Stitching a patch in with thread is honestly clever, I would've just thrown the book at the wall. Last time I tried to fix a mangled corner on a scrapbook page I ended up just gluing a random receipt over it and calling it "artistic layering". My sister still brings up the crooked birthday card I made her in 2019 where I sliced my thumb open and bled on the envelope, she framed the damn thing. Sounds like you beat the odds with that dictionary patch, hope your sister appreciates the extra 12 hours of love.

Six forty five is still plenty of time to think.

Man, that's the kind of finding that makes you feel old but also warm inside, haha. Totally get why you'd be stoked on it, even if it can't do much nowadays.