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Default [OT?] Destroying data on bank card

In article 953df.536360$_o.495179@attbi_s71,
Sam Wormley wrote:
Sammy wrote:
I like to keep my old bank cards intact and use them for jobs around
the house. My worry is that the data on the magnetic strip can still
be read.


Bulk tape degausser works well, but, in my opinion, these cards
should be totally destroyed. You can get a small copper plate
for "jobs around the house".


This is a future business opportunity. There will come the
day, if it's not already here, when even the packaging of
food will be bugged.

Now, out of curiousity..what jobs does one use these cards
around the house?

/BAH


 
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