You have to do a lot of damage to a CD to really ruin it these days, my 
brother used to get some out of cars on the way to the junk yard form the 
yard where he works driving a tow truck and some of them are kind of 
scratched and banged up and it takes a lot to make a CD officially ruined.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: Audiobooks on CD


> Terri,
>
> Are you quite sure they are ruined?  Cd's have their weaknesses but, as
> someone who grew up with vinyl, they're more durable than some other 
> media.
> Have you tried playing  them and if they don't play, have you tried 
> cleaning
> them?  Seems to me you'd really have to damage a CD physically to get it 
> to
> the point where it won't play.  Lou----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:36 PM
> Subject: Audiobooks on CD
>
>
>> Hi, List,
>>
>> I feel embarrassed, but I would like to ask a question and I hope people
>> don't criticize me too much.
>>
>> I received two audiobooks on CD and I accidentally ruined the CDs.  I
>> touched the cds where I'm not supposed to.
>>
>> My question is: if you are looking at a new audiobook and no sighted
>> person
>> is around, what's the best way to handle the discs?  Each publisher has
>> their own way of packing the books.  For example, one of the books packs
>> them into a box that folds out like an accordion and the cds are 
>> partially
>> covered by a paper slot.  Another book places some of the cds like stair
>> steps and the cds are very close together.  Still another packs the cds
>> sideways and they look like pages in a book with a cd in a slot on each
>> side
>> of the page.  Still another publisher places the CDS in a big box bottom
>> side up!
>>
>> I don't want to accidentally ruin anything more.  Boy, do I hate CDs!
>> They're so fragile!  I wish people would use a medium like CompactFlash
>> cards or SD cards, but that wouldn't be as cost-effective.
>>
>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.