Books and Computers

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Being that I am only five decades old (I would have said half a century but that just sounds old!) I have lived in a world , and still do, with books for research and the computer. I remember being so into the law that whenever I seen a law book at the thrift store I bought it for a dollar or a couple dollars, I would take it home and read it and that would want me to read more about the law, that is when I would go sit for hours at the library and read the law books, you could not check those out but you could read as long as you wanted. Since those days I have won several cases in court and I owe it all to self educating myself, with books. And now to today ........ the computer age. While I still love my books and I still use the library, I can just walk into my home office and type in the words of what I want to learn and BAM! its right there in my face. I am doing a lot of research on how people used to live before manufacturing companies began to mass produce, everything from food to furniture. But at 2 am I am wondering what type of Maple tree do I tap for maple syrup come next Spring, so I can mark them in my woods, And what did I get when I did the search? Twenty two trees to tap for syrup! Most of them growing right here in my woods! While I do love the internet I still ask myself a question, What if there was no more internet? For me? I would survive by reading a real paper book. How about you?