Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE
random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 days ago
3 point
Last three on the list.
Never actually owned dictionary or encyclopedia. somebody just left them at my place, because nobody wanted them, so I used them as a door stop. If they are considered my property, because they were abandoned at my property then just 1 point.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Dictionaries are like cats. They just find their own home.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Remember the time when there were telemarketers and door-to-door salesmen selling dictionary, encyclopedias and history books. Always wondered who the fuck buys those from a shady dude at the door.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
My parents did. But that was before I was born, so the early 1960s.
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 3 days ago
To be fair, it was common then, so it wouldn’t have seemed shady.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Geographical differences.
Here they were rare. They mostly offered fore mentioned books, vacuum cleaners, home renovations. They were really aggressive in their sales tactics especially when it came to old people. That’s why they had a bit of a scammer reputation.
It was common that many lonely old ladies had the same book series and shopping channel level crap devices.