Living outside the box gives me an advantage to think differently.

If only I could convince my GF to join me outside.

I miss the box.

The cats, not so much.


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Byron Moran <[email protected]> wrote:

> Phillip you have an incredible knack for thinking outside of the box.
> That's an awesome idea.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Philip P. Patnode <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> The PERFECT container - empty cat litter buckets!
>>
>> If everybody who has a cat (or knows of a cat owner) and uses cat litter
>> bought in a plastic bucket (ie = Purina Tidy Cats in a 20# bucket), we
>> could have a 30 or 40 bucket system installed along the wall in a month.
>>
>> Here is a very small (9kb) image of the bucket =
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> Cats love to poop and their caretakers (aka owners) are under
>> instructions from the primary cat to remove the solids on a daily basis,
>> necessitating more litter or a complete change in the box.
>>
>> The advantages of using empty cat litter buckets =
>>
>> 1.  free
>>
>> 2.  clean - free from oil, grease, organic waste, raccoon fur
>>
>> 3.  has a lid
>>
>> 4.  has a handle
>>
>> 5  did I mention free?
>>
>> Just a suggestion.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Tomm Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have began to contact manufacturing plants around the area to try and
>>> locate some totes. I have been keeping the dimensions general, with a
>>> specific trigger of a dimension of about 1'x1'x1 1/2'.
>>>
>>> I also had some ideas for "fantastic contraptions" that would allow for
>>> the storage totes to be stored over head or on motorized spindle racks on
>>> the wall. It would give more floor space while allowing more storage, but
>>> would require a bit of serious engineering to ensure safety and
>>> functionality. Just some brainstorming ideas for down the road though.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:37 PM, a l <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We could also implement a drawer based system similar to the Lehigh
>>>> hackerspace
>>>> http://hackaday.com/2013/03/19/hackerspace-intro-make-lehigh-valley/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Philip P. Patnode 
>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> FYI
>>>>>
>>>>> Any decent size restaurant or caterer uses and discards more than a
>>>>> few round and square buckets every day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just ask the chief cook and bottle washer to save them for a few days
>>>>> and pick up the pile.
>>>>>
>>>>> In less than two weeks, several shelves could be filled with
>>>>> overflowing buckets of good junk.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stick to one source and get identical buckets, as in the photos on the
>>>>> link Tomm attached.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't forget to say 'thank you' to the supplier with a couple of 40oz
>>>>> beers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Philip
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Andrew Buczko <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That looks cool!
>>>>>>    -Derpy Approves-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Tomm Smith <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TD,
>>>>>>> We could possibly make some calls to local industrial plants and
>>>>>>> inquire as to if they have buckets about what we need or similar that 
>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>> raw materials come in and possibly try to claim there disposal?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tomm Smith
>>>>>>> God bless
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Torrie Fischer <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From Diyode, an incredibly cheap solution to sorting parts:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.diyode.com/2014/02/the-bucket-system/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone know of a similar way to acquire such buckets or storage
>>>>>>>> units for
>>>>>>>> free?
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