<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18023" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Cambria Math; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: Consolas; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-style-type: personal-reply } .MsoChpDefault { mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmm, I use it quite frequently and write little notes in it or other phone numbers, etc.  I wouldn't mind purchasing one, though.  This discussion probably belongs on ptg-l.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dporritt@mail.smu.edu href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">Porritt, David</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:10 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: To shred or not to shred?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868">I agree, Paul.  I have not opened one for several years.  I can find things so much more quickly on the web page and I think all the information in the book is there.  I know there are advertisements in there so I don’t know if the directory is a monetary profit or a loss.  I know I personally wouldn’t miss it. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868">Not only for the carbon footprint, and misuse of our trees, I tend to scan everything and keep the information that way.  Receipts I scan and attach them to the relevant entries in Quicken.  Society talks about becoming paperless but lawyers, banks and the government keep cranking it out.  I have stopped getting hard copies of my bank statements, credit card statements etc.  Where I work paper memos are nearly a thing of the past as everything comes by email.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868">dave<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas">David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas"><A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>paul bruesch<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:21 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: To shred or not to shred?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">I shred my bills (usually after paying), credit card solicitations, anything I print but don't use that has a client's name/addr/phone, but I'm not going to overload my shredder (much less take the time) to shred the PTG directory... but I did consider it. <BR><BR>I'm not so concerned with identity theft, per se, from the PTG directory as I am about it being a resource for spam e-mailers and snail-mailers, but I don't think that THEY go thru our trash the way ID thieves do. There isn't any information that's especially useful to ID thieves.<BR><BR>I do remove the spiral because I'm not sure if it's recyclable.  Actually, that's about the only time I open it... when I'm prepping it to recycle after the new one arrives. What year is this??  In the Internet age, I think it's a big waste of paper and all the associated resources that go along with paper production. I'd be all for abolishing it in favor of an online version... most (all?) of the info is online already. I'm sure there are techs that are still without Internet access... possibly a scaled-down version could be made available to them... maybe on phonebook-like paper... and/or make it a purchase option. <BR><BR>Paul Bruesch<BR>Stillwater, MN<o:p></o:p></P> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>