Reading the encyclopaedia was one of my favourite activities when I was a kid. I would open one of the books at a random page and discover something. Somehow the internet isn’t the same.
On the one hand, I’d like to have an old-fashioned set of encyclopedias. There’s a certain joy you get from browsing through one that you don’t get from looking things up online.
On the other hand, furniture made of encyclopedias sounds really cool (to a nerd like me)!
Try selling encyclopedias door to door. I did the Collier’s thing Summer 1963. It was a con job—for us, upon hiring we could choose salary or commission, then we learned there was no salary. Just commission. They got sued. Don’t know the outcome.
I still have my set of 1972 World Book encyclopedias. They’re bulky and heavy, and because it’s one of a few things I still have from my parents I can’t bring myself to throw them away. I still look things up every now and then. They may not be up to date, but it’s easier to find some things in them then on an internet search engine.
nicka93 about 2 years ago
Books can be repurposed for many things, reading is only one of them.
cabalonrye about 2 years ago
Reading the encyclopaedia was one of my favourite activities when I was a kid. I would open one of the books at a random page and discover something. Somehow the internet isn’t the same.
amaneaux about 2 years ago
On the one hand, I’d like to have an old-fashioned set of encyclopedias. There’s a certain joy you get from browsing through one that you don’t get from looking things up online.
On the other hand, furniture made of encyclopedias sounds really cool (to a nerd like me)!
B UTTONS about 2 years ago
Boyd noticed the copyright and printing was the year he was born.
spaced man spliff about 2 years ago
Try selling encyclopedias door to door. I did the Collier’s thing Summer 1963. It was a con job—for us, upon hiring we could choose salary or commission, then we learned there was no salary. Just commission. They got sued. Don’t know the outcome.
LocoEngr about 2 years ago
I still have my set of 1972 World Book encyclopedias. They’re bulky and heavy, and because it’s one of a few things I still have from my parents I can’t bring myself to throw them away. I still look things up every now and then. They may not be up to date, but it’s easier to find some things in them then on an internet search engine.