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[redbird]

I have tidied the top of my desk, which I'm noting here because that's exactly the sort of thing that's easy to forget, or not think of a few hours or days later when I'm thinking "did I do anything useful or interesting today?"

I also got outside for a walk this afternoon, going as far as a Little Free Library, where I left a couple of paperbacks I didn't want. I went out masked, despite it being a rainy afternoon in a quiet neighborhood, because I'm not at all confident of my immunity to covid. Some other day, I might have carried the mask and not put it on unless there were other people nearby. While I was outside, I did my one PT exercise that needs a stair, and that I therefore hadn't done in a couple of weeks.

ETA: This afternoon's tidying left me with a pile of papers that needed shredding. I sat down after dinner and did so, including a stop in the middle to empty the shredder.

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[rafiwinters]

We've got a bunch (a large bunch) of papers to sort, then either file or shred. Do you find buying a shredder worth the cost?

[redbird]

In our case, yes, but we bought this one several years ago: nobody actually amortizes that sort of office equipment, but I'm still thinking "if it lasts for at least six years, it's worth it."

Since you have a car (we don't), you might check into whether some branch of your local government offers this service for free, or what a UPS Store or Staples would charge.

I should note that cattitude and I are still getting a lot of bills and financial statements on paper, partly from remembering, a couple of moves ago, each of us having to produce a recent utility bill in our names in order to get state ID cards. I also find the physical bills to be a useful reminder to actually pay the bill.

[adrian_turtle]

My local UPS store used to charge $1/pound for shredding. It may have gone up a bit, but as it's not good for my shoulder to carry more than 5 pounds up the hill at a time, the cost is not significant.

It just this minute occurred to me that if a person has a dusty job to do of tidying old papers, there is now a box of masks in the house that might be helpful.

[rafiwinters]

Thanks, good to know. :)