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  • #16
    Originally posted by Treasure Chest View Post
    How will future generations know where their 'mandibula' is?


    Your epidermis is showing.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Nash B. View Post
      Not sure if srs.
      It's amazing to think about all the computer programs, just a bunch of 0's and 1's.

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      • #18
        I had a set growing up. Trees around the world, rejoice!

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        • #19
          My pops sold them as a second job when I was a kid in the 80's and he still has a complete wall of his house dedicated to them. The Annals Of America are the most fascinating.

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          • #20
            I'm glad.. That movie sucked..
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            • #21
              Originally posted by racrguy View Post
              Even encyclopedias do not include all of the information on a given topic, that's why they can fit on one shelf.

              When I said the sum of human knowledge it was referring to their sales pitch. 250 years ago that may have even been close to the truth.
              Magnus, I am your father. You need to ask your mother about a man named Calvin Klein.

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              • #22
                I dunno...some things are just better on paper.
                "Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Beej View Post
                  Damn $1400 no wonder. I remember growing up and my parents making payments on the encyclopedia's. We would get 1-2 books a month and she would send the checks out. Ohh the golden age.
                  Same here. My mom got a job to pay for them. We had 4 kids growing up and we wore them out. They helped get 4 of us through school. Thx mom.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by GhostTX View Post
                    I dunno...some things are just better on paper.
                    And proofed and check by a professional not some dork in his moms basement like Wikishit.

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                    • #25
                      I see National Geographic headed in the same direction.

                      oh all those african stories were amazing.

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                      • #26
                        i grew up poor, we had the bootleg "funk and wagnalls"

                        god bless.
                        It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men -Frederick Douglass

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by mstng86 View Post
                          I see National Geographic headed in the same direction.

                          oh all those african stories were amazing.
                          Tube sock titties and neck rings!
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