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Amarnath S13-Sep-23 5:04

Amarnath S

13-Sep-23 5:04

Was thinking of an 'innovative idea'. Now that everything is smart, why don't they introduce a 'Beep Remote' button on the TV set, which when pressed, causes the remote to beep from wherever it is, within a certain radius. Or, is such a thing already present?

jschell13-Sep-23 5:51

jschell

13-Sep-23 5:51

That has existed for years.

I think actually for decades.
It can be used for other things also.

Derek Hunter12-Sep-23 21:16

Derek Hunter

12-Sep-23 21:16

This describes my entire life.

Magrat12-Sep-23 23:43

Magrat

12-Sep-23 23:43

All too often!
And in a similar vein, never put that 'important item' somewhere safe so that it doesn't get lost.
You'll never see it again!

JohaViss6112-Sep-23 23:56

JohaViss61

12-Sep-23 23:56

Constantly.
Every time I look for my brain, I can't find it. Laugh | :laugh:

AndyChisholm13-Sep-23 1:09

AndyChisholm

13-Sep-23 1:09

You could have all my sympathy - if I could remember where I'd left it!

Andy

Cpichols13-Sep-23 1:34

Cpichols

13-Sep-23 1:34

Yes, but usually this happens when, upon stumbling on the thing at random, I decide that it needs a special place. Yeah. So going back to where I've stumbled upon it many times before is not going to work unless I can cast my mind back to that one time when I thought of a special place for the thing, which I am generally unsuccessful in doing.

LucidDev13-Sep-23 7:02

LucidDev

13-Sep-23 7:02

I pretty much solved that problem years ago. I wrote an inventory program to keep track of almost everything. I have almost 10,000 items cataloged that are stored in about 700 locations. Locations can be rooms, drawers, table tops or boxes to name a few. If something is stored in a box, I also print Location Content Reports that are attached to the box. So, If I want to find my step drill, I simply enter "Step Drill" in the search box and it reports how many items were found. In this case I find 1 item: "Drill Bit, Step, 3 piece set" located in "Tool Box, Top Section, Bottom Drawer", which is located in the "Workshop."

The biggest problem is that I don't necessarily catalog everything, so sometimes I have to rummage through boxes of similar items to find what I want. I use Quicken to keep track of all my purchases and itemize each item in Quicken and periodically export the Quicken data and import it into the inventory program noting where the item is going to be stored.

Problem solved!

More information on this program can be located at: Lucid Inventory System[^]

MikeD 213-Sep-23 22:11

MikeD 2

13-Sep-23 22:11

The other similar problem is to not need something for so long that you forget you have it and buy one to do a job

Really annoying to find that I now have two when I go to put the new one away

MikeCO1014-Sep-23 2:52

MikeCO10

14-Sep-23 2:52

Sure, but it usually goes like this:
Spend 15 minutes searching for it. If it's not expensive, spend another 45 minutes when I head to Lowe's or HD and buy another one, along with something else that catches my eye. Head home, get the project done. Next week, I move something and wow, there's the original one.
The good thing is that with two of them, the next time I have an increased chance of finding one of them, well, sometimes Laugh | :laugh:

DGrothe-PhD19-Sep-23 1:25

DGrothe-PhD

19-Sep-23 1:25

Currently I am searching for a magnifying glass my grandpa once had and that must be somewhere, but, ehm, in which of the 20-200 boxes is it... Hard to tell...

CARNESECCHILuc23-Oct-23 1:04

CARNESECCHILuc

23-Oct-23 1:04

Hey, look on Blueberry Hill, you'll find your drill !
(From the Far Side Cartoon)
Luc

AndyChisholm23-Oct-23 1:26

AndyChisholm

23-Oct-23 1:26

I've never been to Blueberry Hill!

Someone else must have stolen it and dumped it there!

Thanks for finding it.

Andy

CCC 12-09-2023

pkfox11-Sep-23 22:04

Re: CCC 12-09-2023 - Winner

11-Sep-23 22:04

Upset about twist (8)

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

Re: CCC 12-09-2023

OriginalGriff11-Sep-23 22:18

OriginalGriff

11-Sep-23 22:18

OVERTURN?

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pkfox11-Sep-23 23:11

Re: CCC 12-09-2023 - Winner

11-Sep-23 23:11

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

OriginalGriff11-Sep-23 23:45

OriginalGriff

11-Sep-23 23:45

The solution then:
Upset

about   OVER
twist       TURN

OVERTURN

Re: CCC 12-09-2023 - Winner

pkfox12-Sep-23 5:13

12-Sep-23 5:13

I thought about using this

Open vessel upset (8)

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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StarNamer@work11-Sep-23 13:10

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11-Sep-23 13:10

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Amarnath S11-Sep-23 14:06

Amarnath S

11-Sep-23 14:06

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11-Sep-23 17:32

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GKP199211-Sep-23 18:39

GKP1992

11-Sep-23 18:39

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OriginalGriff11-Sep-23 19:04

OriginalGriff

11-Sep-23 19:04

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Re: Wordle 815 - 4 4 me

pkfox11-Sep-23 20:49

11-Sep-23 20:49

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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP