Redbeard
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This reminds me of a time around 25 years ago, when I was in a college library, studying. I overheard a young couple discussing a problem they were having. The couple were not able to locate how many Honda Civics were sold during a specific year in the 1970's. Search engines weren't quite as powerful then as they are now, but I just grinned to myself. Sitting on the shelf within arms reach of me was a World Almanac. I asked the couple if they would like some help finding what they were looking for. They gave me that quizzical look like "what could this old fart locate that we or the librarian can't" find kind of look. I pulled the World Almanac off the shelf, looked under automobiles, and there was a listing of cars sold by year. The kids were astounded that a single book had so much info within the pages. They found precisely the info they had been madly looking for. I had at least 20 years on these kids, and I grew up with a World Almanac, so I had seen info like this regularly while growing up. Age does have it's benefits. LOL.
This reminds me of a time around 25 years ago, when I was in a college library, studying. I overheard a young couple discussing a problem they were having. The couple were not able to locate how many Honda Civics were sold during a specific year in the 1970's. Search engines weren't quite as powerful then as they are now, but I just grinned to myself. Sitting on the shelf within arms reach of me was a World Almanac. I asked the couple if they would like some help finding what they were looking for. They gave me that quizzical look like "what could this old fart locate that we or the librarian can't" find kind of look. I pulled the World Almanac off the shelf, looked under automobiles, and there was a listing of cars sold by year. The kids were astounded that a single book had so much info within the pages. They found precisely the info they had been madly looking for. I had at least 20 years on these kids, and I grew up with a World Almanac, so I had seen info like this regularly while growing up. Age does have it's benefits. LOL.
