[uujudy]

Pa & Giggi, You don't do the shredding yourself, and you don't witness your specific papers being shredded.

When HoneyBoy took our bags of papers there were many cars lined up at a trailer for a commercial shredding company in the parking lot. The workers tossed the bags into bins so they could be loaded into the trailer. The line of cars moved fairly quickly.

Remember the good old days when we would all drive to the post office around midnight on April 15th? The cars would be lined up & the postal workers would take your IRS envelope & throw it into a bin -- there was almost a celebratory feel to the 'tax parade'? The shredding event at Buffalo Ridge was a little like that. All I can tell you is that it worked for us. We were happy to have all our sensitive papers shredded & happy to help out the Humane Society. : Thumbup:

PS: If you have an account with Smith Barney they also have a shredding event, complete with food & drinks. They also use a commercial shredding company's trailer in the parking lot.