Uses for Old Computer Books?

[Torc]

I recently found a couple of old computer books on Delphi.

I am sure that most of you will be familliar with the type of books.

• Heavy
• Page counts approaching or exceeding 1,000
• You think you are going to use them extensively, but then find them
• outdated a few months after you purchased them
• Then they turn up practically unused several years later.

Can anyone come up with some practical suggestions as to
what I can do with them?

All I can come up with is to use them as a door-stop to trip up the unwary.

[oceanebelle]

Use them as weight for your roof, in case the big bad wolf comes along?

[Quiver318]

Hollow out the inside enough to put in some old clock workings. Then convince your coworkers that it is, in fact, a rare clock. Ideally, you should sell it to one of them for the original price of the book.

[EntityX]

I like to use a good thick book as a heat sink to cool my oatmeal. When I eat oatmeal I always eat it right out of the pot that I use to cook it. I put the pot on a good thick book and stir it and move it around once one area of the book has been heated up usually flipping the book over a number of times.

Back in the days when I had a PlayStation 2 I would usually use a telephone book to set the game controller on since I don't have even one table in my house and I would sit on the floor when I played video games.

Another thought is to auction them off on ebay. But if they are rather old you wouldn't get much for them. It might not be worth the hassle of auctioning them. I've auctioned a good number of things off on ebay but I usually only do it if I feel I'm going to make something decent from the auction.

[wossname]

Strap them to your torso and become a bulletproof superhero.

[Arrow_Raider]

Use them as kindling.

[JuggaloBrotha]

Use them as kindling.

Ditto, I save my college textbooks that I'm not bale to re-sell after the class(es) end when I make camp fires in my back yard.

[mendhak]

Tear them in half with your bare hands.

[Torc]

Use them as kindling.

Heresy

Even bad books are books, and therefore sacred.

[BillGeek]

Strap them to your torso and become a bulletproof superhero.

I'll second that!

Wait a minute... who in their right minds would buy books on Delphi!?

[oceanebelle]

When I need to let out some frustration, I find that throwing books flying around the house is a good way to calm down... However it doesn't help if it's still a useful book so I make sure it's something disposable.

[Arrow_Raider]

When I need to let out some frustration, I throw a dart at an old book with a picture of oceanebelle glued on the cover.

[oceanebelle]

When I need to let out some frustration, I throw a dart at an old book with a picture of oceanebelle glued on the cover.

The picture would be useless if you left the book open while throwing darts

[koolprasad2003]

tear the pages and use t pack the meals for picnic....

-koolprasad2003

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Tear them in half with your bare hands.

I can tear a 1 inch think phone book in half... it's not that difficult, in fact their are plenty of videos online that show the very simple technique.


I know you're impressed, please feel free to send me money, Yen only please.

[Hack]

I use them as attitude adjustment tools on my kids.

[Arrow_Raider]

I can tear a 1 inch think phone book in half... it's not that difficult, in fact their are plenty of videos online that show the very simple technique.


I know you're impressed, please feel free to send me money, Yen only please.

Ok. I will send you 60 yen. You can buy a small pack of gum with that.

[Torc]

Wait a minute... who in their right minds would buy books on Delphi!?

I did, back before I got into using VBA, I am only just starting to learn VS.

I think we are talking 15+ years ago.