[Jewelry making - Article 00154] - Re: [Orchid] Safe Advice

[Karen Bahr]

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Hello Folks

    When I worked for  a jewellery supply company here in Calgary,
    Alberta, Canada, approximately 20 years ago, I was continuously
    reminded to rip up the carbons from Credit card purchases as being in
    downtown, people would break into the commercial garbage cans all the
    time. These large cans that are lifted over a truck with a fork on
    the front were locked and only opened for deposits and evacuation of
    garbage. Even at that time a carbon was worth $25 and up a piece on
    the street as it contained the number, expiry and often signature. I
    even got to the point of putting half the pieces into one garbage can
    and the other into another that was emptied at different times. I
    remember this well as being rather new and naive and was shocked that
    they had a dollar value. 

    Not long after that a neighbour also mentioned that on her last trip
    to the dump that she had noticed a bag torn open and another
    neighbours trash spread all over the ground including utility bills,
    phone bills and shopping receipts as well as some personal letters. A
    smorgasbord of personal information available to anyone. I now shred
    or burn all personal papers and even anything with just a name and
    address on it, as well as recently I realized the amount of info on
    an old prescription bottle and it gets burned now too. 

    I know a couple of people that have had their identities stolen from
    just this little bit of seemingly innocuous pieces of personal
    property. 

Karen Bahr
Karen's Artworx
www.nucleus.com.~karensartworx

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