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Re: Where do paper clips go ...
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:17:15 GMT
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How do you sort your paper clips, by size or color? I have found that
Plano containers.... ;)
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Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
Simon Robinson wrote:
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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.
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> Simon
> http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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> > 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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| (...) <snurk> Warning! Do not drink coffee while reading off-topic.fun! It can be hazerdous to your nasal passages and keyboard! Not that I'm speaking from (recent) personal experience, or anything... James http:www.shades-of-n....com/lego/ (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Where do paper clips go ...
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| (...) See, really, there are two schools of thought here on that. Given the size of my paperclip collection, I had to go to shoebox bins right away, plano containers would not give me enough space. (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (URL)On the other hand, other (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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