Public Library? A wonderful old term. Around here.... people download reading materials more and more all the time. Many of the old county financed Public Libraries have been closed.

Last time I visited the local one I had used most... it was a shell of it's old self. Lots of "floor space" had been created for "children's programs". And then there was maybe 8 PC's for shabbily dressed old men to view porn. It was pretty sad.

But I was able to order-in (delivered from the downtown depository) a cycling book. I was given the customary 14 days to read and return the book. I think Ben Franklin's (public library) idea was a good one.... but it's time has passed. Mostly (like in Colorado Springs) they've become pricey Public Restrooms with old fashioned reading materials and free on-line porn.

I am currently reading "the Hungry Cyclist". A book about a cyclist touring north and south America seeking excellent local foods. I downloaded it to my phone.