i still have my Chemex, but alas, no filters. It made excellent coffee, and was also great for coffee flavored - ice cream, candy, pastries - because it made a concentrated but not bitter brew.
i had no idea its inventor was such an awesome dude.

i worked for a very large, well known used and rare bookseller for years, and can tell you that they and many other used bookshops derive a significant amount of income from selling decorator collections. It is a way to rehome books that won't ever sell, and pay for shelf space for other books which will be sold in months or years. Our policy was not to destroy books we couldn't use, but to sell as deco sets, or give them away.

i'm tempted to mock people who don't have libraries of their own, too, but i'm glad they want those books.

How about the Dormitory Boys?