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Encyclopedia Britannica gets shelved

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    Is the Internet to blame? Bill Schulz finds out

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Well and iconic brand has been shelved.

Yet to the love -- of librarians and octogenarian the world over the encyclopedia Britannica is going out of print.

The 244 year old up -- and all things things -- announced that shockingly.

The idea of spending 14100 dollars -- 32 volumes of leather bound books weighing -- at roughly -- 130 pounds.

Is it as popular as it used to be an -- that focus on their on line division.

So -- the Internet to blame for the death of another American institution.

Oh most definitely but we may -- assaults go out and bother people about it anyway.

Unwashed masses going about their -- day.

Pretending.

Like this didn't -- -- -- why I'm gonna go out and see what's what with regards to all -- cycle PDF Britannica because god knows I'm a -- Do you have an addition and it's so how is it -- journalists from the mid sixties.

OK so that's old school that's back when men were men and women knew their place in my right.

Go ahead -- it's okay don't you miss the days when -- would ask you question and you have to go home.

And go find your secular PD as -- take.

Hours poring over them before you can finally finally answered what is a quorum is did you miss those days absolutely not now what about all the lonely housewives who are they gonna look up what that there are no encyclopedia salesmen.

The global as I'm sure you're already aware of the encyclopedia Britannica.

Is no more.

They've shut down the presses.

What are your feelings on that indeed use use Wikipedia right.

LA I don't really know what -- -- talking about because I'm from Germany and I didn't.

Really heard of it before.

That's a good job I enjoyed boy detective encyclopedia brown does that the same ring to it as safe an updated no idea -- -- -- -- This Q there's -- -- encyclopedia -- you what does he recall that Google brown.

Good.

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Yeah now that's a great working on the pilot to the -- happy days are what your -- Well we've learned anything it's that there was a time and a place for encyclopedia Britannica -- -- -- places and now.

And -- a cart boy if we can find hundred T.

For terminating.

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