Until laptops became available, I lugged around a half-dozen 3-inch, 3 ring, looseleaf binders that were filled to capacity with lyrics sheets and chords over the words. I typed up each and every one of those sheets (about 800 of them) on a desktop PC and printed them out using a daily-wheel printer. My first laptop, an IBM, tipped the scales at 17 pounds and cost me nearly $1,500, but I was a happy camper. Now, I use a 9-inch netbook PC for the lyrics and chords that weighs about 1.2 pounds. So, in that category I have progressed along with the technology.

When my eyes began failing, I again went with the new technology, had cataract surgery, had special lenses implanted that set me back $4,000 and the doctors said that I don't have to wear glasses, but still do. That technological advance was not 100 percent by a long shot. ;(

All the best,

Gary