Pack rat – part 1
Sunday, March 15th, 2009It’s no secret. I am a pack rat. One of my goals this year is to go through some of the things I collect and send it with the garbage man. As the kids grow, our house seems to be shrinking. There is no such thing as free space in our house.
The first thing to go is my collection of AOL (and other ISP) CDs. I’m tossing several hundred CDs that have been sent to me over the years. It’s actually been quite a while since I’ve added to the collection since dial-up is virtually non-existent now.
The next thing to go are pay-stubs. I have every pay-stub that I have ever received. Don’t worry, I scanned every single one of them into PDF using a high-speed scanner at work. Nobody would have ever believed what things I did for $4.25 an hour while in high school or how a 21 year old college student could actually make $11.00 an hour working part time at Publix in 2001. Perhaps my scans will help Tristan appreciate working when he gets older.
Before trashing them, they will be properly shredded. Don’t worry, you won’t find any SSNs in the photos below. Here are my pay-stubs from high school and college:
Notice this Pack rat post is titled “part 1″. There is certainly more to come. Eventually I’ll use all of the hotel soaps that I’ve amassed since the 1980s and maybe I’ll even trash all of the Business Reply Mail envelopes. Stay tuned!
What do you collect?
