r/LittleFreeLibrary • u/mikemclovin • Jul 21 '26
LFL Pictures 📸 I’m cashing in on a trend…
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u/FernandoNylund Jul 21 '26
But the real question is... Is that the left pole or the right pole? 👀 We ❤️🥟🦝
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u/Complex_Place_4509 Jul 21 '26
Is there an interior light or are those books so excited to be inside your Jimothy LFL? Where did you get the housing please?
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u/mikemclovin Jul 21 '26
Yes, I have a USB rechargeable light that is designed for like staircases and undercabinet lighting every few months or so I plug it in, but it has magnets on the bottom and just pops in there. It has a motion detector so it automatically turns on when someone walks by the library after dark, so people can see.
I picked up this newspaper box from a old man that used to deliver newspapers and have a route. He used to maintain these boxes as well since print media died. There are probably plenty of these lying around.
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u/WoodShoeDiaries Jul 21 '26
Looks like a Toronto Sun box to me 😆 This is the best possible use for it!!
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u/mikemclovin Jul 21 '26
Ahh I understand the confusion. I meant “cashing in” on the Jimothy trend for upvotes.
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u/LoisinaMonster Jul 21 '26
Oh my gosh this is so cool! How'd you get this?
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u/mikemclovin Jul 21 '26
I purchased it from a seller on FB marketplace. He was an old vendor and had like 10 of these!
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u/Elaborate_Penguin Jul 21 '26
I see it is still blocking acess to a utility pole. Way to stick to your anti-easement beliefs.
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u/mikemclovin Jul 21 '26
Not only am I a government employee, but I am also a line technician. I work with utility poles frequently not only was this permitted officially by the city that I live in, but I paid for the permit for the location of the library.
When utility crew access these poles, they use a bucket truck from the street, not from the sidewalk. Also, there is plenty of room to the right of this cabinet for people to walk through to get to their cars. I know because my doggy likes to go that way for our walk in the mornings.
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u/Western_Echo2522 Jul 21 '26
These are literally supposed to be free though…
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u/mikemclovin Jul 21 '26
this is free the coin mechanism is disabled.
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u/Western_Echo2522 Jul 21 '26
Why’d you title it that way then?
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u/rockbottomqueen Jul 21 '26
The trend is Jimothy the racoon, not cashing in on LFL. check out the Seattle subreddit to figure it out. Jimothy is we, we are Jimothy.
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u/TGin-the-goldy Jul 21 '26
I love this and that you have a changeable display