The city fathers of Salem, where I live, recently announced that the trash contractor would no longer pick up cardboard boxes. All cardboard boxes must now be cut down to flat sheets, no larger than 3 feet by 3 feet, and bundled so the recycling contractor can take them away. I’m not a big fan of cutting down cardboard boxes; it’s a bit dangerous, and it takes time. So the boxes started to pile up in my garage. And then this past weekend, I had a brainstorm. I took a smaller cardboard box, filled it with crumpled newspaper and...
