half flush doesn't do shit
Well of course not that's what the full-flush is for.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha. wait a minute doesnt ever bathroom have at least a sink?its ridiculous not to have a drain in the floor 4 sure
― they settled on 50 Cent because he recovered from his shooting (sunny successor), Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
A+ pplains
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
that's the punchline veg
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
Well, indeed.
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
DOH XPOSTARGH
Wait yeah bathrooms have sinks. I thought pp was saying toilet rooms dont (and in many places, even in the UK, thats a seperate room)
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
im trying to remember....i dont think they did have a sink. i know one did and my friend's scottish boyfriend used to pee in the sink ALL THE TIME so maybe better off without?
― they settled on 50 Cent because he recovered from his shooting (sunny successor), Thursday, 14 June 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe it's just the toilet and the shower being separated.
― pplains, Thursday, 14 June 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
no i think youre right about the sink. that must be one germy door handle
― they settled on 50 Cent because he recovered from his shooting (sunny successor), Thursday, 14 June 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I was a bit skeeved by sinks in toilet-only rooms in UK places I was in. Seen it a bit here but usually only in those kind of "tacked on" toilet rooms at the back door/laundry of an old house.
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
Ive never seen a drain in the floor aside from retail/gym type place - no homes!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 June 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
No sink? Then where do you wash your hands?
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 14 June 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
Obviously our bathrooms have sinks! Our *toilets* often dont.
It makes sense to have the 'loo in its own little room if you think about it. That way if someone's showering/doing makeup/wtf ever you can still go.
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
But you touch door with pee hands ;_;
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry I'm drunk and being dramatic. No offence! That's just what doesn't make sense to me. The showering/peeing bit is a perk though.
Well think about it - any public loo you use has a stall door that everyone's touching after peeing, before hand washing...
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
I suppose :P
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
GEEERRRMS EVERYWHERRRRE
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
so, to bring this back on topic, that makes being forgetful good! You dont worry about such things ;P
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
Yay!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
you'd think that the simple task of going downstairs to fill up the big water bottle and kettle i have in my room would be hard to fuck up, right
GOD
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 15 June 2012 10:08 (eleven years ago) link
i came back upstairs without EITHER of them. went back downstairs, the kettle was in my food cupboard and the water bottle was outside on the picnic table. i'd also forgotten to put away the packet of crackers i'd got out to snack on.
as i was coming back upstairs i managed to drop the water bottle, and it transpired that i'd also forgotten to screw the lid back on properly
nearly just gave up on the day then and there, should probably go back to bed just to be on the safe side
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Friday, 15 June 2012 10:09 (eleven years ago) link
i had some time this morning so i got off the uptown train at 72nd to swing by trader joe's and pick up some stuff. i normally do this after work, so without thinking, when i returned to the subway, i jumped on the downtown express train and wound up back at times square. this is the second time i've done that!
― rayuela, Monday, 18 June 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
does anyone else get that thing where you remember all the little things you have to do ALL IN ONE GO and it stresses you out so much but you're in the middle of something else and then like literally a second later you've FORGOTTEN THEM ALL AGAIN and then half an hour later you remember them again but you're in the middle of another thing but it's compounded by the knowledge that you already remembered and then forgot and then you basically want to die
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
HOW do people organise themselves?
I try to write them down. I function better with a list
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
Yeah, that pretty much describes every one of my days. And I have no idea how people organize themselves. I've become convinced that your brain has to be primed for organization at a very young age in order for it to make sense to you, and mine very much wasn't.
― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
xp ^^^ I write everything down. I'd forget it all otherwise.
― no-one seemed to hear him so he leafed through a magazine (snoball), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
the times when my memory kicks in tend to be times when I have no pen, paper or even phone handy. by the time I've got something to make a list on I've FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING AGAIN :(((((((((((
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
I basically forgot to organise an eye test for a YEAR despite numerous reminders from my opticians. Finally got round to it when I was running out of contact lenses. Turns out my records have been DELETED and it's going to be the most tremendous faff getting new ones and I ONLY HAVE FIVE PAIRS LEFT :(
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
iPhone + Notes + trying to remember to check the notes + semi-regular sitting down with all the notes and crating a todo list = uh, wanting to die :(
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
I sit in front of a computer for about 12 hours on weekdays, I ought to be able to keep better notes
Instead, I tend to write everything in a small, easily lost notebook
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
I've tried all kinds of organizational systems and note-taking systems and nothing has ever really taken. HOWEVER, recently I happened upon the idea (specifically with respect to getting some of my writing thoughts in order) of using index cards. I constructed this cardboard sleeve that holds a bunch of index cards so I can carry them around with me and when I think of something, I write it on a card and then put it into the appropriate order in the "deck". It's so simple but it's really been quite a profound break from trying to transcribe my completely non-linear thoughts into linear lists in notebooks and such.
― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
putting my fb post from the other day in here for posterity:
OMG you guys, I was so ticked at Taco Cabana a month ago when I got home and found out they'd shorted me a burrito. They didn't. I just found out it was in that little crevice between my passenger seat and the door. Eew.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
I just have to remember to actually use this new system and to write things down, which is a whooooole other obstacle.
― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
For those of us chained to desks: I have an Excel checklist that has four columns for each month and infinite rows for keeping track of my tasks, every month I add four more columns, merge cells if a task needs to be done biweekly or monthly, etc. There's a column at the end that is larger that I can keep report-specific notes in. Thought I'd mention this approach since it works so well for me! I even hyperlinked all the report titles so they open the various files or folders I need. First thing I open everyday and last thing I close.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Handwritten lists for me, almost always. Especially if I'm starting to feel that drowning panic of omg I'll never get everything done. But I only make lists of things that are achievable and can be crossed off relatively quickly - ie within the space of a week or two. But usually achieving the little things makes the big looming things that can't really be put on a list feel more doable. I dunno if that logic makes sense to anyone but me though
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
if there is an Excel-like program out there that doesn't make me hate it immediately, i would like to test-drive it for organizational purposes
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
iOS reminders and Evernote.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
seriously i've used Excel spreadsheets for years at workplaces but i really don't know how to use Excel properlyi got pretty awesome at using Access for simple database stuff though. i think this is maybe an issue of visual (abstract?) thinking vs whatever kind of thinking Excel requiresxp
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
cool, i will look at those
my main form of daily organization is iphone notes lists + calendar, which works pretty well, reallybut as far as individual projects go, oh, that is where things have gotten messy in the past. the file cards idea is cool. but i would like a digital version.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
aww man rrobyn! Excel is my jam. I use it for everything. In this case, I just use it like a checklist - no formulas or anything intricate, just a useful and flexible series of grids. If you ever need help, Lexerators are standing by:computer/programming/excel wizards! help an idiot!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
<3 lexerators
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
i think i just don't like grids
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
I am both proud of my deep knowledge of Excel and hoping beyond hope that I never again have to excercise that knowledge in a professional context.
― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
<3 Vegerator
It's okay if you don't like grids, r. I hope one of the other suggestions proves fruitful! I wish I had a tiny little Excel on my phone but I don't so I just use the Notes feature, poorly and absentmindedly.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
I use the Google spreadsheet but for some reason, can't sort the columns anymore.
So I use my note pad and eight differently colored highlighters.
― pplains, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
many xposts - thanks Jeff for reminding me about Evernote! I heard about it from android peeps a year or two ago but hadn't downloaded the iphone app. I'm gonna try it out.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link