Sort of a spin off, more of a suggestion

I was reading through the post about what would you take from your home if you had to leave in five minutes. I know I could have left this in there, but I thought it worthy enough for it not to get lost on page three.

Here is my suggestion. If you can, put all of your pictures on a CD or DVD and leave them at a relatives house or a friends house. In the case of fire, burglary or any damage at all, all your pictures are in another safe place.

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safe deposit at bank.. you can put cd there.. arent they fire safe.

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Posted by sunflowerjesss
But what if something happens to the safe haven you've chosen? I guess you could get like a big safety deposit box.

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Message edited 10/25/2007 4:54:14 PM.

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Posted by BJandDan

Posted by sunflowerjesss
But what if something happens to the safe haven you've chosen? I guess you could get like a big safety deposit box.

Then you replace it. It is a back up in case something happens to your home.

Not everyone gets a five minute notice to pack up and leave.

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Great idea! Thanks!!!

I really have to get this together. I have most of the recent things on shutterfly (last 5 years or so) but the old pics....I guess scan and save them.

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I have 20GB of photos/movies now, and rising quickly.... DVDs aren't an option. I put them on external disks at home and at work.

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I have all my pics scanned onto a web managed program. I also have discs in my lock box.

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That's what I started to do after our house fire.

I got a box just for that kind of sentimental stuff.

I scanned all our old photographs, and special memory items (cards, love letters, anything that I would be heartbroken to lose) and burned them on CD.

Another tip - take pictures of the valuables in your house and attach receipt copies to the back.

Trust me, you won't remember everything when the insurance company asks you.

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I have them on a portable laptop hd which is in our firesafe. I only update them once every few months though. So if something were to happen we would have a few months of missing photos.