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MiHale

(11,541 posts) Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:20 AM Mar 16

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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 16 OP

Good mental exercise. Old encyclopedias are fun too. dutch777 Mar 16 #1

When I was a kid encyclopedias were my favorite reading material... MiHale Mar 16 #4

That's simultaneously hilarious and filled with JMCKUSICK Mar 16 #2

Thanks, John...👍 MiHale Mar 16 #3

K&R LuckyCharms Mar 16 #5

I knew a guy in my college dorm who was reading the Oxford English Dictionary. (the compact version that... LudwigPastorius Mar 17 #6

dutch777

(4,283 posts)

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

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:42 AM

Mar 16

MiHale

(11,541 posts)

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

Reply to dutch777 (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 09:19 AM

Mar 16

JMCKUSICK

(1,969 posts)

2. That's simultaneously hilarious and filled with

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:57 AM

Mar 16

Wisdom MiHale. Have a beautiful day.

MiHale

(11,541 posts)

3. Thanks, John...👍

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 09:18 AM

Mar 16

LuckyCharms

(19,941 posts)

5. K&R

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Sun Mar 16, 2025, 09:23 AM

Mar 16

LudwigPastorius

(12,235 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)

Mon Mar 17, 2025, 12:08 AM

Mar 17

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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