Subj : Re: Calendars
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Sat Sep 28 2019 22:35:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-25-19  06:17 <=-

 >> I have a pile here in the room that is more than 20 years.... 

 JM> My tax files are in a cabinet.  (A national five and dime closed in
 JM> the early '80s and sold all their inventory and I picked up a green
 JM> metal five drawer cabinet for like $10).  
 JM> I also have cheque stubs that go back many years as well.

I think my older ones are in a cabinet or box somewhere... but haven't
much of a clue where to start looking any more.... 

 JM> At one time I was simply handed my pay cheque and those stubs were
 JM> tossed in a box.  The last 25 years or so they have been in a envelope
 JM> and with the first one in January I stick the stubs in there.  At the
 JM> end of the year I mark that year on the front and

(dropped off again... I'm guessing "and filed them away", or something
like that...?)

I haven't had pay stubs for over 40 years now... when I was working for
pay, it was self-employment (teaching piano)....

 JM> I did the same with personal and business letters.  Those were at
 JM> first tossed in a box (later filed in the cabinet).  With e-mail they
 JM> are simply saved to a CD.  Never to be seen or read again

I've saved lots of letters and cards... once in a while, I might look
through them....

 JM> A couple of winters ago I got into a cleaning mood and weeded out
 JM> some of those.
 JM> That's to be another winter project, going to go through a lot of
 JM> stuff in there.

Assuming that you don't get called in to work regularly to cover for the
regulars.... ;)

ttyl          neb

.... Instant gratification takes too long.

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