I have been using BookStealer.com to watch for underpriced cycling books, and Barnett’s Manual (the whole 4 volume set) popped up for $1.47! I ordered it expecting the order to be cancelled saying it was a mistake, or the books had been sold. Well the books came in the mail yesterday! 
If you are not familiar with these books, they are pretty comprehensive, and not cheap! The retail price for the set is $125 (though Amazon sells them for about $80). The books are still shrink wrapped though a little bumped around the edges. And yes these are the current 5th edition!
I already have some other bike repair manuals, but I am sure I will get a lot of use out of these!
I was coming home from my karate class night, and one of our neighbors had stuck a bike out on the curb. I stopped, backed up, and got out to look at it. It was a Raleigh with a girl’s style frame. It was either a small hybrid, or a mountain bike with relatively skinny tires. It was dark, so my view of the bikes components was limited by the tail lights of my car. It seemed to be a low end Raleigh. The seatpost looked like it was steel with a separate clamp for the seat. I checked out the chain rings, and they looked like the cheap stamped kind. The front tire was flat. I think the wheels were 26 inch. I thought about taking it home, and fixing it up, but then thought, geez, I got too many bikes now.
When my wife got home a little while later she told me about the bike. I considered walking down the street, and bringing home. But thought…nah.
Then this morning, I was thinking that if the bike was still there, I would stop and take another look at it. I figured I could throw it into the back of my car, fix it up, and sell it. But the bike was gone. Probably a good thing. I still need to overhaul my Trek 1000.
Maybe I will find a better bike next time.