But the change from writing paper to its modern successor, the floppy disk, is happening much faster. This is also mostly for the better, but there is a vital distinction that has to be made here. Paper lasts a lot longer. Paper can be spindled, folded and mutilated. Paper can be placed in odd places,such as on top of TV sets or in front of the radiator.
Paper is rugged.
And paper is forgiving. As you can probably guess, I am heading gently into a tale, and it is going to be a sad one. So I had better start at the beginning. Encouraged by the speed at which I could write using a computer word processor, I abandoned pencil and paper a couple of years ago. I gave my fancy electric typewriter to my daughter and stashed all my old notebooks on the top shelf of my closet.