From bookshop's advertisement flyer (run by a former British R.A.F. woman pilot):
As 98% of you now buy all your books on Internet, how sad you are missing the major Aura of buying a book. The ombience created by each O.P. specialist. Out West were the weirdest. Stuffed lion, carpets & cushions invited laying on! I used to love to guess the background of these interesting owners! Esentrics we Brits called them. Bred by the 1,000's because of the *Empire builders journeys* took them to the mystical East of the torid Tropics, then *home* to chilly G.B. to spend their wayning years sharing adventures & love of books that had kept them sane. So dear book lovers, use us for the last few years & visit by appointment remembering the Internet & phone pay the OVERHEAD!___
(Translation hints: G.B. = Great Britain and O.P. = out of print)
It's not good that men should live alone. For man living alone = television golf. Overheard a late 20-something male on the elevator say this week:
My roommate moved out so I'm on my own for the first time. It was great, drank six, seven beers while watching golf all day.
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