Re: Barcode scanners

["steve_c_01" <steve.cooper@xxxxxxx>]

Yes and Yes.  Every year my wife and me go through and throw out any
Books, Videos, Tapes, CD's and Magazines that we haven't used in the
last couple of years.

I figure that if we haven't used it in the last two years we are
unlikely to in the next two. It's hard at first but a very liberating
experience.

On a completely separate area - last night while going to be bed my
wife said "I'ld like to know how all that automation stuff works"
-
it turns out I have a ha compliant SWMBO and didn't realise it.

S

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...>
wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Do you give all your CDs away to charity when you've listened to
them?
>
> Do you give all your Videos away to charity when you've watched
them?
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve_c_01 [mailto:steve.cooper@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 12:06
> To: ukha_d@y...
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Barcode scanners
>
>
> Can someone explain why anyone needs so many books unless you run
the
> local library!
>
> Surely you read it and then give in away or something.  Surely even
> if its good and you want to read it again later you don't end up
with
> 1000's.
>
> By giving them away to local schools or charity shops you gain
space
> and have the satisfaction of sharing the joy of literature.
>
> S
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Ben McCormack"
<ben.mccormack@o...> wrote:
> > I have to catalogue over 7000 books.
> >
> > Is there anywhere of matching up the ISBN number on the back with
an
> > online database?
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 27 February 2002 11:57
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
> >
> >
> > In case you end up doing it manually, then one key piece of
advice:
> >
> > 2 people (one reading authornames/titles, one typing) is about
3/4
> times
> > as fast as one person alternating between holding books and
holding
> > keyboard... This is based on empirical testing of productivity in
> the
> > Harrison household over a large sample size ;-)
> >
> > Mark Harrison
> > Head of Systems, eKingfisher
> >
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 27 February 2002 11:47
> > To: 'ukha_d@y...'
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
> >
> >
> > Not yet Mark, sorry.
> >
> > Jan has rooms full of books, so it would be one hell of a manual
> task,
> > Seeing the price of this barcode scanner triggered my thinking of
> seeing
> > what could be done, as I would like them catalogued for insurance
> > purposes, and she would like them catalogued to make sure she
> doesn't
> > buy any duplicates :-)
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 27 February 2002 11:49
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
> >
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Does this mean you have a reliable way to do BarCode -> Book
details
> > coversion?
> >
> > If so, have you got details.
> >
> > I inputted the book details by hand, because I was ending up
buying
> too
> > many duplicates. To be fair, I've only done the fiction so far,
but
> > that's just over 2,200...
> >
> >
> > Mark Harrison
> > Head of Systems, eKingfisher
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 27 February 2002 10:55
> > To: 'ukha_d@y...'
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Barcode scanners
> >
> >
> > >I've seen people suggest using these for "inventory
control" of
> their
> > food cupboards in the kitchen but what about things like
> > >cheese from the Deli counter where you have two problems:
> >
> > >1) The barcode contains the price so changes each time you
purchase
> > another batch.
> >
> > >2) You don't take it out and eat the whole thing in one go.
(Well,
> > maybe I do but that's just me.)
> >
> > I was more thinking about the hundreds of books we have..... and
> CDs -
> > reading the barcodes into a dB
> >
> > Food *would* be a nightmare, and would take some time to set up,
> keeping
> > track of all the barcodes!! and as you say what about the
> specials....
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
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