±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 346
Total: 346
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Home
03: Community Forums
04: Community Forums
05: Home
06: Your Account
07: Downloads
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: Community Forums
13: Home
14: Home
15: Community Forums
16: Community Forums
17: Home
18: Member Screenshots
19: Home
20: Supporters
21: Community Forums
22: Community Forums
23: Community Forums
24: Community Forums
25: Home
26: Home
27: Community Forums
28: Community Forums
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Member Screenshots
32: Photo Gallery
33: Community Forums
34: Member Screenshots
35: Community Forums
36: Home
37: Downloads
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Home
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Photo Gallery
45: Photo Gallery
46: Community Forums
47: Home
48: Community Forums
49: Photo Gallery
50: Home
51: Community Forums
52: Community Forums
53: Community Forums
54: Member Screenshots
55: Home
56: Home
57: Photo Gallery
58: Community Forums
59: Photo Gallery
60: Community Forums
61: Downloads
62: Photo Gallery
63: Home
64: Your Account
65: Community Forums
66: Member Screenshots
67: Downloads
68: Downloads
69: Home
70: Home
71: Community Forums
72: Home
73: Photo Gallery
74: Member Screenshots
75: Member Screenshots
76: Community Forums
77: Photo Gallery
78: Community Forums
79: Member Screenshots
80: Your Account
81: Home
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Home
85: Community Forums
86: Home
87: Home
88: Statistics
89: Home
90: Home
91: Community Forums
92: Photo Gallery
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: News Archive
98: Community Forums
99: Your Account
100: Community Forums
101: Member Screenshots
102: Home
103: Home
104: Member Screenshots
105: Home
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: Home
109: Community Forums
110: Photo Gallery
111: Member Screenshots
112: Your Account
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Home
116: Home
117: Home
118: Community Forums
119: Home
120: Downloads
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Home
125: Home
126: Community Forums
127: Community Forums
128: Community Forums
129: Community Forums
130: Community Forums
131: Member Screenshots
132: Community Forums
133: Your Account
134: Community Forums
135: Community Forums
136: Downloads
137: Photo Gallery
138: Community Forums
139: Statistics
140: Home
141: Home
142: Photo Gallery
143: Community Forums
144: News Archive
145: Community Forums
146: Photo Gallery
147: Community Forums
148: Community Forums
149: Your Account
150: Community Forums
151: Photo Gallery
152: Home
153: Downloads
154: Home
155: Community Forums
156: Community Forums
157: Treasury
158: Community Forums
159: Community Forums
160: Home
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Home
164: Community Forums
165: Community Forums
166: Home
167: Home
168: Member Screenshots
169: Your Account
170: Photo Gallery
171: Home
172: Home
173: Home
174: Community Forums
175: Downloads
176: Home
177: Photo Gallery
178: Home
179: News Archive
180: Community Forums
181: Home
182: Community Forums
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Home
187: Community Forums
188: Community Forums
189: Downloads
190: Home
191: Community Forums
192: Your Account
193: Member Screenshots
194: Home
195: Community Forums
196: Downloads
197: Home
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: Downloads
201: Downloads
202: Downloads
203: Community Forums
204: Community Forums
205: Home
206: Home
207: Photo Gallery
208: Community Forums
209: Downloads
210: Photo Gallery
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Your Account
214: Member Screenshots
215: Community Forums
216: Home
217: Community Forums
218: Home
219: Community Forums
220: Home
221: LinkToUs
222: Home
223: Community Forums
224: Community Forums
225: Community Forums
226: Home
227: News Archive
228: Community Forums
229: Your Account
230: Photo Gallery
231: Member Screenshots
232: Community Forums
233: Community Forums
234: Home
235: Downloads
236: Community Forums
237: Community Forums
238: Community Forums
239: Community Forums
240: Home
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Downloads
245: Community Forums
246: Downloads
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Home
250: Community Forums
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Community Forums
254: Home
255: Community Forums
256: Home
257: Home
258: Community Forums
259: Community Forums
260: Home
261: News Archive
262: Home
263: Community Forums
264: Community Forums
265: Community Forums
266: Downloads
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Home
270: Home
271: Community Forums
272: Community Forums
273: Home
274: Community Forums
275: Photo Gallery
276: Photo Gallery
277: Home
278: Community Forums
279: Community Forums
280: Community Forums
281: Home
282: Home
283: Community Forums
284: Home
285: Community Forums
286: Community Forums
287: Community Forums
288: Photo Gallery
289: Photo Gallery
290: Downloads
291: Home
292: Community Forums
293: Photo Gallery
294: Community Forums
295: Community Forums
296: Home
297: Community Forums
298: Community Forums
299: Home
300: Community Forums
301: News Archive
302: Community Forums
303: Home
304: Member Screenshots
305: Member Screenshots
306: Community Forums
307: Downloads
308: Home
309: Home
310: Home
311: Downloads
312: Community Forums
313: Home
314: Downloads
315: Home
316: Community Forums
317: Home
318: News Archive
319: Community Forums
320: Community Forums
321: Member Screenshots
322: Home
323: Community Forums
324: Home
325: Downloads
326: Home
327: Home
328: Community Forums
329: Community Forums
330: Downloads
331: Community Forums
332: Statistics
333: Home
334: News Archive
335: Community Forums
336: Photo Gallery
337: Community Forums
338: Community Forums
339: Community Forums
340: Home
341: Home
342: Community Forums
343: Home
344: Your Account
345: Community Forums
346: Photo Gallery

