Re: [rant] Missing sock syndrome

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, you guessed it. Back then she also went on jobsites with me, and pulled
her own weight, and kept the tools & truck in order...not a single beanie to
be found under the seat cushions or ash trays...I guess that's why I married
her... :)

Jim Rojas


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hey now, that's what I call "intelligent management" (and by "management",
> I assume you mean the missus).
>
> Since she's on the payroll, I might just lay that idea on her......:))
>
> RHC
>
> "Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:wWRxf.34$MG1.17@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>I use to have the same problem when I was installing systems. I had one of
>>those Plano flat fishing tackle boxes strictly for contacts, beanies, and
>>resistors, to avoid the problem with mismatched items.
>>
>> When I arrived home, I would hang my keys on a family keyholder, and just
>> below it, I was required by Management to empty all my pockets into a
>> large clear fishbowl.
>>
>> After about a month, a authorized representative from Management would
>> hand me ziplock bags with contacts, mags, lithium batteries, beanies,
>> resistors, money, etc., all sorted for me. I then just took the ziplock
>> bags and placed them in the correct compartment in the tackle box...this
>> worked well for about 15 years.
>>
>> Jim Rojas
>>
>>
>>
>> "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:GNQxf.51$La2.5390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I just restocked my shop today after my wife did some housecleaning ! She
>>>recovered a billion beenies under the living room sofa cushions where I
>>>lay down every evening to watch the news !! Then I did a cleanout of my
>>>sons working boxes this morning while he is away on vacation, and
>>>recovered another billion contacts and magnets he didn't know he had....
>>>
>>> Next time he calls and says.."Dad, we need more contacts"....he's gonna
>>> get the third degree....:))
>>>
>>> RHC
>>>
>>> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:HgQxf.25$8t3.2330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> oohhhh the humanity!
>>>>
>>>> I got freekin contacts everywhere! Like the brooms dancing in Fantasia
>>>> I gotta get this under control I must have thousands of dollars in
>>>> mixed up
>>>> contacts..and do my installers care ... no. I'm gonna make them buy
>>>> their
>>>> own contacts & beanies from now on.
>>>>
>>>> Thats another pet peeve...beanies (at 3 cents each) all over the
>>>> freekin
>>>> place!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:gEOxf.169275$aS5.64547@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> |
>>>> | "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> | news:TyGxf.91$wd4.4483@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> | > Why is it that I have 300 brown surface mount contacts but only 4
>>>> brown
>>>> | > magnets?
>>>> | > 100 beige magnets but only 10 beige switches, 6000 white recessed
>>>> magnets
>>>> | > but only 10 contacts?
>>>> | >
>>>> | > Drives me nuts...it's like the hotdog bun conundrum.
>>>> | >
>>>> | > And where the hell is my left sock anyway?
>>>> |
>>>> | You musta ate some bad sushi before you went to bed. Wake up! Wake
>>>> up!
>>>> | Crash, your having a bad night mare!
>>>> | >
>>>> | >
>>>> |
>>>> |
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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