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Picked up a 1972 cookbook at a yard sale in Boise. The bookmark was a grocery list from 1985.
The list had things like 'TV Guide' and 'cassette tape'. Found the same book again last week, and now the new bookmark is a receipt for an energy drink and a phone charger. What's the strangest time jump you've seen in a single book?
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alice2692mo ago
Whoa, that's wild. It makes you wonder about the book's whole secret life between owners. Like, that 1972 cookbook sat on a shelf for over a decade before someone in the 80s even used it, then vanished again for who knows how long. The real time jump is in the quiet years we can't see at all. My weirdest was a library book with a 1999 concert ticket stub and a 2021 pharmacy receipt. That book was officially checked out, but someone clearly had it for two decades in between. Makes you realize how much history objects hold without saying a word.
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rodriguez.felix2mo ago
Right? It's like those quiet years are the real story. I found a birthday card from 1987 in a used book once, and it just makes you pause.
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eva_adams682mo agoTop Commenter
Did they ever pay the late fee on that?
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