Ignoramus9984 wrote:

I assume it would be for bedtime reading, or for learning about stuff
that one never heard about.

It makes for great bathroom reading. I read that catalog from front to back
about 12 or so years ago a few pages at a time. Being able to recall that I
can get that from Mcmasters saved my butt many a time.

When I was younger we read the sears roebuck catalog in the loo, (no, we
didn't use it to wipe)

Wes