New shredder

[DavidDvorkin]

I bought a new one for my home office because the old one wasn't up to the job. I'vve been shredding madly, taking care of old stuff that should have been thrown away long ago, but it wasn't practical to do so with the old shredder. Listening to the sound as I feed sheets in, I keep thinking that that's the sound that will probably soon be filling the White House.

[Karadeniz]

1. I'm sure you're right...so much for archiving!

[DavidDvorkin]

4. In spite of what the law says

They assume they'll never be caught or prosecuted. The depressing thing is that they're probably right.

[moonscape]

2. There's a place near me that has

drive-through shredding. Got tired of feeding mine and looked for an alternative during a purge.

They charge a $10 base fee, then 25-cents/lb. Took 6 big boxes of papers I had been accumulating and it ran something like $30. Numbers are murky, but that’s close. What a deal! Now I’m thinking of purging my shredder

They shred in front of you, and a great pandemic activity!

[DavidDvorkin]

3. I was thinking about doing something like that

For now, though, it's satisfying to feed the old papers in myself. That might wear off fairly quickly.

[Blue_playwright]

5. If you have a lot...

... your local anima shelter would likely take a bag or two for the guine pigs and bunnies’ cages.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. I didn't know about that

I've mixed the shredded stuff with regular garbage, but I'll keep the next bag pure and try to find out. Thanks.

[Hekate]

7. Dick Cheney shredded a metric ton of papers he was supposed to have archived...

Right before he had to leave DC, he and his minions were shredding like mad.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Grr.