I would say it differently. I would say PDF is where text goes to be read. I 
decline to download any text file that’s not PDF. Too risky. It's amazing to me 
how many people will send out a file in a proprietary format like Microsoft 
Word and expect all the recipients to be able to read it. 

Jimmy Walker, WA4ILO, Macon, GA


> On Feb 26, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Walter Underwood <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I got it from somebody else. Before I heard this, I said that PDF is where 
> text goes to die.
> 
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
> CM87wj
> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
> 
>> On Feb 26, 2020, at 6:46 AM, Chris R. NW6V <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Walter,
>> 
>> Bravo!. :-) I'm going to steal this line...  :-)
>> 
>> 73 Chris NW6V
>> 
>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:09:02 -0800  AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> "Turning a PDF back into structured text is like turning hamburger back
>>> into a cow."
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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