It's that time of year again... Now don't try to get ahead of me because you will end up in a different state, province, or jurisdiction. Every winter my family buys several cords of wood. I spent my past Saturdays cutting and organizing said wood (which although is hard work, is quite satisfying in a manly sort of way...). And for the past few weeks we have been running the wood stove to warm the house. This year was slightly different though. As I watched the first fire of the season begin I noticed that instead of newspaper, we used official documents as tinder. I could not help but ask and could barely refrain from making the joke that this pastime would almost qualify my father for government office the way things have been going recently. But as it turns out my family is super anal about keeping documents from who knows when. Last I checked we still had my grandfather's bank records, and he has been dead since 2000. As it turns out we were not burning anything that mattered, some of my father's bank records from when he was a teenager, back when they posted your SSN on the documents, so to protect his identity we were burning them... that and who needs 30 year old bank statements. Still good for a laugh though as you realize that what your tossing into the fire was a legal document at one point in time.
... Well, I'm off to start a fire... Maybe today I'll find old employment histories...
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