the library notice

Tok Save is Tok Pisin for Notice and I had to smile as I read this one in the Library just now. Most Libraries have notices all around about No Talking, Silence, Quiet. So to see a Tok Save in the Library which mentions nothing about noise but instead has three tambus: No Buai; No Smoking; No Alcohol. I was reminded of the time I went to get a Reader's Licence for the main Bodleian Library in Oxford. I had to put on an academic gown and to read out an oath, part of which mentioned that I would not carry thereinto any flame or torch or candle nor would I cause to light therein any flame or torch or candle.

We had one blackout for about 90minutes this morning and it is very humid outside as I discovered when I went to the Library.