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

[Greg Brown]

I'm not sure if the barrel still exists but it was a good one.
 Had ax holes in the bottom and round holes above that to support a mesh of
rebar above that to support the starter (small stick).  Light the sticks
and dump the paper stuff in while it burns.  Ash fell through the rebar
grate and could be taken out the bottom easily.  We never burned anything
but wood (and paper).

There's no throughtcrime in a proper burnin' barrel.  I wouldn't have one
in the city for obvious reasons but country living is different.  We
produce less CO2 per square mile by a long shot.

Thanks for the shredding suggestions!  I'll take a look at the big home
shredder option.  I'm pretty big on shredding anything that has any person
information on it (I'm kind of paranoid that way).

Greg

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Peter Neilson <neilson at windstream.net>wrote:

> 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.
>
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