Re: (ET) Broken again - ziploc bags and digital pictures - other ideas anyone ?

[Steve & Carol Welch <welches dejazzd com>]

One simple idea (but easier said than done...):

I made a (rare for me) New Year's resolution that this year I would  
finish old projects (whether by completion or elimination) before  
starting new ones.  Emergencies are excepted, of course.  If I have a  
great idea, or something interesting pops up, I'll write it down so I  
can come back to it later.  With two kids under 5, 3 cars (one old),  
house, yard, dog, etc, etc. I finally got tired of having dusty piles  
of stuff waiting for me.

Wish me luck.  I may need a support group!  ;^)

Steve

On Jan 19, 2008, at 1:49 AM, JohnR wrote:

> Thank you to the many guys (David Roden & others) who have made me  
> feel less
> alone:
>
> I get many projects done in only a week ... of total days ... but,  
> those 5
> to 7 days are spread far apart ... over many years ... <grin>
>
> I buy my ziploc bags in the 1000 pack now ... (3*5 size for small  
> parts,
> resistors, capacitors, nuts, bolts, etc).
> I cut down (1/4" off 1 end & 1 side) 100 3*5 cards at a time to  
> slide inside
> the bags, which makes the bags stand up library card file style, in  
> shallow
> drawers and stockroom bins ... easy to label & find when it is  
> suddenly a
> crisis to fix something ... problem now is that, with many hundreds  
> of bags,
> there are too many to go through to find the one(s) that match the  
> project
> ...
>
> And I now also take digital pictures of things such as Comuta-Car  
> dash panel
> & contactor wiring, Elec-Trak wiring, etc.
>
> Any one else have suggestions for keeping all the projects juggling  
> at the
> same time ?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
> To: <Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:14 PM
> Subject: Re: (ET) Broken again
>
>
> > Almost everything gets done eventually, but it often takes years.   
> > By that
> > time sometimes I've lost the hardware and have to go out and buy new.
> > Somewhere in my garage the gremlins have a huge stash of ziplock  
> > bags with
> > rusty nuts and bolts in them, and they're hiding in the corners  
> > laughing
> > at
> > me.
> >  ...In recent years I've been snapping digital photos instead.
> > That way at least I have some general idea of where to find them.
> >
> > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
>
>
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