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Things that fit the purpose, work, still just as relevant or are very nostalgic keep an interest.

Digital receipts may be nice, but there's an old saying along the lines that to really foul things up just use a computer. It shouldn't be that way, a well managed database with sure fire back ups isn't a problem ... the problems fall more often to, poor backups, an inability to quickly search the database either being a poorly designed database or one with a very poor limited interface ... at other times it's just PEBKAC.

But paper receipts are also easy to lose if one has entrusted a clown to pick up supplies, as well as theft if the receipt is more than just a general invoice.

Smart phones though ... ymmv ... after having an android ... or two fubar unexpectedly, suddenly with little apparent hope of retrieving any data ... email dockets stored in some secure stable email server [never the fubar prone device] are decidedly a better option.

Well, it looks like the value of the "Last 5 Necco Wafer Rolls ever made" has plummeted. I used to drive past the "New England Confectionery Company" on the way to school.

The remarkable thing about that commute was that there some 15 traffic lights, IIRC and only one day were they all green for me.

I keep only a few tech memorabilia for a presentation I was asked to make but the occasion never materialized.