@jef Oh, I prefer a variety of colors to black! It's just that black or beige have been what I mostly end up with. I can definitely give those a third life. (Third half-life?) I write to the ones that are writable, but hand out lots that are not. The usual conversation is, "Is there data on this?" "Could you read it if there was?" If the answer is yes, they get a disk from the other pocket. floppydisk.com sells working disks for $1 and not-working for $0.19. Until they're all gone forever.