AH>That's a good idea for US and state maps, but for world maps, in order to 
be
  >accurate, you almost HAVE to buy them new! The countries change so 
uickly!
  >Heck, even among the new ones you have to look carefully. I'm still 
inding
  >maps and globes with USSR and Czechoslovakia!
Of course, you have to be discerning whenever you go or whatever you buy
at a thrift store.  I have bought 1 month old magazines at the stores.
In fact, we no longer subscribe to National Geo. or Reader's Digest (my
husband's favorite subscriptions) because they are so readily available
at either the thrift stores or at the library "For Sale" shelf.
This summer I picked up 4 years of the Teaching Home Magazine for $5.00.
They are a couple years old, but what a wealth of information!
Our globe shows the older USSR but the flat world map we use is current.
I think both of them together work to visually demonstrate those
arbitrary things we call boundaries.
Did you get out to much of the Play Tacoma events?  We had a blast!  We
went on a bus system scavenger hunt, of all things.  Great fun and now a
better appreciation for those who HAVE to rely on someone else's
schedule.
Sharon
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