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More => Music, Movies, Politics, and Other Cheap Thrills => Topic started by: MrC on March 13, 2012, 05:53:56 pm
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Some people won't recognize this as any sort of passing, but for those of us old enough to recall a pre-computer era, this is the end of one:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-encyclopaedia-britannica-to-end-print-edition-20120313,0,5103190.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-encyclopaedia-britannica-to-end-print-edition-20120313,0,5103190.story)
I recall loving laying on the couch learning Aa through Zz.
Time marches on.
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Encyclopedia Britannica!
There aren't many companies that are nearly 250 years old. I remember my parents buying a set in about 1957 for almost $200 including the bookcase.
I thought about reading them from cover to cover, but didn't get past the first ten pages. They were useful for junior high reports on the Panama Canal or Polynesia, subjects I myself had very little to say about. They were the epitome of smart.
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I remember talking to a Encyclopedia Britannica sales man in 1986 in Germany that was selling Encyclopedia's out side of the post exchange, and I told him the end is near.
he did not believe me.
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We had the 1968 edition when I was growing up, they definitely came in handy for schoolwork.
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I remember talking to a Encyclopedia Britannica sales man in 1986 in Germany ...
EnzyklopädieBritannicakartoffelmitzuckerundmilchStraße!
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EnzyklopädieBritannicakartoffelmitzuckerundmilchStraße!
Ok
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This seems to refer to some form of wikipedia on a tree...
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EnzyklopädieBritannicakartoffelmitzuckerundmilchStraße!
Ok
See this thread (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=54396.msg485285#msg485285) for the weak jibe I was enjoying about German being a run-on language.