>>Yes ... I grew up with a used copy of the EB and used to while away >>the days picking entries randomly. I still remember the smell. >> >>A CD-ROM doesn't quite smell the same.... > >i used to do the same as a child. i remember developing a fascination with >discovering new and strange fish (or any other marine phenomenon) now. but >then i was fascinated by how strange deep sea varieties would become in >order to survive the pressure down there. somehow, half of what i typed didn't come through. i actually said that i developed the fascination regarding fish as a child, but that it did not carry into adulthood. i wonder how i managed to delete that? elizabeth