[sammyg2]

I'd hate to see them scrapped, is there a retirement community nearby? I bet the residents would really love to have a set like that.

Last year i was visiting my parents and i saw the encyclopedia of history set on the bookshelves that I read when I was a kid.
They got one book a month and that was a big deal as there wasn't such thing as disposable income then.
They were a gift to my three brothers and I but IIRC i was the only one who took an interest in them. I think I was about 9 or 10. I remember sitting in the living room, reading them from cover to cover many times.

I picked one up last year and opened it and remembered reading the same details and seeing the same pictures as i did long ago.
I let my parents know that I don't care about inheritance but I'd really like those books when the time comes.
I tried to explain to my wife and kids how cool those books were but they just rolled their eyes.
They can keep their i-phones.