Re: (ReacTor) The Science Fiction Book Club Will Be Greatly Missed

In article <o1nipjhs4dg61ddamqv9ofti245gbc0eso@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:16:49 -0500, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
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I went to university here in Toronto, so saved on living expenses.  I
couldn't have afforded to go elsewhere, but then I didn't want to.

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I'm a Vancouver boy so went to UBC but went to McMaster (just down the
road from there) and got both my MBA and MRS (i.e. I met my wife
there) - now deceased but we had 37 years together; that and 2 girls
and a boy now all grown up with only a 2 year old granddaughter (born
2 months after my wife's passing) to show for it.
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I lived cheap, got a small scholarship and was the Dean's Teaching
Assistant (which didn't pay any more than any other TA but looked good
on the resume) so had enough left over for some basic furniture in my
first place and her ring.
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Given cost of business schools these days that wouldn't have been
possible.
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As for the unwanted ones, well at least when I express my disdain for
them it is from an informed basis.  Painfully informed because I read
everything I bought.

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Ditto though these days that's about 1/3 of what I read (the rest
coming from the public library)

So did they have a special arm for Canada or did you have to send
international money orders and pay international postage?
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