According to Webster's Dictionary,the definition for "superannuation" is; "... to make, declare, or prove obsolete or out-of-date." and the definition of "obsolete" (in the same source) is, "... no longer in use or no longer useful." As I am now an octogenarian, I felt a pang today as I decided to throw out my Oxford English Dictionary. It is a doorstop consisting of two large volumes and a supplemental volume in very small, perhaps minuscule print, it came with a magnifying glass neatly stowed in a drawer built into the set box for convenience. It hasn't been used since grad school and merely takes up space and collects dust. But in tossing it, I was reminded of many of my favorite folks from our common history. Perhaps in anticipation of becoming obsolete myself, I have in my history studies given attention to the folks made disposable by technology and economic whim. The characters I've studied I call waymasters as they knew the w...