by "toypup" <toypup@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 16, 2008 at 05:41 PM
"Beliavsky" <beliavsky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:33c0d3b7-8b7f-46b8-b0e2-32cf04718293@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> When I was a kid about 30 years ago my parents bought for me the World
> Book set of encyclopedias. It was fairly common for the families we
> knew. I used to just browse volumes of the encyclopedia sometimes.
> What do people think now about making such an investment, where there
> are alternatives such as Wikipedia and other online encyclopedias (for
> a fee).
I tried to give a set in good condition to the school and they didn't want
it, no matter what the date.