[geeks] rescue! score!

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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Byrne" <chris at chrisbyrne.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: RE: [geeks] rescue! score!


> I have a large number of the teach yourself series (including both
> of those mentioned) as well as about 100 other technical references
> (a lot of internal IBM books etc...) in electronic format if anyone
> is interested. I don't have the bandwidth but if someone wants to
> archive them somewhere I'll upload. Note these are NOT for full
> public distribution, just a resource for listmembers.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris Byrne
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> > Behalf Of Bill Bradford
> > Sent: 04 May 2002 05:46
> > To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: [geeks] rescue! score!
> >
> >
> > (well, not really)
> >
> > We went to Borders tonight.. They had a big table of "Old, out of
> > date, and CHEAP! 50% off!" books.  Stuff like "Frontpage 97 for
> > Dummies", things like that.. Hidden in the pile I find a "Teach
> > Yourself C in 24 hours,
> > Second Edition" by Sams book.  Its got some gunk on the cover
> > (like it had a sticker on it once), and is marked down to $5.99. 
> > I grab it, and go back over and look at the shelf - this is the
> > current edition, selling 15 feet away for $25.  Well, since it
> > was in that pile, it was 50% of $5.99 (basically, 2.98).  Score! 
> > This, along with the Schildt book and the other Sams book I have
> > (Teach Yourself ANSI C in 21 Days), should be a good set of books
> > to learn from.
> >
> > Got it home, wiped off the gunk with windex and some kleenex.
> >
> > I'm still debating the "Teach Yourself COBOL in 21 Days" book for
> > the same price, they have a HUGE pile of them (10-20); I'm
> > guessing from the Y2K run on COBOL. 8-)
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > Bill Bradford     | "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.
> > mrbill at mrbill.net | Hate leads to using Windows for
> > mission-critical Austin, TX        | applications." -- What Yoda
> > *meant* to say _______________________________________________
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