11.   Bills and other documents were kept in a humble shoe box.

12.   A man nearby was the envy of his neighbors because he had fled with a shoe box full of photographs.

13.   A shoe box is one container possibility.

14.   A simpler tax code appeals to people sick of keeping shoe boxes filled with receipts and old tax records.

15.   A young man walked into the Peninsula Humane Society in San Mateo, Calif., two weeks ago, holding a shoe box.

16.   Almost every person hoards a shoe box full of photos in the closet or attic with the intentions of placing them inside a photo album one day.

17.   But it all must fit in a container about the size of a shoe box.

18.   But times were tough and margarine was cheaper than butter, so Mom bought some and smuggled it home in a shoe box.

19.   Cashing in coins from the shoe box or the change jar can be embarrassing.

20.   Digital cameras are great, but most people have albums and shoe boxes full of old photographs.