[ih] [xbbn] Museum archiving (was: Re: IENs)

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

John Day wrote in
 <8A092FD7-2F4F-4FF3-B364-BCD8CF473ADC at comcast.net>:
 |My favorite library story didn’t take place in a library:
 |
 |One afternoon I had an appointment at the Bibliotheque Nationale in \
 |Paris (The original not the new one.) about some research I was doing \
 |on 17thC China.  I was down on rue de Rennes and didn’t want to be \
 |late and trust the Metro as I usually would. So I hailed a cab, jumped \
 |in the back, and in my best French said, "Bibliotheque Nationale, s’il \
 |vous plait?” The driver turned to me and in English (so much for my \
 |French) ;-) said, “Do you have an address?” I looked at him dumbfounded. \
 |Huh? It has been there for 300+ years, it takes up 4 blocks! How can \
 |you not know where it is! (Of course, I didn’t say that.) He repeated, \
 |“Do you have an address?” I blurted out, “Rue Richelieu”. And off we \
 |tore through Paris. Across the Seine, up the Av. de l’Opera, hung a \
 |couple of rights and pulled up in front of the Bibliotheque. As I was \
 |leaning forward to pay him, he turned to me and said, “Shows! Women! \
 |I can find! BUT BOOKS!!”  ;-) I fell on the floor laughing. 
 |
 |What a great cabby!

For the ones who have no idea of France like myself, that poor guy
surely was perplexed by the need to drive someone for anything
else but the usual tourist "Les Bouquinistes! Les Bouquinistes!!!"

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)