We had a couple of those Puzzlements in the office, plus some of us had been taught that Mc/Mac come before the regular M's, some that they come after the regular M's, and some that Mac comes between Mab and Mad, whether it's Mack or MacDonald. We finally took to putting colored cardstock in *all* possible places where a file might be, reminding searchers in the K's that Lizzie*Kate belongs in the L's.
GREAT answer!!! It got me to lol - not an easy thing to do when reading a message board! Thanks.
Because I deal with corporations that use the owner's name a lot, I'm accustomed to looking at the corporate name. So John Smith, MD's estate plan file would be kept under Smith, while John Smith, MD, SC (which is the corporation) would be filed under John.
Therefore, I'd look on the chart for indications of how Liz Turner Diehl (or any other designer) was incorporated. If I couldn't find anything, then I'd file by last name.
That's definitely an L, because the official company name is Lizzie*Kate (again, based on the way they're filed at the office)
Artful Art-Stitch ArtVenture
We ignore spaces and punctuation when we file, it's straight alphabetic. Might not be library accurate, but that's how the office does it and thats what I'm used to.
Jenn L.
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Lucretia Borgia said
In my address book, I've put plumber under P, hair dresser under H, etc. When I was working, I had list of co-worker's office numbers under W.
Cheryl Isaak said
Mirjam's right ... you could cross-reference things in your database by subject, author, etc. Each entry would/should include the physical location of the chart.
Yes, I've got those too lol All I can say is it works for me.
As regards stash, that is all in clear plastic boxes - no need for filing, just look and pick. I am reasonably neat about that, all silks together, gold/silver, floss, specialty threads, perles etc. Big, bulky stuff like scroll frame and stand go downstairs in the basement storage until needed.
Under the shelves of clear plastic boxes are the wine making shelves lol That's condo living, no space left unused.
Some people just aren`t logical when it comes to filing, are they? Or, rather, we each have our own kind of logic!!!
Pat P
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Oh - have you got loads of "Safe Places" too? You know - where things you carefully put there just vanish without trace and probably end up in a pile of junk, waiting to be thrown out?
Pat P
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Oh I LOVE the Borrowers! I`ll have to remember them to blame. At the moment I seem to get the blame - shouts of "Pat - what have you done with my glasses/pen/book/shirt ........?"
The trouble with losing your glasses (which you KNOW you put safely on the coffee table/bedside cabinet/ etc) is without them on your nose you can`t see the darned things anyway. In any case they`re likely to turn up in the fridge (where else would you put them?). Today it was screwdrivers!
Pat P
YES!
Yeah, usually right near the items that are "hiding in plain sight" and would bite you if they had teeth.
-- Carey (been bitten by a few items on occasion....)
Absolutely--I think we all have such a place. But I don't think they get thrown out with the trash, I think they run away and stay in a home for wayward items. It's a compound with an area set aside for single earrings and things like that. Of course the largest area is the home for lost socks.
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Is there a proper rule for such things? I have found 3-D Auto under 3's (odd ball local phone book), at the start of the T's and under three spelled out. And once, as DDD Auto.
Cheryl
Numbers come before letters, but they should be at the beginning of the listing, before A. However, phone books are an entirely different beast. The phone books list the name as the business gives it to them.
A wise business will ask for (and pay for) multiple listings.
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Why does the washing machine always eat one sock - never a pair? And if you have the engineer in at any time, how come he never finds any in the inner working of the machine? Does it digest them completely? Mind you, our dog just loves chewing socks - particularly unwashed ones!
Pat P
Actually all the listings above were in the "white pages" not the business pages!
Cheryl
Puff is 4-1/2 years old and he still will steal a dirty sock and take it to his crate. He doesn't chew it any more, and he'll give it up without too much of a fight, but I guess that's a habit that just doesn't die. Lucille
Or just put the whole address in BOTH places - it would save time in the long run, if not initially.
Pat P
OK, gotta chime in! My dad fixes appliances for a living, and he HAS found socks (and a number of other things like bras and money) in the inner workings of the machine. He said it is most likely to happen when people overload the machine. The lighter items float to the top of the water, and occasionally over the top of the tub if it gets too full.
Barbara HJ
Oh Pat!
So the sock eating washing machines are a universal thing eh? LOL It's Murphy's Law that the washers are only allowed one sock per pair, and yes, they do swallow them because they are never found again. :))
As for the sock eating dog, I have to ask what kind you have because ours LOVES to eat the socks, and yes, especially the dirty ones! We have an Irish Wofhound/Irish Setter cross. Maybe this is something peculiar to these one or two breeds? hahaha. Last night I was on my way out and I grabbed my socks to put them on quick and "Paddy" grabbed the toe of my sock and tried to pull it right off my foot again!
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