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dsvitak · 05-23-2021, 11:01 AM

My favorite book?

796.357

My dad was in the Air Force for a career, and then so was I. Every base had a library, and every library had the same Dewey Decimal location for baseball. It was always the first place I went.

My wife and I (she was active duty as well) were assigned to a small RAF base in East Anglia, about 90 miles NE of London. The base library at RAF Bentwaters was small, and we got to be such excellent customers that the librarian just wrote our names down on a piece of paper. "Dennis and Paula - 6. Or eight, or 12, or however many books we checked out that day. If you knew English television in the '70's, you would appreciate this.

Essentially, I read every book on baseball (and Dewey Decimal #940.53) in several different libraries, including the one just two miles away.

05-23-2021, 11:01 AM	#78
dsvitak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,310	My favorite book? 796.357 My dad was in the Air Force for a career, and then so was I. Every base had a library, and every library had the same Dewey Decimal location for baseball. It was always the first place I went. My wife and I (she was active duty as well) were assigned to a small RAF base in East Anglia, about 90 miles NE of London. The base library at RAF Bentwaters was small, and we got to be such excellent customers that the librarian just wrote our names down on a piece of paper. "Dennis and Paula - 6. Or eight, or 12, or however many books we checked out that day. If you knew English television in the '70's, you would appreciate this. Essentially, I read every book on baseball (and Dewey Decimal #940.53) in several different libraries, including the one just two miles away. Last edited by dsvitak; 05-23-2021 at 11:23 AM.