On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:58:13 -0500, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: >On 12-19-2012 10:57, J. Hugh Sullivan wrote: >> Why do you keep every paper? I record the info and source in my >> program and discard the paper. I hasten to add I don't have originals. >> I'm not in the business of doing the research of others for them. I'll >> give them fact and source - if they want to check, have at it. I have >> every fact and source that I have found for VA and NC recorded by >> State year and county on about 30 computer pages, single spaced. Why >> do I need to pack rat the source they were copied from? > >I do a full transcription of anything that _might_ be useful, and if the >source is handwritten or poor quality, I keep a scan of it. > >There is a copy embedded in my website and my local copy has a daily backup. > >All of these I can find when I need them. There is a lot of paper >copies that I haven't thrown away (yet) but find them I cannot. It is my presumption, right or wrong, that is the situation for most people who find it impossible to draw a clear distinction between essential and non-essential. > Guidelines for judging others: > 1. Don't attribute to malice that which > can be adequately explained by stupidity. > 2. Don't attribute to stupidity that which > can be adequately explained by ignorance. > 3. Don't attribute to ignorance that which > can be adequately explained by misunderstanding. > 4. Don't attribute to misunderstanding that which > can be adequately explained by alcohol. Thanks for that. But, when I repeat it no one will ever know where it came from. It's on a paper somewhere that I can't find. Hugh