of said tome, rather than a second-hand one, this
problem would not have arisen, and a poor man would be better off by
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In <vgk2a0dsmbl9bcii2ghkgh5q1blf56hvlh RemoveThis @4ax.com> Jackie wrote:

 >Sympathy sent your way. Handling smokey books is one of the drawbacks
 >of working in a public library. The worst was a book on microbiology
 >that looked as though some one had spilled a "nutritious" fluid on it
 >as it was warped and the pages had started to grown something nasty
 >smelling. It could have been used for a class in microbiology,
 >"Class, I want you to identify what organisms are growing on this
 >book."

Every so often professional complaints get broadcast on the radio, and one
profession I have heard bemoaning Things happens to have been librarians.
The chap doing one bit of bemoaning said you wouldn't believe some of the
things people use as bookmarks and return inside the books by accident. He
did once get a fiver that way, but on the other hand he did also once get a
slice of fried bacon.

The mind boggles. I suppose it could have been worse: it could have been a
fried egg.

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On Tue, 11 May 2004 23:06:04 +0000 (UTC), anon2765 RemoveThis @firedrake.org
wrote:

 >In <vgk2a0dsmbl9bcii2ghkgh5q1blf56hvlh RemoveThis @4ax.com> Jackie wrote:
 >
  >>Sympathy sent your way. Handling smokey books is one of the drawbacks
  >>of working in a public library. The worst was a book on microbiology
  >>that looked as though some one had spilled a "nutritious" fluid on it
  >>as it was warped and the pages had started to grown something nasty
  >>smelling. It could have been used for a class in microbiology,
  >>"Class, I want you to identify what organisms are growing on this
  >>book."
 >
 >Every so often professional complaints get broadcast on the radio, and one
 >profession I have heard bemoaning Things happens to have been librarians.
 >The chap doing one bit of bemoaning said you wouldn't believe some of the
 >things people use as bookmarks and return inside the books by accident. He
 >did once get a fiver that way, but on the other hand he did also once get a
 >slice of fried bacon.
 >
 >The mind boggles. I suppose it could have been worse: it could have been a
 >fried egg.
 >
 >Beetle
 >
 >Cartographer, Bombardier, Weather Witch and Village Storekeeper
 >Selling atonal apples, and amplified heat, and Pressed Rat's
 >collection of dog-legs and feet. Coffee mornings a speciality.
 >
 >
I have found a slice of cheese, business cards (for a laugh, I found
one belonging to a friend), photographs, medical receipts, lottery
tickets (never a winner) and postcards. Not to mention the slips of
paper added to all the books in a shelf from our random evangelist,
"You have found this because Our Lord is reaching out to you" or words
to that effect.

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