Why do you take the newspapers to the Humane Society? And other shredded paper? I might start doing that if it helps the organization.
Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "The vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find those people and we will bring them to justice." ---George W. Bush, October 28, 2003 On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 13:10 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote: >> No, you don't. Of course not. >> >> I've never said you should leave behind everyone else. But we have to >> recognize certain changes that are inexorable and speeding up. And at >> what point DO we stop including CD-ROM's? When dialup is only 20%? >> 10%? 5%? 1%? >> >> And we also have to reduce, reuse, & recycle. :) > > Oh trust me, my household does ... to the point that the weekly trash > pickup is usually one small (think standard grocery-bag-sized) sack. > Kitchen scraps go to the worm composting bins, rainwater fills two > 55-gallon drums for watering plants and gardens, newspapers go to the > Humane Society (along with all those stupid pre-approved credit card > applications, which get shredded with the other paper documents), glass > and other metals go out with the weekly recycling pickup ... grass > clippings fertilize the lawns, yard waste goes to the big outside > compost bin. And old computer stuff gets recycled with ByteWorks! (if > it's too old, it goes to W.I.T.S.) > > It's a good question, when to cut things off. And of course, neither of > us got into how quickly such software on CDs becomes obsolete! > > Although, speaking of reduce, reuse & recycle ... I read recently that > someone has come up with another use for old CDs -- evidently when hung > from strings, they are good at keeping elephants out of crops. They can > also be used as a signaling device if you are ever lost out in the high > desert .... > > Theresa > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
