need sorting and searching algorithm - help plz, urgent!
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Just can't figure it out. How am I supposed to know which socks are my wife's, my young son's, my daughter's, my older son's. Sheesh! Everytime I take them off the line and throw them in the basket, my bride of 32 years complains that I need to keep them in pairs, sort them by owner, and so on. Now that boys wear those low-cut socks, I don't have a clue what belongs to who. And don't get me started with folding T-shirts, putting in the correct piles, colors, sizes, AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! And, whoever heard of folding underwear. I just throw mine in the drawer. Fold underwear! Give me a break. I've got to move to a new place - something on the fifth floor or higher. Jumping out of a ground floor window just isn't effective.
You help with the laundry? :~
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Sniff them. If they have no smell, they are your kids, if they smell of roses, your wife's and if they smell of three week dead rancid pole cat...
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I did figure out one thing... If the socks look like torn rags, then they must be my young son's. He's thirteen and spends his time with karate, breakdancing, parkour, and other destructive boy-stuff. He burns more calories sleeping, than I do in a month. The problem is what if the socks are new? He only needs to wear them for a few minutes to destroy them. It's the new ones that throw me.
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You help with the laundry? :~
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Doctor Nick wrote:
You help with the laundry?
Umm, well, it's like this... Bride was busy making a cherry pie (my favorite). The "L" word was mentioned. I took the hint and tried to help. Obviously due to my lack of sorting and searching skills, this is not a regular pasttime of mine. I quit and went back to working on my programming project - much easier!
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You help with the laundry? :~
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Doctor Nick wrote:
You help with the laundry? Unsure
...that's either -50 or +100 man points depending on if the Wife's able to do it without help.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
I help fold but that's only because she doesn't know how. Otherwise I buy her the washer and dryer and show her how to use them one time. The rest is up to her. There's also a chance that were she to ever see this post she would die from laughing so hard...
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Just can't figure it out. How am I supposed to know which socks are my wife's, my young son's, my daughter's, my older son's. Sheesh! Everytime I take them off the line and throw them in the basket, my bride of 32 years complains that I need to keep them in pairs, sort them by owner, and so on. Now that boys wear those low-cut socks, I don't have a clue what belongs to who. And don't get me started with folding T-shirts, putting in the correct piles, colors, sizes, AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! And, whoever heard of folding underwear. I just throw mine in the drawer. Fold underwear! Give me a break. I've got to move to a new place - something on the fifth floor or higher. Jumping out of a ground floor window just isn't effective.
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Doctor Nick wrote:
You help with the laundry?
Umm, well, it's like this... Bride was busy making a cherry pie (my favorite). The "L" word was mentioned. I took the hint and tried to help. Obviously due to my lack of sorting and searching skills, this is not a regular pasttime of mine. I quit and went back to working on my programming project - much easier!
Ah, so you did it properly then. You made an attempt and messed it up so as to avoid future requests to do it because you would just make it worse. Nicely done :-D
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You help with the laundry? :~
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i do the laundry 75% of the time. which is only fair because 80% of the stuff in the basket is mine - i'm a sweaty beast and my wife wears a lot of dry-clean only stuff.
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Doctor Nick wrote:
You help with the laundry? Unsure
...that's either -50 or +100 man points depending on if the Wife's able to do it without help.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Ah, so you did it properly then. You made an attempt and messed it up so as to avoid future requests to do it because you would just make it worse. Nicely done :-D
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Just can't figure it out. How am I supposed to know which socks are my wife's, my young son's, my daughter's, my older son's. Sheesh! Everytime I take them off the line and throw them in the basket, my bride of 32 years complains that I need to keep them in pairs, sort them by owner, and so on. Now that boys wear those low-cut socks, I don't have a clue what belongs to who. And don't get me started with folding T-shirts, putting in the correct piles, colors, sizes, AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! And, whoever heard of folding underwear. I just throw mine in the drawer. Fold underwear! Give me a break. I've got to move to a new place - something on the fifth floor or higher. Jumping out of a ground floor window just isn't effective.
