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T O P I C R E V I E WFFrenchIn my continuing quest to find space bargains at the 99c Only chain of stores, today I spotted some very nice mouse mats that they are selling, called "Space Walk" and showing McCandless making his free-flying EVA...4allmankindFrancis, I recently saw a giant stack of John Glenn's book: A Memoir, at a .99 cent store.A mouse pad I could understand, but the biography of the first American to orbit the Earth? Relegated to a .99 cent store? Ugh.I know its not a brand new book, but damn was that frustrating to see. I would have rather seen them get into the hands of a local school system. Jay FFrenchI know what you mean... we can hope, perhaps, that it meant someone picked up a copy who would otherwise not have done so, and became interested in space as a result.And funny you mention schools... I often buy up all the items I can when I see something like that (space videos, books, etc.) in these stores and use them as prizes with youth programs. I'd encourage anyone to do the same - $10 for ten books is a good investment in kids!!spaceman1953Sometimes these "dollar stores" even have LARGE PRINT books... and those need to go to local nursing homes! Especially the "space" titles!GilbertWhen I see books like Glenn's, Carpenter's, and Cooper's at the dollar stores, I buy several and give them to friends.David Bryant quote:Originally posted by 4allmankind:A mouse pad I could understand, but the biography of the first man to orbit the Earth? Erm... the first AMERICAN to orbit the Earth...4allmankindDavid, what a slip-up! Thanks!saturn1bLike Francis, I'm always on the lookout for space stuff at the dollar stores. A few weeks ago I came across some toy cell phones and on the 'screen' were 3d images of Bruce in his MMU. Kind of hokey but, you guessed it, I bought them anyway ------------------ http://spacemuseum.skymtn.com/FFrenchIn the past, as mentioned on other postings when they were available, I have found documentaries of John Glenn on video, coffee-table space program books, and a children's video featuring Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon that I have never seen elsewhere, for example. Always fun to look!mjanovec quote:Originally posted by David Bryant:Erm... the first AMERICAN to orbit the Earth...Or, as they were fond of saying back in the 60s, he was the first "free man" to orbit the earth.FFrenchThis thread resulted in something very unexpected and very nice - a cS poster deciding to mail the museum I work at a whole bunch of extra space patches, to share with the kids we teach (we'll probably do so in our space summer camps). Thank you so much, it's a wonderful reminder of the generosity of this group!
I recently saw a giant stack of John Glenn's book: A Memoir, at a .99 cent store.
A mouse pad I could understand, but the biography of the first American to orbit the Earth? Relegated to a .99 cent store? Ugh.
I know its not a brand new book, but damn was that frustrating to see. I would have rather seen them get into the hands of a local school system.
Jay
And funny you mention schools... I often buy up all the items I can when I see something like that (space videos, books, etc.) in these stores and use them as prizes with youth programs. I'd encourage anyone to do the same - $10 for ten books is a good investment in kids!!
quote:Originally posted by 4allmankind:A mouse pad I could understand, but the biography of the first man to orbit the Earth?
------------------ http://spacemuseum.skymtn.com/
quote:Originally posted by David Bryant:Erm... the first AMERICAN to orbit the Earth...
Or, as they were fond of saying back in the 60s, he was the first "free man" to orbit the earth.
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