<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I am making a prediction about the unknowable, unprestateable future. Jochen will be able to visit our wonderful bookstores before the end of 2021. (It's all about testing!)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:36 AM Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">the block is just the main store - the computer/science/tech is in another building across the street.<br>
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lots of small local bookstores. LA harder to find, but San Francisco plentiful.<br>
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They will still be there in 2025 when you feel safe to visit the US. <br>
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davew<br>
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On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, at 8:24 AM, ⛧ glen wrote:<br>
> They might. But I'm spending a good portion of my income at the local <br>
> ones. If you're visiting book stores, you must visit this one. A whole <br>
> city block, multiple floors:<br>
> <a href="https://www.powells.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.powells.com/</a><br>
> <br>
> And stop using Amazon. 8^D<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On September 5, 2020 6:53:38 AM PDT, Jochen Fromm <<a href="mailto:jofr@cas-group.net" target="_blank">jofr@cas-group.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >Do you think bookstores may die out? They have become rare here in<br>
> >Europe. In L.A. there is a nice used bookstore named "The Last<br>
> >Bookstore"<a href="http://lastbookstorela.comWhen" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lastbookstorela.comWhen</a> Biden has won and Covid is<br>
> >gone next year I would like to visit California, including L.A. and San<br>
> >Francisco, before the last bookstore is gone.-J.<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> glen ⛧<br>
> <br>
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