[HN Gopher] Share Bristol - A Library of Things
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Share Bristol - A Library of Things
Author : edward
Score : 34 points
Date : 2023-10-27 10:56 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.sharebristol.org.uk)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.sharebristol.org.uk)
| qubex wrote:
| As a Bristolian native living abroad I'm absolutely fascinated
| and would really like to set up something analogous.
| qingcharles wrote:
| Ex-pat Bristolian checking in ;)
| lukevp wrote:
| We have a lot of these at the libraries in Portland! You can
| borrow all sorts of stuff for free - board games, puzzles, baking
| stuff, tools, a huge gamut. They also have 3d printers, button
| making machines, tshirt presses, sewing machines, cricut
| machines, and all sorts of stuff like that that you can use for
| free (but not borrow).
| robinwarren wrote:
| That's really cool to hear. We used to make use of the toy
| library in Bristol when we lived there, it was a great way to
| get toys the kids could play with for 2 weeks then return them
| when they got bored :)
| daveoc64 wrote:
| Most of the time HN feels a little alien to me being from
| England.
|
| But here we have something that's less than 3 miles from where I
| live.
| southwesterly wrote:
| I love it when my town gets onto HN.
| qingcharles wrote:
| Ooo, my lover. Bristol peeps out here representing.
| flir wrote:
| I don't think I've ever seen them open (check the location
| history on google maps - the shutters are always down). But I
| see from the website that the opening times are quite
| staggered.
| SamSkjord wrote:
| Better not be Yate!
| qingcharles wrote:
| LOL, you reminded me of the "Totterdown" cover of Beautiful
| South's _Rotterdam_ :
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z9PMXZjATc
|
| "... anywhere but Knowle."
| Elucalidavah wrote:
| So how well do you expect this to survive long-term? Surely
| there's a reason I can find a rotary hammer drill rental, but not
| a library-like borrowing?
| wcerfgba wrote:
| Rental services are usually privately-owned for-profit
| businesses, whereas this is a community initiative, and
| probably has lower overheads.
| IshKebab wrote:
| I live near this and looked into it a year or two ago. They
| didn't really have anything difficult to get (e.g. I don't need
| to borrow a drill or hand saw) but it looks like they've expanded
| quite a bit since then!
| diego_moita wrote:
| Another one, in Edmonton, Canada :
| http://www.edmontontoollibrary.ca/
| k7vin wrote:
| This is very cool. I'd love them to open source everything they
| could to help kickstart as many people as possible to open such
| libraries in their own cities/ neighborhood/ area. This is much
| needed.
| wcerfgba wrote:
| I think the main difficulties here will be social, and a story
| of how this all started and the cultural, legal, and
| operational barriers they've overcome would be a valuable
| contribution. I am reminded of pg's advice to "do things that
| don't scale".
| bambam3000 wrote:
| My friend borrowed a tent from Frome's equivalent over the
| summer. When he unpacked it at the site there were no pegs. He
| managed to borrow pegs off other campers and got it set up. It
| rained heavily that night and he quickly discovered the
| waterproofing had worn off and his tent was actually absorbing
| instead of repelling water. The water pooled in their tent and
| gradually soaked all the bedding and possessions. He gave up and
| went home in the morning.
| Animats wrote:
| Right. The quality of the borrowable things tends to stabilize
| at just above total junk level.
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