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Best Ways to Organize Bills?

Posted by Cliff on from the indexing-and-sorting dept.

scorp1us asks: "Every year on the 1st of January, I start a new set of folders for storing my bills. Generally, I keep everything divided up by account. But this seems to take too long. I wait 3-6 months and get a big pile nad have to go about sorting it. I have been considering a per-month scheme - all bills go to one folder, each month. With all the CS people out there studying sorting algorithms, has anyone found a better approach?"

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  1. Basic life management skills... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...are not news for nerds, no matter what "algorithm" spin you put on it.

  2. My solution by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

    I file all of my bills in a circular metallic file, which I clean out weekly. It sure makes my bill-organization easier.

    Hold on, someone's pounding on the door...

  3. counterstrike by schnits0r · · Score: 4, Funny

    With all the CS people out there studying sorting algorithms

    I dind't know that people who played counterstrike would be studying in this feild.

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  4. binary search tree. by Anonymous+Cow+herd · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's quite simple. Just take a hole punch, and punch two holes into your root-node bill. Each subsequent bill will take three holes (parent, and leaf nodes) Then, chose your sorting schema (dollar amount, utility name, month name, whatever) and simply tie the bill to the appropriate leaf node with a piece of string. Fast indexing, and fast retrieval. Voila.

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  5. Big Pile Nad by Dr.+Smeegee · · Score: 3, Funny
    "I wait 3-6 months and get a big pile nad have to go about sorting it."

    Try draining your piles with a large diameter needle about once a week. This prevents the secondary scrota formation and makes riding a bicycle much more workable. If you have such a large abundance of pile nads that they require catalogueing, perhaps you need to need to seek out an apple corer or it's surgical equivalent.

    Thanks.

  6. Easy by RealityMogul · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eliminate most of the unnecessary filing by throwing away the "normal" white envelope monthly bills. Wait for the yellow certified "disconnection" envelopes to come in and then sort those by shutoff date. As you pay them one day prior to shutoff, throw them away.