[ExI] Worldwide reading habits

[John]

i used to have a co-worker at costco with a b.s. in nuclear engineering.  I would ask him what he was doing there and he would just shrug his shoulders.  I just got back from a wedding reception and my faith in humanity feels renewed.  A better young couple i have not come across.  I hope they have a sense of humor regarding the book i gave them. Lol  john grigg

Damien Broderick wrote: 
> At 03:15 PM 11/2/2007 -0700, giovanni santost wrote:
>>And about the common people [in Italy], well one day I was on a bus 
>>with a book of Nietzsche and the driver started to talk to me (while 
>>I was holding for my life to the rail in the front of the bus, lol) 
>>and said that he read that book.
> Well, that might certainly be true of plenty of taxi drivers as well.
> My wife drove a bus (before she became a law professor, a farmer, a 
> businesswoman, etc), I was a tram conductor (back before Melbourne's 
> trams were fitted ruinously with ticket machines that most people 
> ignore) as was a woman I know with an advanced degree in chemistry 
> who went on to edit educational books; I know science fiction fans 
> who work for the railways in Australia--one as a shunter, one (a 
> woman) as an inspector--who are as well-read and quirky as anyone 
> you're likely to meet. The common people are often surprisingly 
> uncommon. But I'm sure you know that. :)
> Damien Broderick
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