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Train travel here in the U.S.

Manny De Castro — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:06:28 -0400

Some short distance train travel works here in the U.S. but even for me traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco, which is an hour plane ride excluding the security frackas and early check in crapola, while traveling on the train is like a full 12 hours or more and that is only a 600 mile distance between cities. They are talking about a magnetic train now going from LA area to Vegas in about a 2 hour trip, hope that happens in my lifetime. regards to all Manny

OK, folks, I hear you

ygor — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:41:50 -0400

I will not try for any major additions for the Dynamics, but I will smooth out the templates I want to add to the application.

You cannot know how much your support means, and I would be a fool to ignore it.
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

Planning Ahead

Anonymous — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:37:39 -0400

At the front or back of the book, write in one or two page per month calendars. Use these for your advance planning. When you date the pages, transfer any applicable appointments.

Take care of you first

btrgrnmal — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:21:53 -0400

that's the bottom line. Everything else can wait. You gotta think of the long haul and we want you here for the long haul!

Definitely....

jonglass — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 09:32:01 -0400

...take care of your health first! While it may be difficult--especially now that you told us, we can all be patient. ;-)

-Jon

so true

Katrina — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:11:30 -0400

ygor,
I'm glad to hear that you're recovering.

Do take it easy and rest.

The site and the dynamic templates will be here after the 15th and there'll be many opportunities to do things then. But not at the risk of your health now!

I have no doubt we'd all feel very, very guilty if there was the slightest hint that your recovery took longer because of something you did for the site while on sick leave.

You should know that now you've told us (the motherly type organisers here) we'll be joining your wife and nagging you to behave and rest. :)

All the best
Katrina

Waterproof Test

BobH — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 05:57:39 -0400

I just took some standard 80gsm copy paper and made some marks with different colours from my set of Staedtler triplus fineliners. Let it dry for about 30 seconds then under running water for for 5 seconds or so.

The marks remained firm with some bleeding, more fuzziness and less fine than actual bleeding if that makes sense. If I then rubbed the marks with my finger there was a little more fuzziness but not a lot. If it were writing it would remain legible.

So not waterproof, more water hardy if that makes sense.

Bob H.

My former specialty

diamond66 — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 05:36:26 -0400

I was actually a 'scheduler' to an executive. Really an EA/PA, but my main focus was truly her schedule so that was my job title. We did it all on networked computers using Outlook and that was the only way to go, most of the staff could see her calendar, but I was the only one who could change it.

I spoke to people at my previous company about the days before the network was created and they all did pretty much the same thing. There was only one paper calendar and it was on the assistant's desk. The executive had to learn to say: "that sounds like a good (event, meeting, whatever), please call my scheduler to put it on my calendar." The schedulers would then type up the day's schedule one day in advance (with appointments, locations, etc) and give it to the executive. If you have to keep someone else's diary, you have to train them to not ever make their own appointments, ever. It's not easy, but its the best way to avoid duplication. Make them carry your card as well as their own everywhere they go.

get better you silly man

LisaPT — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:42:41 -0400

As much as everyone wants more in the dynamic templates, you really do have to take care of your head. You are on sick leave because you are sick, not so you can work for free.

I'm glad to hear you are ok. Must have been pretty scary.

I paste in the daily pages

LisaPT — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:31:18 -0400

I do past a daily form in my journals, then just use as many pages as I need for the day. I really do like the flexibility. If you are worried about the thickness then I agree drawing in a simple todo/appointment schedule for the day. I've tried doing the weekly planning in the same journal by just taking a couple pages and putting a post-it tag to that part. Then I followed with the days. I got tired of this because I didn't want to start a new week if I wouldn't have enough pages for all the days of that week, and it felt wasteful to leave too many pages blank. So I stared doing weekly/monthly/etc stuff in a second planner -- the format of which changes every other month.

Anyone want to trade ?

ygor — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:17:25 -0400

I have an italic point on mine. I'd love an XF !
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

She is disappointed...

ygor — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:12:42 -0400

'cause the doctor said she could no longer beat me in the head

:)
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

I guess I'll have to make a Dynamic Tab

ygor — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:06:12 -0400

I swear there was a template with tabs on all sides of the page
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

Too Pricey

ygor — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:59:37 -0400

I do not care which system you are using, I think "their" paper is too pricey. I'd rather cut/punch my own.
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

Why 3 pics of the same thing ?

ygor — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:57:47 -0400

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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

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