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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on April 07, 2020, 08:28:28 pm ---I did a drawer thing as well. One of my drawers was getting very full, and when I went through it, it was all my taxes for the past 7 years, my birth certificate, insurance paperwork, car paperwork, and stuff like that. I found a storage box sitting in my closet, unused. It looks like this.
I put all the paperwork in here and stored it away, and now the drawer is neat, and I know where to find all my paperwork.
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What is this box made of? It looks like plastic. I suggest considering getting something fireproof for important documents like your birth certificate, car title, insurance documents, and so forth.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 07, 2020, 09:36:37 pm ---What is this box made of? It looks like plastic. I suggest considering getting something fireproof for important documents like your birth certificate, car title, insurance documents, and so forth.
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I have a metal one with birth certificates and a few other things. Car title is pretty easy to get a copy of -- you can walk into AAA (when there's not a pandemic), for instance, and walk out with one a few minutes later. Insurance documents I can also get pretty easily from the company's website.
I have ordered birth certificates, however, and they're more of a hassle. My passport is also expired, which is even more trouble to renew. I'm going to have to start collecting stuff like that in order to get my "real" ID by October, when it will be required to board a plane. Assuming anyone is flying by then and the airlines are still in business.
Chuck, do you get a discount on a safety deposit box? I've also used those for stuff like that.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
Easter weekend is here. ;D
Another week down in isolation. As of yesterday it's been 22 days working from home (business days). If you include weekends, tomorrow will be a full month of pretty much staying indoors, only going out when necessary.
I'll be going over to mom and dad's place tomorrow for Easter. They've decided to support a local restaurant and we'll all be ordering Easter lunch from them. I told my parents that I would bring dessert, and when I was at the grocery store last night, I got a 'variety cake' from the bakery section. Of course, it's not as nice as a proper bakery's cake, but it will give everyone a choice to have a favorite, or try two or three different flavors, as long as the pieces are cut smaller.
This cake has Chocolate Fudge cake, Red Velvet cake, Carrot cake, and Caramel cake.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 07, 2020, 09:36:37 pm ---What is this box made of? It looks like plastic. I suggest considering getting something fireproof for important documents like your birth certificate, car title, insurance documents, and so forth.
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I do want a fireproof one, but I won't be getting that until this pandemic is over and can go shopping. Yes it is plastic,and it's temporary. The main issue was that I didn't have everything centrally located, and in the event of an emergency, I didn't have a way to get to it all. Now, everything is in this container, and when I'm home I keep my wallet near it. If something were to happen, I would be able to grab it all in a matter of seconds, along with the wallet, and get out.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 08, 2020, 09:35:41 am ---I have a metal one with birth certificates and a few other things. Car title is pretty easy to get a copy of -- you can walk into AAA (when there's not a pandemic), for instance, and walk out with one a few minutes later. Insurance documents I can also get pretty easily from the company's website.
I have ordered birth certificates, however, and they're more of a hassle. My passport is also expired, which is even more trouble to renew. I'm going to have to start collecting stuff like that in order to get my "real" ID by October, when it will be required to board a plane. Assuming anyone is flying by then and the airlines are still in business.
Chuck, do you get a discount on a safety deposit box? I've also used those for stuff like that.
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I'm sure I could have a discount on a SDB, but I'd rather have them here where I can get to them quickly if needed. My birth certificate is a pain get a copy of. LOL I don't recall the specifics, but apparently there were issues with birth certificates that were issued for a set time span. I don't know if they were generated incorrectly, or files were destroyed, but I had to go to Trenton in person, and prove who I was in order to get certified copies of my birth certificate.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on April 11, 2020, 02:06:49 pm ---I'm sure I could have a discount on a SDB, but I'd rather have them here where I can get to them quickly if needed. My birth certificate is a pain get a copy of. LOL I don't recall the specifics, but apparently there were issues with birth certificates that were issued for a set time span. I don't know if they were generated incorrectly, or files were destroyed, but I had to go to Trenton in person, and prove who I was in order to get certified copies of my birth certificate.
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I just found out what had happened with the birth certificate issue.
I was born in 1969 in Hudson country, NJ.
In 2005, there was a scandal when it was discovered that someone was issuing fake birth certificates to illegal immigrants out of that office. Thousands of birth certificates were confiscated, and people were arrested.
Ordinarily, this wouldn't have affected me, however, it was the same year that Brokeback Mountain was released. The gatherings were starting to happen, and I needed to get a passport. For this, I had to get a copy of my birth certificate, and because of that issue earlier that year, I had to go to Trenton and prove who I was so I could get certified copies of the document.
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