Staple-less future?
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Andy Hamilton
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It was stapling reports together for scottish and newcastle I think that a load had been printed off and they needed to be sent out. So I had the lovely job of doing that for them. I had RSI by the end and blisters in the centre of my hand... oh happy days.
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um... I found my stapler... 
Threw a tanty last night and it mysteriously appeared on the kitchen table this morning.
I dunno about any of these figures to be honest. I have always used a stapler and think I have probably owned one (actually I have 3) for at least 20 years. In that time, I can only ever remember buying 4 boxes of staples... and I still have two nearly full ones in my drawer!
My commercial stapler is about 8 years old (does magazines) and the other two are just standard ones that I have had for at least 15 years. Actually, I know exactly when I bought them, it was 1990. I only ever seem to have one at a time though, because the gremlins always seem to have the other one.
Paperclips, on the other hand. Well, I am sure I have bought... mmm.. at least a hundred packs in that time. Those buggers may be recyclable but I am absolutely certain they have little legs!
I use paperclips for large manuscripts or data files, spreadsheets or the like but everything else is pretty much stapled. I have to rip the staples out before I shred and have often wondered how come I have never ever seen one anywhere ever, as they go through my compost still attached to the corners of the pages...
I think they must break down pretty quickly... they have such little surface, so I'm guessing they rust very quickly when added to the soil but I could be wrong. Just can't say I have ever encountered one when gardening and they have never left the farm.
So, I dunno if that's good or bad Fee, but I have never thought about it before to be honest.
Threw a tanty last night and it mysteriously appeared on the kitchen table this morning.
I dunno about any of these figures to be honest. I have always used a stapler and think I have probably owned one (actually I have 3) for at least 20 years. In that time, I can only ever remember buying 4 boxes of staples... and I still have two nearly full ones in my drawer!
My commercial stapler is about 8 years old (does magazines) and the other two are just standard ones that I have had for at least 15 years. Actually, I know exactly when I bought them, it was 1990. I only ever seem to have one at a time though, because the gremlins always seem to have the other one.
Paperclips, on the other hand. Well, I am sure I have bought... mmm.. at least a hundred packs in that time. Those buggers may be recyclable but I am absolutely certain they have little legs!
I use paperclips for large manuscripts or data files, spreadsheets or the like but everything else is pretty much stapled. I have to rip the staples out before I shred and have often wondered how come I have never ever seen one anywhere ever, as they go through my compost still attached to the corners of the pages...
I think they must break down pretty quickly... they have such little surface, so I'm guessing they rust very quickly when added to the soil but I could be wrong. Just can't say I have ever encountered one when gardening and they have never left the farm.
So, I dunno if that's good or bad Fee, but I have never thought about it before to be honest.