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post #31 of 43
10/6/08 at 2:22pm
I am something of a packrat, but I finally ditched many of my old textbooks (20+ years old) this past spring when the basement flooded and I was forced to move stuff around. I kept all the literature, though.
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post #32 of 43
10/6/08 at 2:30pm
Most are gone. Some I use to make arguments. Some I use because they can be used in place of Ambien.
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post #33 of 43
10/7/08 at 10:44am
Yup... that's what mom's house is for.
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post #34 of 43
10/7/08 at 11:16am
Kept the good books, sold off the rest. I did keep quite a few of my MBA textbooks though for future reference. I kept a few notable ones only for the novelty of cracking them open, something I didn't always do when school was in session.
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post #35 of 43
10/7/08 at 12:03pm
I notice I kept a couple of economics books, mostly by accident though.
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post #36 of 43
10/7/08 at 4:32pm
resold all my college textbooks but kept my casebooks from law school because they all have the same binding/coloring and look pretty cool on the bookshelf. of course, there is a 99% chance i'll never open them, but i think they look neat.
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post #37 of 43
10/7/08 at 10:12pm
If you don't plan on going back to school then I would get rid of them. If you plan on going back you might want to hold on to them.
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post #38 of 43
10/9/08 at 3:09am
Of course not (I'm about to graduate). I kept my AP European History book from HS, though. Palmer, Colton, and Kramer's History of the Modern World. -Quite possibly the best textbook ever written.
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post #39 of 43
10/9/08 at 3:14am
I am still in the process of getting rid of mine. Most of undergrad are gone. I still have a few left from law. The case books are worthless (for law use), only value is to donate them. The code books still have a bit of life. I also have my accounting books....those actually are pretty useful for reference, so I still have about 70% of those.
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post #40 of 43
10/9/08 at 11:44am
I keep all books that have information that I may need in the future,otherwise I try to sell them.But most of the time I just throw them in the recycling,because getting 50 cents back on a 100 dollar book isnt worth it.
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post #41 of 43
10/9/08 at 11:48am
I kept all of my art history books since they're great reference sources

but would I keep a calculus text? hell the fucking no
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post #42 of 43
10/9/08 at 11:57am
I've kept everything I've ever done in Japanese and Latin.
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post #43 of 43
10/9/08 at 9:08pm
I've kept all of my texts that were for courses in my major.

Mechanical Engineering textbooks are really good resources and are filled with lots of useful charts.
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