NationStates Jolt Archive

I think it's the bestest thing ever.

My new love for it just happened because they ordered about 10 books and 4 CD's I wanted but didn't want to buy, so I just got the post card today and promptly went in and checked them all out.

They had a table of old magazines too that they were giving away so I grabbed about 20 of them for my art class.

I think I might die without the library, that and public television have been my big happy things for like 2 months.

What public services would you be really sad without?

Office o' Post. Uh.... yeah.

as much trouble as I have with postal service I am still impressed with the whole system....

I did figure out last week where my mail was going, I went and asked and the idiots had a box of 4 years of back mail, they were "going to bring it by" but "never got around to it"

I think I might have gotten it fixed.

What public services would you be really sad without?

Sanitation... trash pickup and sewage treatment... can you imagine the smell?

then there is Police, Fire & Rescue... EMS...

but yeah, for services that are not Health Related... the Library ROCKS! (worked there for years during High School)

but yeah, for services that are not Health Related... the Library ROCKS! (worked there for years during High School)
I thought Hawaiians just surfed all day. <_<

Pretty much any public service I have used, am using and may use in the future.

Public transit.
Unfortunately, Pittsburgh's system isn't great, and is progressively getting worse.

I hate my Public library. They got rid of date stamping. How am I supposed to know when my book is due?

Library and transit.

I hate my Public library. They got rid of date stamping. How am I supposed to know when my book is due?

my library emails me 3 days before it's due then a reminder once a week after that telling me it's late and how much my fees are.

they also email me and send me a post card when books I have on reserve are in .

I thought Hawaiians just surfed all day. <_<
How do you think we get to the Library? ;)

my library emails me 3 days before it's due then a reminder once a week after that telling me it's late and how much my fees are.

they also email me and send me a post card when books I have on reserve are in .
"err...sorry, but for some reason my Spam Blocker started filtering your notices..." :p

that reminds me, i need to reserve "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe". somehow i left it behind in jersey when i was picking up all the other books.

i couldn't live without public transit. and of course the ones you don't see like refuse collection and sewage the like.

Apart from the basic ones.... you know, sanitation, health, fire, police &c. --

Public transportation. I live in New York City. [Well, half the time anyway.]

The NYPL (public library), also. I don't like buying music online, and CDs are too expensive -- likely I'll only listen to it once or twice anyway. Same goes for books; and since I never give any of the stuff away, my bookshelves get very cluttered.

The USGS and their topographical maps. I'm not sure if it counts as a public service, but I live by those things, sometimes too much so. "We just crossed a creek!" "Yeah, that was Frog Creek, and we're currently at an elevation of 440 feet. There should be a house on the right in a quarter of a mile and we're about to enter the William F. Bumblebee National Forest." "Vod, will you just shut the hell up?!"

The one I use the most is probably public transport.

oh, and heaven help me if we we didn't have the NHS, not that i've ever used it more than twice, but still. paying for insurance pisses me off at the best of times, having to pay it in order to stay alive would enrage me something rotten.

I love the library too, I got all these books with little numbers on them and walk out. Now they call me every week and I answer, say "Is your Refrigerator running?" and slam the phone. Last time they said something about "Theft" and "Illegal" but I wasn't really listening. Library people are weird.:p

I think it's the bestest thing ever.

My new love for it just happened because they ordered about 10 books and 4 CD's I wanted but didn't want to buy, so I just got the post card today and promptly went in and checked them all out.

They had a table of old magazines too that they were giving away so I grabbed about 20 of them for my art class.

I think I might die without the library, that and public television have been my big happy things for like 2 months.

What public services would you be really sad without?

I was a big fan of the public library when I lived in NYC. Now that I'm in the suburbs it's just a cheap bookstore. In NYC getting a library card at one library means you can use every library in the borough, and you can get a card for each borough, giving you access to some pretty top rate research institutions.

Out in the suburbs the libraries are funded by local property taxes, so you only get to use the library in your own town, and limited use of those neighboring libraries your town makes deals with.

I was a big fan of the public library when I lived in NYC. Now that I'm in the suburbs it's just a cheap bookstore. In NYC getting a library card at one library means you can use every library in the borough, and you can get a card for each borough, giving you access to some pretty top rate research institutions.

Out in the suburbs the libraries are funded by local property taxes, so you only get to use the library in your own town, and limited use of those neighboring libraries your town makes deals with.

we have a library network so I can get books transfered from like 75 different libraries in my area, and I can even download them online to my Palm or download audio books. I <3 my local library system, it's made of rawk.

I love my library. Going to a large University allows me to access millions of titles, ranging from modern books to books published 2 centuries ago. It also gives me access to MELCAT, which lets me request any book in any Michigan library. 1337

I owe my library £5 so I have been avoiding them lately :p

I like the education system myself, especially as I can get free university stuff (I know someone who is getting free a laptop because the OU thinks they are poor:D)

I'm happy because I live in an university town, where the college's 1,000,000+ books are available to me for free.
As far as public services...actually, what I just said. Public education (or state-funded universities) often gets a bad rap, but the fact it exists at all impresses me.

What public services would you be really sad without?


The university library. I never really got into the county public library, but I would pitch a tent in the middle of the university library stacks and move in if I could get away with it. And how awesome is Interlibrary Loan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan)? :eek:

What public services would you be really sad without?

Public library is one, yes. Public healthcare. Dense, cheap public transports. Dense, 6 days-a-week everywhere post network. Public parks. Firefighters. Street cleaning. Public education.

So many of important, fundamental things...

My local public library rocks...good selections of all types of media, a nice modern building, and friendly staff. It also has interlibrary loan agreements with over 30 other area libraries, so having difficulty finding a title is exceedingly rare.

Coupled with the two universities in my area, which have interlibrary loan agreements with nearly every other library in the state, I have access to damn near anything I want.

Wisconsin may suck in most respects, but we have it made when it comes to libraries. :)

What public services would you be really sad without?
Well, there are the obvious ones - the NHS, transport services, emergency services, waste disposal, education, parks etc.

But yeah, the library is great. I've used it pretty much every week since I was about 5 years old. It's indispensable, for me :)

I think it's the bestest thing ever.

My new love for it just happened because they ordered about 10 books and 4 CD's I wanted but didn't want to buy, so I just got the post card today and promptly went in and checked them all out.

They had a table of old magazines too that they were giving away so I grabbed about 20 of them for my art class.

I think I might die without the library, that and public television have been my big happy things for like 2 months.

What public services would you be really sad without?

I couldn't live without public libraries. And parks. In fact, a library in a park is wonderful, you can take out books and read them in the park :)