Hey guys just wanted to share this with you may be it can motivate someone as I have been motivated to many times on this forum. My understanding and planning has been multiplied since I dedicated a folder for my project. Printed out threads so I can reread and let soak in my brain, a section with notes and more notes.. I just got tired of this phone/laptop business. If you don't have one try it, I think you will like it. Post your Folder(s) to those in the choir
Wait. So, you, like hafta turn the pages by hand? And write stuff with an ink stylus? Man, that's so analog...
Hahahaha ink stylus. I know the folder technique is older than me but this is for younger guys I guess who are just used to the laptop and phone. I got the idea from an older guy I wrench with sometimes.
I prefer pen and paper to organize my thoughts, and if it’s something I may need to refer to I much prefer flipping back through pages on a legal pad. I also decline any magazine’s offer to convert to electronic delivery. Tried it once when one went ‘electronic only’ and found I seldom looked at it. Something about the tactile and order. Patrick
I often times jotted things down and taped them to the windshield of the car as worked progressed. But printed v8buick pages?? Ink is too darn pricey for me to do that!! I just add them to watched threads and can check as needed from my phone. But I still write notes to myself all the time, especially at work. It's not a dead method! (Yet....)
I write notes non stop,...but lose them,..or forget to take them from my desk,..but I write them ha The other day I was in a hurry to get to the shop when leaving school,..I realized I left my wallet in my desk as I shut the rear door of the shop, go back in set truck keys on my desk, grab wallet and leave, get in truck, realize I left my truck keys on desk, go back in side after unlocking the shop door of course, grab the keys and leave, realize I left my **** lunch bag on the file cabinet, go back in retrieve the lunchbag but leave the shop keys on the desk!!, So now I'm locked out and have to walk around to the hall entrance only to find the kids locked that door when they left so had to go upfront to get let in the class, got in and got the shop keys and went out the back door as usual, get in truck and go out the exit gate only to realize that I need my laptop to finish an assignment that was already past due,..so yep back in I go,..ha this is my life my organizational skills is terrible, but my memory is non existent ha
WOW! Dam dude, that was a little funny the first couple times but a bit to much at your age! With your high blood pressure problems already diagnosed, it might be a good idea to seek help with this if it is more than this one time occurrence? Would hate to hear anything bad that happened to you, or anyone else on v8!
I still stick with a quill and parchment, or as a secondary, I use a sharpie on the back of my hand. Seriously tho, the sharpie works and I keep several clip boards around with lined paper for notes and measurements etc for both shops, the Buick and also boat jobs. Theres just too many measurements and my shopping lists' to rememberit all. It funny to see how much got accomplished (checked off) after the seasonally challenged jobs are completed. ws #87 Do not forget the wiper switch ground wire #233 need to order 100 #8 x 1 SS phillips oval head wood screws with trim washers I just plain ol' quit trying to remember all the fine points years ago. LOL.
If you have something that you absolutely want to keep, IMHO there is no such thing as safe electronic storage. There's a reason that paper has been around for more then a thousand years.
I keep a folder for each car with the title and all receipts inside. Helps keep tabs on how much $$$ we've invested and the dates, and mileage, new parts were installed. And Ethan, wait 'til you get my age.
I think it might be a "what did you do in context of time" thing. When I learned "all things mechanical, Planes, Motorcycles and Automobiles" it was before personal computers, so reading manuals, library research, "Hot Rod" magazines, Air Force Tech Orders, and talking/hanging out with people who "knew" cars/bikes etc. Nowadays, forums and research, but the information streams we used to have are gone, except a few manuals and printed things people hung onto and passed down. Sadly a lot of information was jettisoned when folks passed, and the kids had no idea or concern for the value of such things. Regarding my cars, I am making notes of anything that is not stock that is installed or modded and printed or written and appended to the manuals, as well as a few loose leaf binders as NHRonnie is doing. And the effort of doing that re-enforces the information in your brain, (as does talking and teaching others). I guess it's a good time to "Thank" all the guys (and gals) who have left us with information in one form or another, and to say "Thank you!" in advance to those who are doing the same for those who, hopefully will "take the wheels", so to speak.
This will help you guys just don't lose the vest lol. Just playing that thing will make your probably lose your credibility and friends lol. Glad to see all the post. And Shawn I print them at work, they don't mind. The local library however gives me 10 free pages a day. And I agree with John nothing is safe online, I had important files on my Mac book lost.
I'm a firm believer in paper. I don't remember people in the 70's and early 80's having identity theft, or somebody hacking into accounts. Its a lot harder to physically steal something (paper) verses sitting at a desk and doing it electronically.
I learned long ago to keep paper notes on things. Yea you can keep digital notes, email or save them on some drive but that's just as much if not more time consuming then just keeping a notebook. I've had thumb drives and memory cards go bad and are no longer accessible. Had email storage sites become inaccessible. So for really critical correspondence or work related notes I print a hard copy or keep a small spiral notebook. I will take a picture of things with my phone, immediately send it to my work email and then print it. I got burned once... Needed emails that had been archived on the work server for a serious dispute among admins. Was not allowed to access them even they were supposed to be public knowledge on a state run site (that's why I did not print them). Was told by HR that for $1500 they would research and print them for me. Four years later the truth comes out, they all get implemented and prosecuted with some looking at serious jail time including the HP director but I've been blackballed long ago as a scapegoat. Never again. Mikey
I lost about a thousand hours of genealogical research due to electronic storage. And yes, I did double back it up.
X2, and those folders start getting pretty thick! Those receipts really come in handy when you have a lifetime warranty on a water pump, brakes, etc. The guys at O'Reillys scratch their heads when I pull those 30+ year old receipts out! Hard to even read the ink!
