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Encyclopædia Britannica
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:23 pm
Remember these?
Any of you or your families own all this shite?
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In 1989, a complete set of the Encyclopedia Britannica typically cost anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000.
Also, seems like it would have been a dedication of money and space.
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Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:25 pm to SEClint
Funk & Wagnalls was better
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:26 pm to Paul Allen
Funky Wagnalls FTW
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:26 pm to SEClint
That's how we used to learn shite. If you couldn't find that answer in one of those volumes you just shrugged your shoulders and fricked off about your day.
If I got bored and couldn't play outside for whatever reason my grandmother would make me read the encyclopedia and tell her random facts and such.
If I got bored and couldn't play outside for whatever reason my grandmother would make me read the encyclopedia and tell her random facts and such.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:26 pm to SEClint
Not that particular brand, but my mother made sure we had a set in the house. I actually perused them a pretty good bit as a kid.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:26 pm to SEClint
I have an old maroon leather set of them. Their only use these days is that they look pretty on the shelf.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:27 pm to SEClint
God I hated that smug kid.
My family had many sets going back to at least the 50s. I miss them.
My family had many sets going back to at least the 50s. I miss them.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:28 pm to SEClint
We had an encyclopedia set, and it was used to settle debates in the same way we use google to settle them now.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:28 pm to SEClint
Parents had a set of World Book when I was a kid, 80s. All the kids on the street would use them for school. It was our internet back then.
Since the set was technically my older brothers, I bought my own on EBay a few years ago. Having physical copies is important to me in these days where history can be revised.
(Looks just like these)
Since the set was technically my older brothers, I bought my own on EBay a few years ago. Having physical copies is important to me in these days where history can be revised.
(Looks just like these)
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:29 pm to LegendInMyMind
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If you couldn't find that answer in one of those volumes you just shrugged your shoulders and fricked off about your day.
Today with da nets I won't give up till I find out or I'll go crazy.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:29 pm to SEClint
That fellow in the commercials must’ve slayed so much pussy
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:29 pm to SEClint
I have a complete 1957 World Book set... A prized possession. It is something else to read things like the Moon section before we even got there.
I pulled out A a few days ago and read about half of it... I love, love, love reading old encyclopedias.
I pulled out A a few days ago and read about half of it... I love, love, love reading old encyclopedias.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:30 pm to SEClint
We had a set
Then we got Microsoft Encarta in ‘93
Probably why I’m so damn knowledgeable about like stuff and things
Then we got Microsoft Encarta in ‘93
Probably why I’m so damn knowledgeable about like stuff and things
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:31 pm to SallysHuman
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I have a complete 1957 World Book set... A prized possession. It is something else to read things like the Moon section before we even got there.
What’s the section on LGBTQetc like
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:31 pm to Sun God
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What’s the section on LGBT like
Non frikken existant, lol... wait.. lemme go check.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:32 pm to SEClint
I recall Encarta 95
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:33 pm to cattus
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God I hated that smug kid.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:34 pm to Paul Allen
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Funk & Wagnalls
I remember a set that was sold at Delchamps in the early 1990’s. Not sure if it was Funk & Wagnalls or Funk & Williams.
Each week you had a new volume. The first one was cheap, but the rest was expensive to fill your collection.
I think I finally got rid of the set after Hurricane Ida got some of the books wet.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:37 pm to Tarps99
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Delchamps
That's a name I haven't heard in a long while!
Grew up on the coast but moved in late 90s.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:38 pm to LegendInMyMind
My mom was typically busy and didn’t have time for my incessant questions, so she would usually tell me to “look it up.” If we hadn’t owned those books, she really couldn’t have shut me up with that response. Probably worth the money from her point of view.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:40 pm
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