[TriLUG] OT - need a good local place to shred a lot of documentsin Durham

[Peter Neilson]

On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:58:24 -0400, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought about asking if anyone had "a burnin' barrel".

According to law, they are illegal. The original reason they were outlawed  
was probably the general ineptness folks demonstrate in using them. Here  
are the rules, based on laws of chemistry and physics, not of any  
jurisdiction.

1. Punch holes in the bottom of the barrel. Put it up on firebricks above  
a dirt or gravel surface.

2. If you feel like putting holes in the sides, put them near the base of  
the barrel.

3. DON'T BURN PLASTICS. Paper, cardboard and wood are ok. Plastic-coated  
paper is iffy. Vinyl (PVC) is a dreadful mistake. A bit of polystyrene  
isn't as bad as even a few scraps of vinyl.

4. As ash builds up over the weeks, empty it out. My dad used to bury the  
ash and the kitchen garbage, way back in the dark ages.

Current thoughts on how anything that produces carbon dioxide is evil  
ought to prevent the thoughtcrime of considering a burnin' barrel for  
about the next three-quarters of the foreseeable future.