All you can do is laugh when professional packers move you. When I finished my doctorate and moved across the country to take a job, my new employer told me, jovially, "Just tell them to come pack it, move it, and send the company the bill." As a starving immediately-ex graduate student, I was delighted to do exactly that.
Now, I'm also a Scot on both sides of the family and got my first kilt when I was five. I kept all my Scottish attire in one small closet and put a sticky note on the door, "Pack this all in two boxes and label them "Kilts, etc." Which they did. Scroll forward to the following year when I decided to attend the annual St. Andrew's Day dinner, the first time I had worn one of my kilts since I moved. When I opened the boxes, I found, neatly packed between my dress kilt and my full plaid, a BOSTON CREAM PIE. Or what remained of one after six months. I don't know; don't ask. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Eric Wachsmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Well you know what the software guy's answer is gonna be, right? Move half > the boxes outside, then watch the temp. Move half more (or half back in) > depending on what you find... ;) Binary sort. In all seriousness, I can > completely relate as I moved last March. I'm only now finding some of the > things that I packed. That was mostly due to little hands "helping" us > pack. "So THAT's where my screwdrivers went. I never would have thought > to > look in the linens..." > > > Eric > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 7:20 PM, George R Allen <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > In brief, K2CM has moved from one house to another. I carefully took the > > atomic-clock/temperature-receiver and placed it on my workbench for me to > > pack. Then I went outside, removed the outside temperature transmitter > and > > placed it next to the clock on the workbench.... > > > > > > > > Along come the movers. Now, mind you, these are professional > > movers....fast, courteous, efficient. Efficient to the point that > earlier > > this year, John packed Dave's coat into a box for a house that they were > > packing. Dave forgot to mention to John that the coat on the back of the > > chair was his....so it got packed. Took them an hour to unpack boxes and > > find it! > > > > > > > > In my case, I was answering questions in another part of the house when > > they decided to pack my workbench. No problem, its in a box. > > > > > > > > Now I know its in a box. I found the atomic-clock/thermometer and > noticed > > that it shows an inside temperature of 70 degrees and an outside > temperature > > of 65 degrees which means that the outside thermometer/transmitter is > > somewhere within 500 ft....but, all of the boxes in the house are within > 500 > > ft. > > > > > > > > I'll be darned if I can find which box the thermometer/transmitter is > > in....but, I know its there....I can see the reading! > > > > > > > > I am now in the process of moving the clock/thermometer to various places > > among the boxes to see if I can get readings that match. If the readings > > match, I know that the thermometer/transmitter is nearby. Hopefully that > > will help me find the missing transmitter. If that doesn't work, I am > going > > to move the boxes...group by group...to an upstairs warmer location. > When I > > see the temperature go up, I will know that one of the boxes contains the > > missing unit. > > > > > > > > If anyone has any other suggestions, please drop me a note! If I knew > the > > frequency that the unit was transmitting on, I would set up the HT to > listen > > to that frequency. Maybe then I could do some "transmitter hunting". > > > > > > > > George > > > > K2Cm > > > > Vestal, NY > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flexedge mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used > > for posting topics related to SDR software development and > experimentalist > > who are using beta versions of the software. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
