Suddenly, for some reason, money didn't matter.
Something clicked.
It was my Financial Concern button, which I changed from 'On', as it usually is, to 'Off'.
Having done so, I began buying books.
I bought as if it might all end next week. As if a comet large enough to smash the planet to smithereens was on course to do so and no amount of action by either superpower could do anything about it.
There are no pockets in a shroud, right?
Not that the Ballard books pictured were expensive (that's relative, isn't it?). They were actually cheaper as a job lot than any others I'd seen online. Cheaper individually, that is. A friends asked 'But you have them, don't you?' Meaning the stories. Yes, I do, but as any book-lover knows, sometimes it's about the editions. I am not, mind you, an obsessive collector of editions. But I couldn't resist these.
With the FC button still switched off, I proceeded to scour the internet and found several more books. I may show them to you in the future.
I also struck a deal with a book dealer via email.
I was high on buying.
Now I'm flying nearly every day as I eagerly await the post. High too on having so many great new books and magazines to explore.
The FC button has been switched on again. It must, after all, remain on by default, otherwise I'd be broke.
I can browse charity shop shelves with the FC button on, no worries, since nothing costs more than £3, usually.
Online however, as you know, is an endless shop stuffed with goodies. It's where you can usually find what you're after but the price...oh the prices!...can sometimes be far too much.
For now I'm being 'good'.
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