I am not a pack rat. In fact, I have quite a reputation in the family for throwing things out. I tend not to sentimentalize objects. Except ... Well, I must confess that I have all my income tax returns back to 1973. (I can't believe I threw out 1969 - 1972! Must have got lost in one of the moves ...)
Before you ROTFL, I should point out that these documents have significant historical value. They record every place I've worked (except, sadly, for those four missing years), every place I've lived, and how my income increased over time.
Just the other day I dug them out of the storage locker and built a spreadsheet of my life.
In 1972 I left my family home in Beloeil QC. Forty years (forty years!) later, I'm living in Victoria BC. And the Canada Revenue Agency can tell me exactly how I got here.
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