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

[Brad Fayette <bfayette nc rr com>]

My resolution (since about the middle of last year) is that if it's 
supposed to move under it's own power, it has to either start moving or 
find another home.  I've been pretty successful so far.

Regards,

Brad Fayette
"Cogito ergo geek"

Steve & Carol Welch wrote:
> 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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