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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 577023" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>by the way, as a young teen I used to rip paper. the more sheets I had, the more I liked it. I worked in a used bookstore and could take any book I wanted home. Luckily we had tons of old bestsellers and serial romance novels in the back when I was hired. Periodically we threw several trash bins of them away. I often took 2-3 paper bags of these old book home and when upset/frustrated/furious I would rip and rip and rip. I had a certain box I ripped into, not sure why but I only ripped into that box. Then I would toss the ripped books. LOTS of bookstores have old books they don't want/need. either clearing out old inventory or else books customers wanted to trade/sell that the store couldn't buy and the customer just left there.</p><p></p><p>They will OFTEN give you a few bags full if you ask and explain why. You can also find tons of free magazines and yellow pages. Here many of the grocery stores have racks of phone books in the 2 large cities. They are happy for you to take ten or twelve, or to clean out the house/car/boat for sale or employment magazines for them. I know one chain has had a problem with the people who distribute these publications refusing to take the old ones away even to the trash can on the premises. So they are THRILLED when someone needs them. One store has the local animal shelter come and pick these things up because they use them for cat litter (shredded paper is cheap and absorbent).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 577023, member: 1233"] by the way, as a young teen I used to rip paper. the more sheets I had, the more I liked it. I worked in a used bookstore and could take any book I wanted home. Luckily we had tons of old bestsellers and serial romance novels in the back when I was hired. Periodically we threw several trash bins of them away. I often took 2-3 paper bags of these old book home and when upset/frustrated/furious I would rip and rip and rip. I had a certain box I ripped into, not sure why but I only ripped into that box. Then I would toss the ripped books. LOTS of bookstores have old books they don't want/need. either clearing out old inventory or else books customers wanted to trade/sell that the store couldn't buy and the customer just left there. They will OFTEN give you a few bags full if you ask and explain why. You can also find tons of free magazines and yellow pages. Here many of the grocery stores have racks of phone books in the 2 large cities. They are happy for you to take ten or twelve, or to clean out the house/car/boat for sale or employment magazines for them. I know one chain has had a problem with the people who distribute these publications refusing to take the old ones away even to the trash can on the premises. So they are THRILLED when someone needs them. One store has the local animal shelter come and pick these things up because they use them for cat litter (shredded paper is cheap and absorbent). [/QUOTE]
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