Why wash underwear? What a waste of time and resources ... You can get at least 4 wearings from a pair: wear them normal, then turn that backwards, then inside out and then reverse again. If you do that each week, it's actually cheaper to buy a new pair than to wash that one all the time.
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Abu Mami wrote:
help plz, urgent
Did you search on the internet - see here? :-D I sympathize with you - I often cannot locate the right pair - not that I care but...
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Ah, so you did it properly then. You made an attempt and messed it up so as to avoid future requests to do it because you would just make it worse. Nicely done :-D
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Yes, this is the first advice I give all newly married men.
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I help fold but that's only because she doesn't know how. Otherwise I buy her the washer and dryer and show her how to use them one time. The rest is up to her. There's also a chance that were she to ever see this post she would die from laughing so hard...
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Folding? There's an app for that. Ask Elaine, she is bound to know all about it. :)
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Just can't figure it out. How am I supposed to know which socks are my wife's, my young son's, my daughter's, my older son's. Sheesh! Everytime I take them off the line and throw them in the basket, my bride of 32 years complains that I need to keep them in pairs, sort them by owner, and so on. Now that boys wear those low-cut socks, I don't have a clue what belongs to who. And don't get me started with folding T-shirts, putting in the correct piles, colors, sizes, AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! And, whoever heard of folding underwear. I just throw mine in the drawer. Fold underwear! Give me a break. I've got to move to a new place - something on the fifth floor or higher. Jumping out of a ground floor window just isn't effective.
I keep buying bulk packs of all the same socks. That makes mine easy to find, then everyone else is on their own.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Sorry - that links to a morning sock search algorithm. I'm trying to deal with a much more complex problem... sorting/searching straight from the laundry line while Bride is supervising.
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I keep buying bulk packs of all the same socks. That makes mine easy to find, then everyone else is on their own.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
I keep buying bulk packs of all the same socks
'Zackly what I did in my college and single days - 20 pairs of the same socks, 20 pairs of the same briefs, 20 T-Shirts (different colors - a compromise), and a few pair of jeans (patched of course). Not all that much different today. Most days I go to the office in T-Shirt and jeans. If I have to meet a client, I wear a new T-Shirt and a new pair of jeans. Hey - I'm a classy guy.
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Just can't figure it out. How am I supposed to know which socks are my wife's, my young son's, my daughter's, my older son's. Sheesh! Everytime I take them off the line and throw them in the basket, my bride of 32 years complains that I need to keep them in pairs, sort them by owner, and so on. Now that boys wear those low-cut socks, I don't have a clue what belongs to who. And don't get me started with folding T-shirts, putting in the correct piles, colors, sizes, AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! And, whoever heard of folding underwear. I just throw mine in the drawer. Fold underwear! Give me a break. I've got to move to a new place - something on the fifth floor or higher. Jumping out of a ground floor window just isn't effective.
Do what I do - just keep piling them up and pair them up occasionally. When it becomes too much, use them for oil rags or donate them and buy new socks. Well, I don't do it that often, but it has happen once or twice in the last ten years.
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Just can't figure it out. How am I supposed to know which socks are my wife's, my young son's, my daughter's, my older son's. Sheesh! Everytime I take them off the line and throw them in the basket, my bride of 32 years complains that I need to keep them in pairs, sort them by owner, and so on. Now that boys wear those low-cut socks, I don't have a clue what belongs to who. And don't get me started with folding T-shirts, putting in the correct piles, colors, sizes, AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! And, whoever heard of folding underwear. I just throw mine in the drawer. Fold underwear! Give me a break. I've got to move to a new place - something on the fifth floor or higher. Jumping out of a ground floor window just isn't effective.
Mark the toes of the socks with a certain color of magic marker. Or buy everybody different brands. And buy yourself black/brown dress socks. Have your wife wear girly shirts, you wear button-up shirts, have your older son wear whatever t-shirts, and have your younger son wear nothing but Power Ranger themed clothing. Don't wear any underwear; if you can get the others to agree to that, then you're all set. :)
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Abu Mami wrote:
while Bride is supervising
"Stack overflow - out of memory error."
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