KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

I do give away books, because at one point my boxes held over 2k (most were given to me), so once in a while I am ruthless when it comes to keeping just sufficient to my needs. However, these books always have found a home with the local libraries or schools. The mileage of any book is long.

I never verbally spoke until I was over five years old. Too busy observing....so you see periodically my nose does lift its head up from the pages.

I also used to visit bookshops and market stalls in my lunch hour whenever I got the chance. One day I stopped by this woman selling books in the market (flea markets to you's lot). I spent ages looking at the selections.

I had no idea she was observing me throughout my ponderings. She couldn't hold back no longer and stated in her East End accent "you really love books don't you?", I smiled and replied gently "how can you tell?", this woman said "it's the way you hold the books, look at the spine, read the back, see the front and then carefully place it back in the box if its not what your looking for - as if its sacred, it being only a second hand book and all."

My reply with a beaming face was "so you noticed that did you! And your selling price is ten pence a book, but for me its actual worth doesn't come with a cost."

I got the book I wanted for nothing that day.