Every time we throw out a bank or credit card statement, we carefully destroy the part that has our account number and toss it into at least two different trash bags. Would that we had the Handheld Paper Shredder. Running on 4 AA batteries (included,) it has 28 steel cutting plates and can handle up to 5 pages at a time. At a size of 5 x 5 x 25.5cm, you can carry it with ...

tags: atm receipts, paper shredder, aa batteries, trash bags, identity theft, credit card statement

There's a trail plan underway that would enable bicyclists to visit dozens of Colonial and Civil War-era historic sites from a single off-road trail. Bicycling advocates and history buffs are working to link 11 bicycle trails in the mid-Atlantic states to create a 185-mile circular historical bike route. Called the Grand History Trail, the project would fill in the gaps between trails in Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Along the way, it would connect the historic cities of ...

tags: grand history, history trail, atlantic states, bicyclists, mid atlantic, landmarks, civil war, dozens, trail plan

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few days, you probably know that warmer air hasn't brought any relief from winter storms to Washington State. Instead of record snow, we're being soaked with unending downpours - and rivers everywhere are flooding their banks. Rising water and mudslides have shut down Amtrak Cascades service between Portland and Seattle. A twenty mile stretch of Interstate 5 in Centralia and Chehalis is closed (Milepost 68 ...

tags: winter storms, record snow, columbia gorge, orting, wsdot, interstate 5, rising water, whatcom county, snoqualmie, mudslides, kayakers, county water, evergreen state, pierce county, flickr, mile stretch, seven miles, chehalis, centralia, amtrak