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Benedict Arnold

Supplies: Do you have paper clips?

If so, do you have the pretty colourful ones or the silver/grey boring ones?
If you don’t have paper clips, do you have a stapler? If you do not have paper clips or a stapler, how do you keep your papers that belong together, together? Just stack them in order and hope that they don’t get separated or switched around??!!! 
I’m not a fan of staplers, and prefer paper clips, but even a staple is better than just letting all you papers lay around all willy-nilly. That’s just WRONG. 

Posted - June 20, 2019
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  • 14795
    No ,just the standard metal ones....:) 
      June 20, 2019 5:50 PM MDT
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  • I accept the metal ones.

      June 20, 2019 5:53 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Don't ask why, but I got a ton of paper clips. Just the small silvery ones.
      June 20, 2019 5:55 PM MDT
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  • Why,  Zack? Why why why why WHY? ;p 
      June 20, 2019 5:56 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    It was an impulse buy. Now, why would a guy like me buy those things as an impulse buy? WTF is wrong with me?
      June 20, 2019 6:01 PM MDT
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  • Lol :) well now you have them.  I bought a pack of 500 tea light candles on an impulse buy once. They’re dumb, I’ve never used one. At least paper clips are useful for stuff. 
      June 20, 2019 6:04 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    I have both paper clips and a stapler in front of me.
      June 20, 2019 6:07 PM MDT
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  • Which is your preference? If you could only choose one option for the rest of your life, paper clips or stapler? 
      June 20, 2019 6:08 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    Stapler, because it has uses other than holding paper together.
      June 20, 2019 6:17 PM MDT
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  • I’m afraid to ask what the other uses are lol. I can’t think of any :)
      June 20, 2019 6:21 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    Staple papers to the wall. (Much easier than thumbtacks)
    Repair a box. 

    Doctor use staples on cuts but those are a different kind.
      June 20, 2019 6:29 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    I scan important papers and keep it in the .pdf on the computer. If someone needs a copy I email it to them or fax through the computer. 

    I loose printed papers. 
      June 20, 2019 6:20 PM MDT
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  • That’s smart, the company I work for has gone “paperless“. I seem to have to deal with a lot of paper,  for a paperless company. 
      June 20, 2019 6:23 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    Lol. But it sounds so good to stock holders and for advertising as a "green" company. 
      June 20, 2019 6:30 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Paperless doesn't mean green.  Green has to do with energy use.  Use, reuse, and recycle sustainable materials is what going green is about.  Paper uses trees which we can plant all we need.  That is substainability.   It is also much better for privacy and security of records than anything digital.  Society is just beginning to pull back a tiny bit on the going 100% paperless.  When all files were paper we never saw a company breach the trust and confidential information of 4,000,000 customers in one wrong step.   Identity theft was not a thing.   We need to put security and safety at the front.  Going green energywise is fine.   When a company tells you to let them grab your payment out of you bank account instead of sending you a bill, they are just using the "go green" thing to make you feel like it is your obligation and they are the one saving money and giving up nothing.  It is not.  The fewer companies that have your banking or credit card info, the better and the less chance of a problem for you.   
      June 20, 2019 6:57 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    I think I said "sounds good" and "advertising".

    Even sending a check gives the company your banking information...it is printed on the check. So if they want it they have unless you are dealing with strictly cash or money order/cashiers check. 
    Online I never use my actual card/account number for a purchase..I use Paypal or similar.
      June 20, 2019 7:09 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    You said advertising as a green company.  
      June 20, 2019 7:12 PM MDT
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  • 34272
    Yes when a company goes paperless....they often advertise it as being/going green. 


      June 20, 2019 7:22 PM MDT
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  • Exactly ;) 
      June 22, 2019 4:51 AM MDT
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  • 17596
    I have every type of paper clip and both a regular and a large stapler.  I am most fond of the vinyl-covered metal paper clips...colored.   I prefer staples for anything going into a file.  Papers get accidentally attached via paper clips, so I mostly use staples.






    photo from amazon.com






    This post was edited by Thriftymaid at June 22, 2019 4:51 AM MDT
      June 20, 2019 6:38 PM MDT
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  • The vinyl-covered ones are my favourite too. 
      June 22, 2019 4:52 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    oh yeah
    got that stapler
      June 20, 2019 6:46 PM MDT
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  • Good stuff, Baba. 
      June 22, 2019 4:52 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    I have paper clips, large ones and small ones.  I have two staplers, one silver and one black.  I also have Scotch Tape, duct tape, painter's tape and electrical tape.  I have a tool box with hammers, nails, screws, screwdrivers, socket wrenches, a hand saw, a measuring tape, a level, and assorted other items.  If my papers don't stay together, I can always nail or screw them to the wall.
      June 20, 2019 7:08 PM MDT
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