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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
> From this whole exercise I must conclude that the "Clean Desk" movement
> has gotten nowhere at all :-)
I don't know about that. From what I've read here everyone seems quite
regulated. Mine is so cluttered it is like an archilogical dig finding things. I
have even misplaced a dwarf wolly mamoth, somewhere.
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On 9-7-2014 13:45, Stephen wrote:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> From this whole exercise I must conclude that the "Clean Desk" movement
>> has gotten nowhere at all :-)
>
>
> I don't know about that. From what I've read here everyone seems quite
> regulated.
Well, regulated compared with /your/ desk? ;-)
Mine is so cluttered it is like an archilogical dig finding things. I
> have even misplaced a dwarf wolly mamoth, somewhere.
Yes, that's what I mean. I can easily recognise that :-)
Thomas
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Le 2014-07-08 23:05, Jim Henderson a écrit :
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:36:23 +0200, clipka wrote:
>
>> but the mere thought of any box providing no
>> conceivable escape route for a cat really tops it off.
>
> With our three cats, that doesn't seem infeasible. They seem to prefer
> spending all their time in the various boxes we've left around the house
> for them.
>
> Jim
Feline rules of acquisition:
1. Can I eat it?
2. Can I sleep on it?
2.a. Were you trying to read that?
2.b. Will cat hair mess it up?
3. Can I sleep in it?
If you've answered yes to any of the questions above, the item now
belongs to the cat and any attempt to reclaim it will prove to be futile.
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> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> From this whole exercise I must conclude that the "Clean Desk" movement
>> has gotten nowhere at all :-)
>
>
> I don't know about that. From what I've read here everyone seems quite
> regulated. Mine is so cluttered it is like an archilogical dig finding things. I
> have even misplaced a dwarf wolly mamoth, somewhere.
>
I had a prof in university who would routinely "lose" the phone on his
desk and would have no choice but start from the wall jack and follow
the wire, as the stack of papers and circuit boards would muffle the
ring sound.
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Am 09.07.2014 15:57, schrieb Francois Labreque:
> I had a prof in university who would routinely "lose" the phone on his
> desk and would have no choice but start from the wall jack and follow
> the wire, as the stack of papers and circuit boards would muffle the
> ring sound.
He'll be screwed when they replace the old phones with wireless ones..
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:53:31 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2014-07-08 23:05, Jim Henderson a écrit :
>> On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:36:23 +0200, clipka wrote:
>>
>>> but the mere thought of any box providing no
>>> conceivable escape route for a cat really tops it off.
>>
>> With our three cats, that doesn't seem infeasible. They seem to prefer
>> spending all their time in the various boxes we've left around the
>> house for them.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Feline rules of acquisition:
> 1. Can I eat it?
> 2. Can I sleep on it?
> 2.a. Were you trying to read that?
> 2.b. Will cat hair mess it up?
> 3. Can I sleep in it?
>
> If you've answered yes to any of the questions above, the item now
> belongs to the cat and any attempt to reclaim it will prove to be
> futile.
That explains what happens when a cat lies down on your lap,
certainly...We call it "cat stapling," but I've also heard it called
"feline paralysis."
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 09/07/2014 7:48 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:53:31 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:
>> If you've answered yes to any of the questions above, the item now
>> belongs to the cat and any attempt to reclaim it will prove to be
>> futile.
>
> That explains what happens when a cat lies down on your lap,
> certainly...We call it "cat stapling," but I've also heard it called
> "feline paralysis."
>
My story is:
Quite a few years ago, my wife took time off work because she was ill.
When I came home that night she was lying on the sofa. Because our cat
had gone into the bedroom and head butted* her until she got out of bed.
Then he went to sleep in "his" bed.
* Yes, the cat was from Glasgow and in the UK a head butt is called a
Glasgow Kiss. So maybe Bertie was being affectionate?
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On 9-7-2014 20:48, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:53:31 -0400, Francois Labreque wrote:
>
>> Le 2014-07-08 23:05, Jim Henderson a écrit :
>> If you've answered yes to any of the questions above, the item now
>> belongs to the cat and any attempt to reclaim it will prove to be
>> futile.
>
> That explains what happens when a cat lies down on your lap,
> certainly...We call it "cat stapling," but I've also heard it called
> "feline paralysis."
And there is no cure.
One of our cats found it quite normal at night to sleep on my chest,
front paws on both sides of my neck, snoring in my ears, saliva dripping
in my neck. The worst however, was when he was dreaming...
Thomas
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On 9-7-2014 13:45, Stephen wrote:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> From this whole exercise I must conclude that the "Clean Desk" movement
>> has gotten nowhere at all :-)
>
>
> I don't know about that. From what I've read here everyone seems quite
> regulated. Mine is so cluttered it is like an archilogical dig finding things. I
> have even misplaced a dwarf wolly mamoth, somewhere.
The Clean Desk Policy was very strict. Except for a screen, a keyboard,
a mouse and a phone, nothing was allowed after working hours. It meant
you had to re-create your own junk every morning and clean it up before
leaving. The bright idea (for which managers are sometimes known) behind
the concept was that a "cluttered desk revealed a cluttered mind" etc
etc. I suspect that the ideal was a permanently pristine desk during
working hours.
Ah, but you know all that I am sure.
Thomas
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> On 9-7-2014 13:45, Stephen wrote:
>> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>>> From this whole exercise I must conclude that the "Clean Desk" movement
>>> has gotten nowhere at all :-)
>>
>>
>> I don't know about that. From what I've read here everyone seems quite
>> regulated. Mine is so cluttered it is like an archilogical dig finding
>> things. I
>> have even misplaced a dwarf wolly mamoth, somewhere.
>
> The Clean Desk Policy was very strict. Except for a screen, a keyboard,
> a mouse and a phone, nothing was allowed after working hours. It meant
> you had to re-create your own junk every morning and clean it up before
> leaving. The bright idea (for which managers are sometimes known) behind
> the concept was that a "cluttered desk revealed a cluttered mind" etc
> etc. I suspect that the ideal was a permanently pristine desk during
> working hours.
>
> Ah, but you know all that I am sure.
>
> Thomas
>
At my work, the "clean desk policy" was to prevent confidential
information from falling into the wrong hands, which makes sense at
first, but quickly veered into GATTACA levels of paranoia, since going
through someone's rolodeck might reveal which customers and which
suppliers she's working with and may give a competitor information about
deals she's pursuing (assuming, of course, that the janitor is really a
competitor in disguise), so they enforced rules such as "no telephone
numbers must be visible" - which meant that depending on how anal
retentive the person doing the evening workplace audit was, you could
get written up for having the city phonebook on your bookshelf, or a
business card from your dentist.
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