I have a few autographs from major leaguers. None of them were obtained while the were in the bigs. There is a lot to like about minor league games and yes including the cost
I lost all my collections during the divorce process. The pain of that has removed me from the collecting scene. The only things I have left are a very small percentage of my coin collection.
That is a love of knives. You would love the Turtle Island Preserve experience. You can make your own Damascus Steel blades their with expert instruction. Seems like a custom built experience for you.
Well I do not like to think of removing humans from the teaching. I do not believe it would be a good thing. That doesn't mean it won't happen. This nation doesn't think about anything but cost and profit. If it becomes cheaper it will happen.
My school was one of the better academic schools in the state. Our libraries were well used. There were always multiple people in there. Ya, library slips were not hard to come by. I didn't realize how much reading went out of style until recently. My kids read. Between work and parenting my own...