What do you all do about

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Registered: 03-25-2003
What do you all do about
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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 3:35pm
the tons of paper that accumulate...pay check stubs, receipts, financial statements, tax info, health reports...the list is soooo long?! I have files & boxes packed full! Yes, I was working on the closets again...boo-hiss!

Today is Bob Hope's 100th. birthday. His daughter said that he wouldn't make a public appearance, but it would be interesting to see a current picture. He certainly performed a wonderful service when he entertained the troops, etc.

Well, I'm off to get ready for the dinner with friends. 'til tomorrow... Cal

P.S. OK, Darby, you talked me into it...pasta it'll be (snicker)!

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Thu, 05-29-2003 - 9:19pm
Oh! Cal, I wish I knew what to do about papers! I'm buried alive in things that I'm afraid to throw away. My CPA encourages me to keep every tax return with all of the supporting papers. I'm afraid not to do so, because we've had to sue a broker and every note and scrap of paper that I kept meant money to us in the end. I did finally begin to destroy time cards and employment applications which had our employee's S/S numbers on them. I don't want to be responsible for keeping them out of the hands of others who might misuse them. I have begun a program of destroying every statement as soon as I've paid them etc. Some of them I keep until the one for the next month comes in, but then shred the old one. If you have some good ideas...let me know. lottie77

lottie77~~~