On 2015-10-28 5:09 AM, TOM WALKER -> ALAN ZISMAN wrote:   
      
    AZ>> I picked up a big stack of DVD +R discs a couple of years ago - I   
    TW> don't thin   
    AZ>> I've used one of them.... it's been ages since I burned a disc of any   
    TW> sort.   
      
    TW> I stil do some burning, mostly videos but an occasional audio lectures   
      
    AZ>> I used to back up videos, downloaded files, and more - but now, with   
    TW> a 512 G   
    AZ>> USB2 external disk, I don't bother with optical media. (Yes, I know   
    TW> hard dis   
    AZ>> fail - but frankly, nothing I have is that precious.   
      
    AZ>> I have a drawer or two filled with burnt DVDs... I should go through   
    TW> them an   
    AZ>> see what - if anything - I actually want to keep.   
      
    TW> That reminds me that i have piled of both Floppies, 5 1/4 and 3 1/2, and   
    TW> CD to sort and dispose of   
    TW> ---   
   Pity that there doesn't seem to be any way to properly dispose of these things   
   for recycling.   
      
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