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Old 12-09-2021, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by mtdjed View Post
Received a monster Phone Book today. Probably 50,000 of these distributed. A mile high stack to feed the recycling furnaces.
You inspired me. The new book is 1 7/16 inches thick. I'll accept your 50,000 guess. That makes the stack 71,875 inches high. That is 5990 feet or 1.13 miles. That was an excellent guess.
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