Managing online purchases can be the digital equivalent of digging through a scattered pile of paper receipts.

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Further you may be faced with a pile of paper that will land on your mat, from the local authority in advance of a telephone adjudication with a solicitor (always the best choice rather than simply having the thing dealt with by exchange of correspondence, though you have the choice).

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On our desks, we had the essential supplies of the time: a bag of cookies, a pile of letters, an electric typewriter, a bottle of Liquid Paper and a roll of toilet paper.

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Royal could handle up to 14 pieces of paper but some sheets are thicker than others, which required calculating the right-sized pile so he wouldn't jam.

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It was his centre partner Casey Laulala who lit the Blues' touch paper, though, splitting the Saints midfield defence on halfway, the attack carried forward for Mustoe to pile over from close range.

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As the proverb says, a journey starts with a single step so begin with the pile closest to you and just set aside one hour at a time to go through each piece of paper and decide immediately whether you will recycle it, toss it, delegate it, file it or deal with it right away or later.

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