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2. Libraries

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 04:31 PM

Feb 2020

They have computers and the internet. It's how I gained employment while homeless. I still go there to access the internet and a book.

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Some thoughts about the computer, the internet, and going to the library. [View all] Stuart G Feb 2020 OP

The library offers serendipities not available on the Internet. klook Feb 2020 #1

Libraries tazkcmo Feb 2020 #2

I often wonder how people who become homeless can make it back again Skittles Feb 2020 #11

Very kind of you tazkcmo Feb 2020 #12

I'm a veteran Skittles Feb 2020 #13

I go to the library all the time stopdiggin Feb 2020 #3

Here's my thoughts maxrandb Feb 2020 #4

One of our libraries loans out fishing gear. alarimer Feb 2020 #6

Libraries function as a "third space" alarimer Feb 2020 #8

I'm going to the library tomorrow to vote Skittles Feb 2020 #9

Well let's see... MicaelS Feb 2020 #10

Fort Worth Public Library system is terrific!!! yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #14

It is. MicaelS Feb 2020 #15