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Re: Self-storage



Just wondering who will be the archivist for the Body Farm of Dr. Bass at
Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville. Won't be for the faint-hearted.  Don't mean to
sound ghoulish, but Halloween just around the corner.

Sharon Lee Butcher
Reference Librarian
AEDC Technical Library
100 Kindel Drive, Suite C212
Arnold AFB, TN  37389-3212
Phone:  931-454-4430
Fax:  931-454-5421
e-mail:  sharon.butcher@arnold.af.mil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy L Boothe [SMTP:boothe@SPARTA.RICE.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:38 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Self-storage
>
> All this mausoleum talk has reminded me of last weekend's _Prairie Home
> Companion_ show. There was an advertisement for a "self-storage" company;
> the announcer led up to the pitch by asking if listeners were
> frustrated, stressed out, depressed, having trouble with
> job/family/pet/car/dwelling, etc.  Perhaps the answer is to drop out of
> life for a month. (I won't say "go underground.")
>
> Check into Self-Storage, follow the instructions of the
> soft-voiced assistant to select a shelf, crawl onto it, and shut the
> chamber door; she'll come back to get you in four weeks.  You'll be
> relaxed, at peace, and ready to face the world again.
>
> Perhaps a mausoleum-owning, entrepreneurial archivist could bulk up the
> petty cash by renting out shelves. We could then start a thread on the
> listserv about what fees we charge for this service, insurance and legal
> considerations, and whether it's ethical for us to take advantage of our
> own services.
>
>
> Nancy Boothe
> Rice University Archivist
>
>
> "The grave's a fine and private place, but none I think do there embrace."
> (Andrew Marvell????)
>
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