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ChrisC333 · 03-21-2010, 01:37 AM

I have a very simple system.

It's mostly based on a) having lots of books now and b) not actually caring as much as I used to.

In theory, I back up my computer once a week using Time Machine, and stick the second drive back in the safe. This covers most eventualities.

But the real beauty of it is that at my age I no longer expect to remember exactly which books I owned anyway. And I'm not really bothered if the occasional one goes missing.

I was talking to an older friend recently and said:

"Please stop me if I've told you this anecdote before"

To which he replied:

"Carry on. It doesn't matter - I won't remember it if you have...."

It getting that way with the books I read too. I can re-read the old favourites every couple of years and they'll seem partly familiar yet still fresh.... So it's become a case of Back-up, Shmack-up - does it really matter that much?

Thanks to full bookshelves, a reasonable computer system, and the wonders of encroaching senility I'll never run out of things to read and re-read. If I unknowingly ended up buying the same thing twice it's not a big deal. Let the young control freaks fret about keeping all their possessions in perfectly precise piles at their fingertips - I've abandoned the pretence that I know where everything is around here anyway.

That reminds me - today is Sunday. If I can just recall the combination to the safe I'll do that back up..... maybe soonish....

03-21-2010, 01:37 AM	#18
ChrisC333 Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 2031 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Australia Device: Acer eM250 Netbook, iTouch, iRiver Story, HP TM2 Tablet	I have a very simple system. It's mostly based on a) having lots of books now and b) not actually caring as much as I used to. In theory, I back up my computer once a week using Time Machine, and stick the second drive back in the safe. This covers most eventualities. But the real beauty of it is that at my age I no longer expect to remember exactly which books I owned anyway. And I'm not really bothered if the occasional one goes missing. I was talking to an older friend recently and said: "Please stop me if I've told you this anecdote before" To which he replied: "Carry on. It doesn't matter - I won't remember it if you have...." It getting that way with the books I read too. I can re-read the old favourites every couple of years and they'll seem partly familiar yet still fresh.... So it's become a case of Back-up, Shmack-up - does it really matter that much? Thanks to full bookshelves, a reasonable computer system, and the wonders of encroaching senility I'll never run out of things to read and re-read. If I unknowingly ended up buying the same thing twice it's not a big deal. Let the young control freaks fret about keeping all their possessions in perfectly precise piles at their fingertips - I've abandoned the pretence that I know where everything is around here anyway. That reminds me - today is Sunday. If I can just recall the combination to the safe I'll do that back up..... maybe soonish....