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Because it's a paranoid time we live in. Then again my sister had an identity theft problem a few years back that was the major suck.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my colleagues actually bought a shredder from a late night TV infomercial, and one night his girlfriend woke up from him sitting in the next room shredding away with red eyes. There almost wasn't a piece of paper left in the house. These things are like heroin.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I actually did get a shredder for Xmas! My parents got one for both me and my sister, and since the family has been burned by this once before as mentioned, it makes sense. I will be shredding some old tax records (don't keep anything older than seven years around) at some point.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I am my own shredder. I habitually tear up old bills and pieces of paper into tiny little pieces. It gives me the satisfaction.

― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"Documents from the U.S. Espionage Den"

"Many people will recall that when Iranian revolutionaries seized the U.S. embassy in Teheran in 1979, they acquired a large cache of classified U.S. government documents, some of which had been shredded and painstakingly reassembled, which they proceeded to publish. What no one seems to have noticed, however, is that they never stopped publishing!"

http://www.totse.com/en/politics/central_intelligence_agency/irandocs.html

― andy, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

This seems to have spawned a new business. (to me, at least) The other day I was driving behind a large truck with corporate logo and it's services plastered all over it. Document shredding. I had never seen anything like it and wondered just how far removed I live from the real world.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:52 (twenty-two years ago)

dean, you are the utilitarian hero of ILX. now, gimme babies.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, my stepfather has owned a shredder for years, and before that he used to burn old receipts, etc. in the fireplace.

I usually tear up mail that has my personal info on it before throwing it out. And my backlog of bills & receipts is going to get the shredder treatment soon.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

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