My work here is done...

Speaking of the bibles in hotel rooms. Do the Gideons show up from time to
time to restock or is there a secret phone number you call to have them
delivered? And where do they meet. I've never run into a Gideon in person
and these questions nag at me.

Amazingly, yes, the Gideons simply show up from time to time.
Actually, they call ahead, and ask how many we need. They are very
nice folks.

Thus far, we have continued this age-old hotel tradition of stocking
Bibles in each suite, but I must confess to being uncomfortable about
it. We've been hit up by Mormons, too (we declined their offer of
stocking the "Book of Mormon") and I expect the Muslims to call on us
any day with Korans.

Where to draw the line?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Where to draw the line?

fwiw - my vote: right where you've drawn it today.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Where to draw the line?

I'd replace all the religious books with Feynman's lectures on physics.

Jose
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Where to draw the line?

Personally, I think you draw the line wherever the heck you please. It's
your hotel, and no one's business what you think is appropriate to stock in
a room or not. I doubt even the Gideon's get used much at all, especially
at a place like yours (just how many soul-searching lost sheep wind up
crashing at your pad, looking for guidance in the form of a book?).

If you do wind up with the urge to diversify (and why not?), I think the
solution is not to stock each room with multiple texts, but to rather stock
no room with any text, and provide some sort of reading room or library
where copies of a variety of interesting texts can be found. Religious
material of all sorts, whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Aviation, would
be perfectly appropriate.

Pete

If you do wind up with the urge to diversify (and why not?), I think the
solution is not to stock each room with multiple texts, but to rather stock
no room with any text, and provide some sort of reading room or library
where copies of a variety of interesting texts can be found. Religious
material of all sorts, whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Aviation, would
be perfectly appropriate.

I like that idea. We already have a library for our guests to use (See
http://alexisparkinn.com/aviation_library.htm ) and it wouldn't be hard
to stock a few religious texts.

Not that anyone has ever asked for this, quite frankly. But I've
found it's best to be ready for these things *before* they hit me in
the face.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Speaking of the bibles in hotel rooms. Do the Gideons show up from time
to
time to restock or is there a secret phone number you call to have them
delivered? And where do they meet. I've never run into a Gideon in person
and these questions nag at me.

Amazingly, yes, the Gideons simply show up from time to time.
Actually, they call ahead, and ask how many we need. They are very
nice folks.

Thus far, we have continued this age-old hotel tradition of stocking
Bibles in each suite, but I must confess to being uncomfortable about
it. We've been hit up by Mormons, too (we declined their offer of
stocking the "Book of Mormon") and I expect the Muslims to call on us
any day with Korans.

Where to draw the line?
--


OK that is funny. When I typed the previous message I ALMOST made a Mormon
joke because I had watched the new HBO show "Big Love" the night before.

("Gig 601XL Builder" wrote)
Thus far, we have continued this age-old hotel tradition of stocking
Bibles in each suite, but I must confess to being uncomfortable about it.
We've been hit up by Mormons, too (we declined their offer of stocking
the "Book of Mormon") and I expect the Muslims to call on us any day with
Korans.

OK that is funny. When I typed the previous message I ALMOST made a Mormon
joke because I had watched the new HBO show "Big Love" the night before.


Mormie is out of the country until November. Go nuts.


Montblack