Not a direct answer to your question, but last year we donated our old Britannica to a nearby elementary school. They were overjoyed to have it and said the third grade teachers would share it “because that’s the year that they teach using the encyclopedia.”
@janbbI Loves the worldbook! – it was my childhood encyclopaedia and I read it over and over again as a little kid – which is why I have no thoughts other than boobs today. Just kidding – I loved it.
Actually, as a bubby, she was pretty good. It was as a mother that she failed miserably When my son was having his son and we were talking about what I should be called, he said, ” I want you to be “Bubby” because otherwise Jake won’t have a bubby.”