[TheForge] Finding things

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I only have one multi-meter.  I've had it for 35 years, and have never lost 
it.  Mainly because I keep it in the same drawer of the same work bench that 
I owned when I bought it.  I'm on my 5th house but have kept on moving that 
work bench. One of the few constants in my crazy life.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Finding things


Yeah, the replace the lost tool was one of my main methods but I now have
three multi meters, bought the first one, used it, put it in a good place
and couldn't find it after a couple days looking so I bought the second. I
used it and put it in a screamingly obvious spot, no WAY I could forget
where I put it and when I set it down realized I put it right next to my
first multi meter. So, there they are sitting in contact in a perfectly
logical place and I keep my THIRD multi meter in my electrical tool box. I
bought the tool box at a yard sale just to put the electrical stuff in.

And yes I tried looking for something else . . . to no avail.<sigh>

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:24 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Finding things


>I find that I remember the first place I stored something when I got it.
> Unfortunatly I've moved a few times in the last 30 years and on the last
> move we didn't have a shop for over a year and had to store things in the
> barn.  There are still things that I haven't found after that move and
> it's
> been 13 years.
>
> Usually the best way to find something is to buy a replacement, and then
> when you put that away you will find the original.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:46:26 -0800
> From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] R: Pot Way OT by now...
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>
> The most sucessful technique I've found for finding things is to look for
> something else.
>
> Jer
>



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