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Survey
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  

WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN BOOK SHARING?
Yes! Sounds like a great idea.
22%
 22%  [ 2 ]
I would not be interested.
33%
 33%  [ 3 ]
Great! When the book gets to me I will keep it.
11%
 11%  [ 1 ]
Tumbleweed, dont you have anything better to think of?
33%
 33%  [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 9

Author Message
MarkHolloway
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2006
Posts: 2054
Location: Beatty, Nevada
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 7:42 am
Post subject: Survey

Suppose we started a 'round robin' book sharing program? For example: I mail a book to Dontos. He reads it and mails it to Doug. He reads and sends to Roy. And so on until everyone who wants to read it has done so. Then it goes back to the owner.

_________________
"TUMBLEWEED"
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:04 am
Post subject: Re: Survey

- MarkHolloway
Suppose we started a 'round robin' book sharing program? For example I mail a book to Dontos. He reads it and mails it to Doug. He reads and sends to Roy. And so on until everyone who wants to read it has done so. Then it goes back to the owner.
There should be another category

"Sounds great but no I won't send my Hunnicutt'
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 11:00 am
Post subject: Re: Survey

- bsmart
There should be another category

"Sounds great but no I won't send my Hunnicutt'


"...and I'll keep any Hunnicutt's that I don't have."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Hellfish6
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 09, 2006
Posts: 151
Location: Orlando
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 12:02 pm
Post subject: Re: Survey

Damnit... I want to do this just for the Hunnicutt books!

But yeah, I'll do it. I've got a lot of books on Rhodesia and South Africa but probably nothing that you guys don't have on the technical side of AFVs.
Back to top
View user's profile
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Survey

I'm not as interested in borrowing 'technical' books but in memoirs and such that I figure are in the 'read it at least once but maybe never again' category.

Actually I have a very good used book store nearby (They have been in business for 29 years) and have been picking up stuff that I figure I will read one day just because the price is good.

If we do this I may pick up some just to seed the pot.

Not directly Armor related I finished "Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign by Roger Hesketh a while back and it is sitting on the shelf. A very good book about the development and implementation of the Deception effort and the Doublecross system.

Anyone want to borrow it let me know

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Roy_A_Lingle
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1997
Location: El Paso & Ft Bliss, Texas
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Survey

Hi Mark! Hi Folks!

I would love to see the Hunnicutt books I don't have, but I would NEVER trust any mail/shipping service with mine or anyone else's. If a book should ever get lost or damaged, there is no way they would cover the cost of a replacement. Sad

Interesting Idea, I for one, voted for "I would kept the book". Twisted Evil

Sgt, Scouts Out! Smile

_________________
"You can never have too much reconnaissance."
General G.S. Patton Jr.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
binder001
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 25, 2006
Posts: 363

PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:00 pm
Post subject: Re: Survey

It is a noble idea! However, as much as I want to be a Christian gentleman, when it comes to books I tend to subscribe to a narrow "Circle of Trust". 98% of all people are fine, but it's that other 2% that screw it up for everybody. To send the Hunnicutts or Faint Praise, etc very far would require a lot of faith in the borrower and the shipper. I'm sure others have books that they value as highly. It would almost require borrowers to post $5,000-$10,000 (USD) bond per person for loss or damage (and to encourage honest dealing.

Mow if someone was visiting eastern Nebraska and wanted to stop by and look at any books or photos, that's a whole different deal. I can't guarantee that I'll do much housecleaning, but you can come look at books and we'll find some kind of beef or pork critter to throw on the grill.

Gary
Back to top
View user's profile
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:48 pm
Post subject: Re: Survey

I'll admit that much of my 'core collection' wouldn't be available, at least at first, and some like my Hunnicutts would probably never be on the 'available' list. But I think I have a fair collection of other books that may be of interest. But I think the logistics may end up being rough to handle. What does it cost to ship a book via 'media mail' these days?

Another option that others have used (I have been too lazy so far) is interlibrary loan. I imagine that almost anything that I would be willing to trust to the mail system is probably available to someone through interlibrary loan.

But I'll still give it a go and join in. I may even allow my Ogerkowitz out of the house if some one wants to borrow it, But Hunnicutt is still on the restricted list.

Of course a similar offer to Gary's to anyone visiting the DC/Central Maryland area is in effect. My wife would cringe (You CAN'T take anyone down in THAT ROOM!!) if I tried to take you into the game/computer/inner sanctum, but the upstairs Library is defintly fair game and she'll get over it if we go down to the bunker (Hey if she didn't want me to take folks down there she wouldn't have gotten me a 6' Slide Rule to hang on the wall Smile

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Chris_C
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 214
Location: WV, USA
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 5:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Survey

This is a good idea, but do be careful with what you send. The post office lost 20% of my sister's grad school applications, which were all sent certified mail. I also had an order from www.rwmilitarybooks.com that was allegedly lost in the mail. I didn't have the shipment insured, so the sender has used that fact to refuse to do anything about it. Sad
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum