Preferred Desk Toys
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
Couple of cloth dragons, couple of solar dancing figuring, a Cam-Am motorcycle toy, couple of plants, couple squishy balls, a pessimists' mug, cub full of pens and pencils, box of Kleenex, couple of manuals, and a small Tylenol bottle full of clipped finger nails with a warning written on it: "DO NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE." :laugh: :laugh: No papers.
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Couple of cloth dragons, couple of solar dancing figuring, a Cam-Am motorcycle toy, couple of plants, couple squishy balls, a pessimists' mug, cub full of pens and pencils, box of Kleenex, couple of manuals, and a small Tylenol bottle full of clipped finger nails with a warning written on it: "DO NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE." :laugh: :laugh: No papers.
Giving away my age, but a lava lamp, hawk feather and Crow feathers...
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
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That's why I use a trackball :)
__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock
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I'm old school. I keep my desk covered with papers so the surface doesn't get dusty. As some periodically get coffee-stained, they're eventually passed into the desktop-remote-storage-cylinder for transport to the local waste yard.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I am right there with you. I also have a stack of paper plates with crumbs of sandwiches I had at the desk for lunch, over the past week or so. ;P
It's a random chance universe...
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A guy here who used Dvorak had the opposite problem. Every time he went to use someone else's computer, he'd type garbage for a minute until he mentally swapped out his keyboard mapping.
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For years... nay, decades... I've been attempting to work in a paper free environment. I didn't even realize I'd achieved this goal until my wife visited my office and made the observation. No one here has any paperwork on their desks. Everyone's desk's are clear... except mine. Subconsciously, I've replaced all the missing stacks of paper with toys. Lots of Legos, a ball puzzle, a Yoda statue, and a pair of Hulk Hands. Lego sets include Hulk Buster armor, Darth Vader, and the Apollo 11. I rotate regularly with other sets: Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter, etc. I also make sure a jar of jelly beans remains stocked at all times. I'm just curious what sort of desk toys do you guys prefer? Or do you think them a waste of time?
____________________________________________________ I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me... Bill W
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I'm right handed, but I use a left hand mouse. People try to grab it with their right hands but get completely lost when the buttons don't do what they want. Secretly, hidden among all the clutter on my desk, is another mouse they can use if I show them.