Posted by Hammerer on 01/20/69 11:34

"gregfarr" <gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> On 11 Dec 2005 12:58:35 +0100, "Hammerer"
> <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"gregfarr" <gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:ip4np1l88lc6cb203g6ka47vscl0p600ff@4ax.com...
> >>
> >> On 2 Dec 2005 15:43:31 +0100, "Hammerer"
> >> <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >"gregfarr" <gregfarr@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >> >news:iu50p11q2s20hu1183efok5j3njqicjnu3@4ax.com...
> >> >>
> >> >> It happened again; I was well into d/l a file before I noticed
> >> >> that I was d/l to myself. Now, how can this happen?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > It can happen, Greg, because you're not using wallcharts.
> >> > Yes - wallcharts. What you should do is make a huge list
> >> > of all the stuff you've already got and tack it up on the wall
> >> > in front of you. You could title it "Greg's Stuff", or "Stuff I've
> >> > Already Got - Do NOT Download Again", or something like
> >> > that. Surround the list with flashing XMAS-tree lights so it
> >> > catches your eye for added remembrance. Then you'll know,
> >> > at a glance, that you've already got a particular file and you
> >> > won't need to download it from someone else - including yourself.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Just deleted your other post, by accident,
> >>
>
> > I understand, Greg. That sort of thing can happen. Maybe what you need
> > is a wallchart pinned up in front of you, saying something like
"REMEMBER -
> > DO *NOT* DELETE POSTS BY ACCIDENT". That would ensure you
> > wouldn't delete posts by accident. Position it *beside* the wallchart
reminding
> > you not to download from yourself, because if you pin it up OVER the
other
> > one, you'll forget to not download from yourself.
> >>
>
> >> yeah, I may need a chart, but not very
> >> organized and it's not happening,
> >>
>
> > I see what you're saying, Greg. I suggest you implement some
> > sort of procedure to remind yourself to get organized. A wallchart,
> >say, which says "START USING WALLCHARTS *NOW*".
> >>
>
> >> not with all the drugs I'm on, as I'm always
> >> high, if I'm awake, even if not.
> >>
>
> > Yes. Say no more, Greg - I'm with you 100% on this. You're not
> > related to Hunter S. Thompson, by any chance, are you?
> >
>
> Don't think that I don't grok you,
>
Oh, I never thought that for a minute, Greg. I reckon I'd instinctively know
if and when someone was doing groks on me.
>
> my drugs come from the VA, not the street.
>
Now, Greg . . . . I certainly hope you don't mean the Vietnamese Army? I'd
heard the average wage was bad in that outfit, but resorting to selling
drugs to make a living is some bad shit. Still; everyone's got to make a
living, and it's one up the arse for Chairman Mao, or whoever's in charge of
those guys. Go capitalism!
>
> Re chart; I pin it beside the one that tells me what
> meds to take, and when;=)
>
Nice, Greg. Just remember to not get the two charts confused. Fuck knows
WHAT you'd try to download.

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