Death of LaTeX books...
Dec. 15th, 2003 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
compilerbitchThere was a recent conversation about recovery of books from dubious contamination recently on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
doseybat's LiveJournal, during which I mentioned that several of my previous LaTeX books bought it, one of which quite disgustingly at the hands of a particularly malicious leaky pineapple juice carton.
Well, a certain person was sitting at my desk late last night, doing LJ and munching Halloumi cheese. Said cheese is slightly unusual, in that it seems to be cured in brine after it has been matured normally, so it tends to weep salty liquid especially when warm.
Ok, guess where my LaTeX book was, relative to the uneaten remnants overnight.
Go on, guess.
It survived, luckily, because most of the liquid ended up on my (second best) skirt instead.
The book seems OK, and is currently taking an extended restorative break on my shelf in order to better get over its recent trauma.
doseybat's LiveJournal, during which I mentioned that several of my previous LaTeX books bought it, one of which quite disgustingly at the hands of a particularly malicious leaky pineapple juice carton.Well, a certain person was sitting at my desk late last night, doing LJ and munching Halloumi cheese. Said cheese is slightly unusual, in that it seems to be cured in brine after it has been matured normally, so it tends to weep salty liquid especially when warm.
Ok, guess where my LaTeX book was, relative to the uneaten remnants overnight.
Go on, guess.
It survived, luckily, because most of the liquid ended up on my (second best) skirt instead.
The book seems OK, and is currently taking an extended restorative break on my shelf in order to better get over its recent trauma.
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Date: 2003-12-15 03:26 am (UTC)noooooo
nooo
nooooooo
noooooooo
damn, i knew i should have finished the whole packet.
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Date: 2003-12-15 03:28 am (UTC)(only the edge of the back few pages got wet -- I must have caught it in time)
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Date: 2003-12-15 03:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-12-15 03:48 am (UTC)i did not necessarily mean it quite like that..
what i meant was, if you bought more nice cheese more often, i would have more practice eating it carefully, and your books would remain perfectly intact. there.
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Date: 2003-12-15 03:52 am (UTC)* orders many square metres of plastic sheeting, just in case *
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Date: 2003-12-15 07:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-12-15 02:11 pm (UTC)I bet the poor bongly little chap wasn't terribly impressed. :-(
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Date: 2003-12-15 02:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-12-15 02:16 pm (UTC)How are you, by the way? I haven't heard from you in ages!
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