oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2002
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My pile of documents to be shredded is extreme.
See you all in hell.
This is why a real fire place is a boon.
Many decades ago I had to destroy confidential documents. Shredders weren't around. I had to load each file into a wire basket on a very long handle and hold it in a boiler fire.
Why the basket? Because even burned paper could be read if it flew up and out of a chimney. The paper had to be burned until it was in small pieces before being mixed in a pail of water to an amorphous black paste.
It was a job for the most junior person with a high security clearance. The paperwork to certify complete destruction of each file was a pain.

