Sep 3: Useful Books

Some books are useful long after the first reading because I can refer back to them when I hit new situations or need a reminder. There are one or two exceptionally useful books, few more useful than Tom Kyte's Expert One-on-One Oracle.

I suppose Professional Apache 2.0 might surprise you a little more, though.

I wonder if you can guess what these two books have in common, apart from being excellent books and published by Wrox Press?

Think volume ... weight ... page count.

Yes folks, if you suffer from severe arachnophobia and an enormous spider decides to take a stroll across the living room carpet, only some books will do. It took two, because the first attempt with Tom's book left half the big spider poking out, still wriggling slightly (I wish I'd had the wherewithall to take a photo then) so it took the Apache book too.

A few closing notes

The Boys found the whole incident somewhat exciting but denied most vehemently that they're keeping a colony of pet spiders under the settee!

If Madeleine also thought it was a big spider then, trust me, it was big.

For all those who hate me for killing a poor defenceless creature - tough. Unless you're volunteering to be on 24 hour call-out to come round to my house and carry it outside for me!

P.S. Sorry Tom, but at least I threw you face side up. No-one should see the minor traces of spider legs on the back cover ;-)

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#1 - Simon Kelsey said:
2006-09-04 15:00 - (Reply)

Looking at the positions of the books on the floor, and referring to your description, the excess spider not covered by Expert 1-1 is now underneath Professional Apache 2.0.

Another time, you might prefer to cover the excess with the spine side of the book - much easier to wipe clean. Nothing worse than that kind of thing getting on the pages.

I appreciate the urgency of the situation may have meant no time for such deliberations.

#2 - William Robertson said:
2006-09-04 15:41 - (Reply)

Hey, spiders are our friends! Next time you should fence it in with with
the books, then pick it up using the tried and tested jamjar and
postcard technnique for safe transport to a secure location where it can
be released back into the wild.

#2.1 - Doug Burns 2006-09-04 16:39 - (Reply)

where it can be released back into the wild.

... and then come back into my house again the next day!

I'll give you a call next time and you can come round to my house and take care of things ;-)

#3 - William Robertson said:
2006-09-04 18:23 - (Reply)

I think the standard technique is to walk up the road and release it near a neighbour's house. I don't think they are known for their sense of direction.


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