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I go with the business...

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I go with the business...

Submitted by Matt Petty (not verified) on September 29, 2004 - 10:52pm.

I go with the business card idea. The company I work for keeps changing its name, or my job title, phone number etc. Each time, they give me 500 new cards. So the old ones are used as physical ToDos, and as Adrian Howard said, it feels gooood when you tear one up.

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