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

[Jim Ray]

Smart man to shred. I do the same with any paper that has sensitive info. 

I also have fire pit and have been known to take a drink and to burn old dry Xmas trees that really throw a flame. Proud to be a NC redneck. Yee haw. 

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On Aug 8, 2012, at 9:48 AM, "Greg Brown" <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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