finding lost stuff

[William Sommerwerck]

Techs are so often mislaying important parts, I thought this might be amusing.

Several months ago I was working on my Pioneer LD-S2 LV player, trying to get
the loading drawer to work smoothly. (Never did.) During the process, I needed
a new battery for the remote, and (I remember distinctly!) dropping the
battery cover amongst all the junk in the living room. This wasn't a critical
loss, and I expected to find the cover when-and-if I ever cleaned up the
living room.

Well... about an hour ago I was cleaning out the drawer where I store
batteries, and... you can guess the rest.

I must have dropped the cover in the drawer when I was getting a battery, and
only thought I'd dropped in the living room after I couldn't find it.

Duh...

Basic rule... If you can't find something where you think you lost it -- it's
almost certainly somewhere else.


"We already know the answers -- we just haven't asked the right questions."
-- Edwin Land

 

[John Robertson]

On 08/18/2013 1:02 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:

Techs are so often mislaying important parts, I thought this might be
amusing.

Several months ago I was working on my Pioneer LD-S2 LV player, trying
to get the loading drawer to work smoothly. (Never did.) During the
process, I needed a new battery for the remote, and (I remember
distinctly!) dropping the battery cover amongst all the junk in the
living room. This wasn't a critical loss, and I expected to find the
cover when-and-if I ever cleaned up the living room.

Well... about an hour ago I was cleaning out the drawer where I store
batteries, and... you can guess the rest.

I must have dropped the cover in the drawer when I was getting a
battery, and only thought I'd dropped in the living room after I
couldn't find it.

Duh...

Basic rule... If you can't find something where you think you lost it --
it's almost certainly somewhere else.


"We already know the answers -- we just haven't asked the right questions."
-- Edwin Land

Isn't that like you always find something you've lost in the last place
you look...












Of course it's the last place - 'cause you found it!

John ;-#)#

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[David K. Bryant]

On 08/18/2013 01:25 PM, John Robertson wrote:

On 08/18/2013 1:02 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
Basic rule... If you can't find something where you think you lost it --
it's almost certainly somewhere else.

Similar to what I tell friends when they
ask if I'm going to be home...

Yes, unless I've gone somewhere.

They don't get it.

Isn't that like you always find something you've lost in the last place
you look...

You'd be surprised how often this is true.

A similar rule applies to maintenance:
Begin troubleshooting at the point of
last repair.


Professor Solomon has an e-book on the
subject of finding lost objects:

http://www.professorsolomon.com/lobookpage.html

Check out his other books, too.


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[William Sommerwerck]

On 08/18/2013 1:02 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:

Basic rule... If you can't find something where you think you lost it --
it's almost certainly somewhere else.

However... Just the other day I found a missing CD where I suspected I'd left
it. But though I'd looked for it over and over again in that place, it hadn't
shown up, and I'd bought a replacement.

The rule is true most of the time -- but not always.

 

I'm always misplacing my keys, appointment book, cell phone, just fill in the blanks. I just can't keep track of my stuff either. But It's uncanny how I'll look in the same place at least five times and and never see it, and then my wife will look there once and find it. She's also a much better cook than I am. That's another reason I keep her around. Lenny

 

[mike]

On 10/16/2013 4:25 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:

On 08/18/2013 1:02 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:

Basic rule... If you can't find something where you think you lost it --
it's almost certainly somewhere else.

However... Just the other day I found a missing CD where I suspected I'd
left it. But though I'd looked for it over and over again in that place,
it hadn't shown up, and I'd bought a replacement.

The rule is true most of the time -- but not always.

Simple algorithm for finding lost stuff.
Buy a new one.
When you go to put it away, you'll find the old one.
Return the new one for credit ;-)

 

[William Sommerwerck]

"mike" wrote in message news:l3n8p8$kn$2@dont-email.me...

Simple algorithm for finding lost stuff.
Buy a new one.
When you go to put it away, you'll find the old one.
Return the new one for credit ;-)

This works, because when you buy a new one, you stop looking in all the wrong
places.