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MiHale

(12,547 posts) Sun Mar 16, 2025, 07:20 AM Mar 2025

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Bored, decided to memorize some pages in the dictionary...

I know next…to nothing.

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Bored, decided to memorize some pages in the dictionary... (Original Post) MiHale Mar 2025 OP

Good mental exercise. Old encyclopedias are fun too. dutch777 Mar 2025 #1

When I was a kid encyclopedias were my favorite reading material... MiHale Mar 2025 #4

That's simultaneously hilarious and filled with JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 #2

Thanks, John...👍 MiHale Mar 2025 #3

K&R LuckyCharms Mar 2025 #5

I knew a guy in my college dorm who was reading the Oxford English Dictionary. (the compact version that... LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #6

dutch777

(4,834 posts)

1. Good mental exercise. Old encyclopedias are fun too.

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 07:42 AM

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MiHale

(12,547 posts)

4. When I was a kid encyclopedias were my favorite reading material...

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:19 AM

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JMCKUSICK

(4,968 posts)

2. That's simultaneously hilarious and filled with

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 07:57 AM

Mar 2025

Wisdom MiHale. Have a beautiful day.

MiHale

(12,547 posts)

3. Thanks, John...👍

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:18 AM

Mar 2025

LuckyCharms

(21,469 posts)

5. K&R

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:23 AM

Mar 2025

LudwigPastorius

(14,068 posts)

6. I knew a guy in my college dorm who was reading the Oxford English Dictionary. (the compact version that...

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:08 PM

Mar 2025

came with a magnifying glass) That was over 40 years ago, so he's probably been through all 500,000 words by now.

He was a guitar player...an interesting guy, who in retrospect was probably on the spectrum.

My dorm was filled with oddballs. One guy was building a full sized ultralight plane in his room.

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