re: Just scooped the hateful eight at public library and I was happy as hell

The public libraries are great. As noted, there are more than just print books located there; I used to take advantage of the DVD selections a lot. FWIW, the EBR system has a lot more than just movies- it's how I got into Game of Thrones in the first place. I heard the show was good, so I checked, and reserved the first 3 seasons ( a season box set counts as just 1 movie, or it did at the time). Binge-watched them to get up to speed, before I decided to get HBO prior to season 4.

As someone else noted, they also grant free access to Ancestry.com and some other cool resources.

A few years prior, I learned that the overall system has/had a ton of music CDs, and I spent some time filling up an 80 gig iPod with free music (albums I wanted). I surfed through their selection, order a bunch, and would check out the maximum each day. Go home and load the ipod, return the CDs, and check out the next however many. The local librarian would laugh at me with this, but also she figured out my tastes and would let me know whenever they ordered new CDs.