Posted by Richard Steinfeld on 11/09/70 12:01

Alan Rutlidge wrote:
> "Richard Steinfeld" <rgst

> LOL. Good one Richard.
> Great to read a bit of humour here from time to time. :-)

Nice to be appreciated. When you're depressed, just look for my posts.
>
> In response to Rod's question.
> Just as easy to write neatly using a standard CD-R pen.
> They come in about 6 different colours AFAIK as well as different tip
> thicknesses.
> Officeworks stocked them the last time I looked.

Yes. I agree. I think that this is the perfect solution for the OP,
since the printable disks that I use with pens!)aren't that easy to come
by, at least here in the USA -- probably because we don't seem to have
many printers available that will print on them.

One nice thing about Sharpie pens, too, is that ordinary rubbing alcohol
(70% isopropyl) and a rag will remove the ink from the disk. 90% works
even better. So, if you screw up, like absent-mindedly draw a picture of
your mother-in-law's butt, your safety will be preserved.

I think that Sharpies are really fine for this; the colors in the sets
are cool. I even found some markers at a Dollar Store. They're stinkier
and the writing is flabbier (mushy and imprecise), but they're really
cheap. I use them for major titles, such as "Beethoven." I used to use
color-coded labels for my floppy disks, back before there were hard
disks. A leftover from that time is that I reserve the color red for
utility disks; blue for software, green for data. This makes it easier
to grab the right CD.

Anyway, I think that using Sharpies will be neat and easy. Simple.

Richard

Richard

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