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LudwigPastorius

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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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Bored, decided to memorize some pages in the dictionary... [View all] 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

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