Library Book Fine Error

Jamestown, Calif. - Chuck Barr got a notice recently from the Tuolumne County Library that he hadn't paid his bill for damages on a book he had borrowed. The tab was for just under $40 trillion. Yep, trillion. Roughly seven times the national debt. A little more than Barr can afford with his retirement checks from the Navy and Lockheed. "I guess I must have dog-eared one of the pages," Barr joked. The library notice, dated Jan. 20, didn't include the name of the book Chuck Barr had harmed. It just said he owed 39949000620214.00. "I had to put the commas in to figure out how much it was," Barr said. Then he called the library and learned he didn't owe anything for any book damage. A computer apparently had decided some book was damaged, entered its bar code number in the "amount due" space, and kicked out the fine notice.