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Posted 04/08/2010 12:34 am
All very interesring, but..... I know Bill in Burl will agree, but not many others, with MY point of view. for example: I am legally blind, and so it requires different equipment to be able to enjoy our hobby. the reference books, in the majority are hard, or softbacked. I need another type, such as a loose[leaf binder for my viewing. To this end, I have CCTV which is very much like the microfissche reading machines used in cartography, and other places where much info is stored on very small plates, and read on these machines. Most of my reference library is the normal books, and manuals we are accostomed to using. BUT.... One can't take them everywhere one goes, so we have our computers, rented, laptops, iPod, or what ever they are called, (I don't use one because it is too small, and being also very hard of hearing, are of no use to me.. Anyway I belisve we need to devise a way to have all our most required materials at hand, soa CD is the next best thing. it hoklds a lot of info, and is easy to store. I have not been "blind", all my life. This happened, lately, due to age, exposure to everything, etc. It came with the territory. As a result, I no longer have a drivers liscense. I can see all around, as well as anyone, but I have blak spots, deadahead, and that which id directly ahead, is not always visible. I need very large pring to be able to read text, etc. Other than this, I am "disgustingly healthy", for an 85 year old kid.
I too would like to take my book(s) on IHC, gor example, and read thru the different descriptions, of the varieties, but it would get awful heavy in a short time! And where would I put the CCTV?
All you younger, young, and very young, enjoy the methods that serve you best, and enjoy the years ahead, with all the new ways to 'get it done". I won't be around that long, (they hope), but they don't have the final word, and are not as stubborn as I. I have enjoyed coin collecting, off, and on for many years, but I haven't had the fun , with the varieties, not the equipment to see them, but whikle I am here, I intend to keep as busy as any of you "kids". I might even be ablr to help you, now, and then. There are those who have helped me, and "I owe".
I don't think there is any "best reference material", nor any best way to obtyain, or store same. Bottom line, make the best use of whatever you have access to, and ENJOY!
This "living dinasaur', has done just that, and it has been FUN!
Dick
I too would like to take my book(s) on IHC, gor example, and read thru the different descriptions, of the varieties, but it would get awful heavy in a short time! And where would I put the CCTV?
All you younger, young, and very young, enjoy the methods that serve you best, and enjoy the years ahead, with all the new ways to 'get it done". I won't be around that long, (they hope), but they don't have the final word, and are not as stubborn as I. I have enjoyed coin collecting, off, and on for many years, but I haven't had the fun , with the varieties, not the equipment to see them, but whikle I am here, I intend to keep as busy as any of you "kids". I might even be ablr to help you, now, and then. There are those who have helped me, and "I owe".
I don't think there is any "best reference material", nor any best way to obtyain, or store same. Bottom line, make the best use of whatever you have access to, and ENJOY!
This "living dinasaur', has done just that, and it has been FUN!
Dick
