The Christmas spirit in library fines

Im not going to knock the govt on this one. Lets hope people are reasonable with thier donations.

RedDogInCan said :

poetix said :

Is wine a ‘food item’?

Not if it is only worth $2!

I wasn’t thinking that Scroogey way!….If I can pretend to remember what I was thinking a year ago. I can say with certainty that I have consumed more than $2 of wine in the last twelve minutes.

Note that this thread is indeed over a year old. Since they officially abolished fines (replacing them with those mammoth ‘fees’) I don’t see how it could apply any more. Read the table here for details:

http://the-riotact.com/its-safe-to-go-back-to-the-library-fine-forgiveness/76476

Or maybe you can pay your administrative fees in Grange now? (No, that’s not what I’m drinking.)

poetix said :

Is wine a ‘food item’?

Not if it is only worth $2!

poetix said :

I hope people don’t just give beans and boring stuff; surely something more ‘festive’ would be better? It seems strange to be donating bland, sensible things when everyone else will be stuffing themselves on turkey. Or mangoes and camembert if you’re a weedy vegetarian. Tins of lollies or biscuits are at least special and would fit the description of what is accepted.

Is wine a ‘food item’?

Oh no. Are you telling me I shouldn’t have taken in the tin of chick peas and the 15 year old tin of Liver Pate. It would probably be still safe – wouldn’t it? ;-D

Jerry Atric said :

Dammit, seniors forgotten again! We don’t get fined for the library books we have had on our shelves (makes us look intellectual) for the last year or so, so we can’t help the charity and look self righteous and smug!

Now you tell me! I’m a senior and I paid a 40 cent fine last weekend. I should have shown my combined Seniors/My Way card and beaten the rap.

I hope people don’t just give beans and boring stuff; surely something more ‘festive’ would be better? It seems strange to be donating bland, sensible things when everyone else will be stuffing themselves on turkey. Or mangoes and camembert if you’re a weedy vegetarian. Tins of lollies or biscuits are at least special and would fit the description of what is accepted.

Is wine a ‘food item’?

Dammit, seniors forgotten again! We don’t get fined for the library books we have had on our shelves (makes us look intellectual) for the last year or so, so we can’t help the charity and look self righteous and smug!