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Sign of the times?
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Greynomad
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Sign of the times?
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields
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Re: Sign of the times?
I saw something similar on FB recently. It went on to say that years ago you would look up an encyclopedia and do relevant research at the library. Now you just Google, or whatever your choice of search engine is, it. I prefer to read a book rather than try to read stuff on my phone.
Cheers
David
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Re: Sign of the times?
Got my start selling the bloody things, many was the night I pulled a triple when there were a lot of people in the house
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Suzuki GV more than ready to go NOW !
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Re: Sign of the times?
The punch line was "Kids already know everything"
I had a full set of the Colliers Encyclopaedia with yr books and it was interesting o read back on what happened in that yr and their predictions for the future. Some of the predictions were way off or still haven't happened, others happened yrs before they predicted.Wish I still had them but my sister took them and the nephews destroyed them unfortunately.
T1 Terry
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T1 Terry
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Re: Sign of the times?
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A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
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Greynomad
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Re: Sign of the times?
We had Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopaedia.T1 Terry wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:40 pmThe punch line was "Kids already know everything"
Wish I still had them but my sister took them and the nephews destroyed them unfortunately.
T1 Terry
As a lad I spent hours reading from Vol 1 P1 to Vol 12 P650 (or whatever the last page number was). Fascinating stuff in every volume.
Unfortunately a combination of meeces & water damage put paid to them over the years after I left home.
Encountered a set at a Book Fair, but it was missing Vol 11. Not a goer.
Still looking...
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields
Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields