Suddenly, I can understand how people at political rallies and such can overestimate the crowd size by twenty-fold.
My boast of owning 1000-2000 thousand books fell a tad short once I actually counted them:
562
Now I haven't really counted them all, just the ones on my shelves. There are a few books laying about on desks and end tables, there's several in "The Box" which is where I keep books I've bought but haven't gotten around to reading yet. Plus I have a whole other 5'x3' bookcase the completely full in storage. (which is code for "In my parents' basement.")
All those will probably push my over the 1000 mark, but I was still way off. Lucky I didn't go with my original claim of having more books than the New York Public Library. I'd have felt pretty stupid.
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