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On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:05:19 -0500, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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Does anyone in the group have a safety deposit box at a local
bank? Or had one in the past?

I checked at a local bank here (Upstate N.Y.) if it matters.
The one thing I don't like about it, is you don't get any kind
of receipt for what you put in it. Also, the bank says only the
person who has the box has a key to it. The only way the bank
could get into it is if the rental fee is not kept current.

So, good or bad idea to get one? Any opinions and or comments
will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Bob


You don't get a receipt because no one but you knows what is in
there. You open it, add or remove stuff in a private cubicle.

They require two keys to open. The bank keeps one and you get 2
copies of the other. The three keys are different. Lose one of
yours and you have to pay a rekey fee. Lose both and it gets
quite pricey as the lock has to be drilled and rekeyed.

Great place to keep small, irreplaceable items, stock
certificates or the like. Keeping cash in one is not legal if I
recall correctly. Old coins or the like is not the cash I mean.

Colbyt



It's also a good place to keep data backup media, if one is smart
enough not to believe the Ultimate Stupid Computer Concept: "I
don't really keep anything important on my computer." That's
until the thing breaks and then it's "OMG all my family photos
were on that thing."



IMO a safe deposit box is overkill for this as well as updating is
very inconvenient.

16 or 32gb thumbdrive. Backup (encrypt sensitive stuff). Toss in
glovebox. Update at will. Good enough for me.

Secured online backup probably may best way.

Glovebox: Hot. Cold. Stupid.




Hot.

Works

Cold.

Works

Stupid.

OK. Been doing it for years. Same thumbdrive survived summers in
southern NC and winters in northern VT. Hmmm, Jan 24th 2011 it was
-25.8. Lemme check it....

[puts reply in drafts]

OK fine.


Famous last words. Remember, too, that breaking into cars is as easy
as opening a refrigerator, but just slightly more noisy.

I bought a 16 gig flash drive at a swap meet, for about 1/2 the normal
price. It would accept data, but forget it within a few minutes.
Once I made it from the second floor to the basement with a few files,
but usually it wouldn't be there when I got there.

It was a no-name brand, but still.


Well, I may get burned. It's possible. Better than nothing.

Actually, it's not better than nothing.