In a message dated 05-21-14, Roy Witt said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Howdy Roy,   
      
    HG> Well, magazines have a longer shelf life than any electronic media I   
    HG> know of.   
      
   RW>I have old Dectective magazines that are too fragile to even thumb   
   RW>through.   
      
   They have apparently been printed on poor quality paper or the storage   
   of them has not been correct.   
      
   RW>Meanwhile, the shelf life of modern media these days is beyond anything   
   RW>that you can have in a magazine. i.e. a CD recorded in the very early   
   RW>days of digital media is still as vibrant as it was back then.   
      
   Apparently you have never heard/reead about the self destroying of CD's.   
      
   RW>The pages of my 1977 Antenna Handbook are stiff and easily torn. I   
   RW>expect it to turn to dust before I'm not around to use it. Not to   
   RW>mention the bookworms.   
      
   The pages and text of my 1960 Radio Amateurs Handbook are still as   
   vibrant as they were when new. Only the binding of the back has loosened   
      
   RW>I also have my 1st ever Amateur Radio Handbook from 1964, but it is too   
   RW>fragile to handle these days without damaging the so often referred to   
   RW>antenna information pages I used back then.   
      
   See above.   
      
   RW>Last but certainly not least is the fact that if something I had saved   
   RW>to digital media has been lost or damaged, that info is still available   
   RW>on the internet with a simple Google search.   
      
   I wouldn't trust that to save everything forever.   
      
      
   CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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