Bill on Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:21:14 -0500 typed in
rec.woodworking the following:
wrote:

Technology is often better than "GET OFF MY LAWN!". ;-)



I know what you mean, but I ENJOY "Get Off Of My Lawn!!!" : )

My dad used to keep a ledger of every purchase he made for his
house/garden (even packs of seeds!) Me, I use an Excel spreadsheet!
: )
Besides of keeping track of model numbers, dates, and phone numbers,
there's a "nostalgia factor" to having the spreadsheet. Like, we
planted that tree in 20XX...

And how many digital records are lost due to changes in standards,
lost software?

I used Quicken until 2005. When the New Improved Version was such
that nothing was preferable. So Nothing is what I used for the next
several years. The bummer is that all my financial records are lock
up in those Quicken files.
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