But there comes that important time in the shredding machine's life when you stick too many papers in at one time and fry the machine! I reached that point. I was like 3/4Th's through a giant bag of my father's papers. It bit the dust on checks from '72.
I discovered many things. The gas bill was as high then as it is now. I'm sorry Daddy. I was completely clueless then. My parents bounced checks! I've discovered about four now. The bank sends them back in a special pouch with a velum cover!!! The bank switched from punch cards to a computer printed bill in 1980!!! I haven't found out when the water bill switches from being a punch card to a paper bill.
After my mother died in '79, about six months later my father's doctor sent a recommendation for him to see a psychiatrist. As far as I know he didn't see one. I did find the check for his first computer stuff. Yes, after my Mom died he went heavily into computers. He was also a ham radio operator. He did these both for about ten years until his hearing started to go, then it was just computers and the Internet. At the height of his mania, he had 28 computers in the house. He was so lonely.
I wish I could have helped him, but I was just as fucked up as him.
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