Re: [rant] Missing sock syndrome

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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$MG1.17@xxxxxxxxxxx
>I use to have the same problem when I was installing systems. I had one of
>those Plano flat fishing tackle boxes strictly for contacts, beanies, and
>resistors, to avoid the problem with mismatched items.
>
> When I arrived home, I would hang my keys on a family keyholder, and just
> below it, I was required by Management to empty all my pockets into a
> large clear fishbowl.
>
> After about a month, a authorized representative from Management would
> hand me ziplock bags with contacts, mags, lithium batteries, beanies,
> resistors, money, etc., all sorted for me. I then just took the ziplock
> bags and placed them in the correct compartment in the tackle box...this
> worked well for about 15 years.
>
> Jim Rojas
>
>
>
> "R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I just restocked my shop today after my wife did some housecleaning ! She
>>recovered a billion beenies under the living room sofa cushions where I
>>lay down every evening to watch the news !! Then I did a cleanout of my
>>sons working boxes this morning while he is away on vacation, and
>>recovered another billion contacts and magnets he didn't know he had....
>>
>> Next time he calls and says.."Dad, we need more contacts"....he's gonna
>> get the third degree....:))
>>
>> RHC
>>
>> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> oohhhh the humanity!
>>>
>>> I got freekin contacts everywhere! Like the brooms dancing in Fantasia
>>> I gotta get this under control I must have thousands of dollars in mixed
>>> up
>>> contacts..and do my installers care ... no. I'm gonna make them buy
>>> their
>>> own contacts & beanies from now on.
>>>
>>> Thats another pet peeve...beanies (at 3 cents each) all over the freekin
>>> place!
>>>
>>>
>>> "Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:gEOxf.169275$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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>> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>>
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