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Re: Where do paper clips go ...
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:12:25 GMT
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I have to confess I often chuck paper clips out. Usually because they're not
the same type as the ones in my nice box of coloured paper clips - and it
looks untidy to keep odd paper clips if you see what I mean.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
> On the other hand, other more or less trustworthy sources in the area (Silicon
> Valley) indicate they are reclaimed through filters used in paper recycling,
> melted down, and used to make certain brand-name hard drive platters. The
> brand-name, of course, escapes me ATM. ;)
>
> -Tom McD.
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| (...) I have a pile of over a hundred in my desk drawer at work; I chained them all together for easy retrieval ;) (...) Well, certain dark rumors say that they are secretly reclaimed by the orthodontic profession to make braces, but such news would (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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