To shred or not to shred?

[Barbara Richmond]

Hmm, I use it quite frequently and write little notes in it or other phone numbers, etc.  I wouldn't mind purchasing one, though.  This discussion probably belongs on ptg-l.

Barbara
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Porritt, David 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:10 AM
  Subject: RE: To shred or not to shred?


  I agree, Paul.  I have not opened one for several years.  I can find things so much more quickly on the web page and I think all the information in the book is there.  I know there are advertisements in there so I don't know if the directory is a monetary profit or a loss.  I know I personally wouldn't miss it. 

   

  Not only for the carbon footprint, and misuse of our trees, I tend to scan everything and keep the information that way.  Receipts I scan and attach them to the relevant entries in Quicken.  Society talks about becoming paperless but lawyers, banks and the government keep cranking it out.  I have stopped getting hard copies of my bank statements, credit card statements etc.  Where I work paper memos are nearly a thing of the past as everything comes by email.

   

  dave

   

   

  David M. Porritt, RPT

  dporritt at smu.edu

   

  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch
  Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:21 AM
  To: Pianotech List
  Subject: Re: To shred or not to shred?

   

  I shred my bills (usually after paying), credit card solicitations, anything I print but don't use that has a client's name/addr/phone, but I'm not going to overload my shredder (much less take the time) to shred the PTG directory... but I did consider it. 

  I'm not so concerned with identity theft, per se, from the PTG directory as I am about it being a resource for spam e-mailers and snail-mailers, but I don't think that THEY go thru our trash the way ID thieves do. There isn't any information that's especially useful to ID thieves.

  I do remove the spiral because I'm not sure if it's recyclable.  Actually, that's about the only time I open it... when I'm prepping it to recycle after the new one arrives. What year is this??  In the Internet age, I think it's a big waste of paper and all the associated resources that go along with paper production. I'd be all for abolishing it in favor of an online version... most (all?) of the info is online already. I'm sure there are techs that are still without Internet access... possibly a scaled-down version could be made available to them... maybe on phonebook-like paper... and/or make it a purchase option. 

  Paul Bruesch
  Stillwater, MN

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