Do you shred?

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I have a shredder in the den but it's dusty because it's not been used for probably ten or more years. Who wants to take the time? And they're loud, you can't shred while watching your favorite shows. I think I quit shredding once I discovered that my bank has the shred people come by for anyone wanting to drop off bags of material to be shredded. I've no idea when they started that service but the truck would be in the parking lot for half the day. They usually say the bags can be dropped off but I take more. If it's not busy when I go they will often take what I have. I stay and watch the process. I don't think there's room on their trucks for anything but shredded material. Years ago they would dump the bags you brought it in into the large dumpsters and a vacuum would scoop up your papers and shred them right there. I used to have to make sure plastic was separated out. Our prescriptions come in a plastic bag with our info on paper. Now the vacuum thing takes everything, plastic bag and all, so I no longer need to separate any of that. I missed taking anything there last fall. They didn't do it in the spring. I'm thinking of calling the shred people to see whether I can bring it in for a fee so I can get the bags of papers out of my house. And that way if it's nice outside when the back does have the shed trucks there I can still work. Maybe later I'll add some pics right now I'm still in bed.