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  • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

    Absolutely; Sketches Quick Math Journal Flow Charts Schematics Layouts Reminders

    Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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    RickZeeland
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    Are we to believe all that, you are retired remember :-\

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      Are we to believe all that, you are retired remember :-\

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      Mike Hankey
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      Hell I work harder now then when I got paid for it...but now it's fun and there's no deadlines.

      Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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      • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

        Do you use them during your workday? Or are you all digital?

        "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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        Not in my day-to-day work, but when I'm constipated I like to work it out with a pencil.

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        • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

          Hell I work harder now then when I got paid for it...but now it's fun and there's no deadlines.

          Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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          My Dad says "I don't know how I found time to go to work!" :)

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            Not in my day-to-day work, but when I'm constipated I like to work it out with a pencil.

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            Lost User
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            Must be a very flexible pencil?

            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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              My Dad says "I don't know how I found time to go to work!" :)

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              As you get older it's important to stay active. All the people I know that have retired in front of the boob tube all died within a year.

              Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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                Not in my day-to-day work, but when I'm constipated I like to work it out with a pencil.

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                RickZeeland
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                That sounds more like "Pin the tail on the donkey" to me :-\

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                  Not in my day-to-day work, but when I'm constipated I like to work it out with a pencil.

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                  ouch!

                  This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!

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                  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                    Do you use them during your workday? Or are you all digital?

                    "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                    Daniel Pfeffer
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                    I use paper for doodles, maths, design, shopping lists, and all manner of other things. (This would have made a good survey question)

                    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                    • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                      Do you use them during your workday? Or are you all digital?

                      "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                      Amarnath S
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                      - Yes, for deriving maths formulas. - For marking and correcting in my recitation book.

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                      • pkfoxP pkfox

                        Use them a lot as well as yellow stickies all over my monitor - works for me ( apart from remembering to set the CCC ) :laugh:

                        We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP

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                        same here (minus the CCC part). :thumbsup:

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                          Not in my day-to-day work, but when I'm constipated I like to work it out with a pencil.

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                          Ah, you're a mathematician.

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                            Are we to believe all that, you are retired remember :-\

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                            I am surprised by how many of my younger work mates come to meetings, presentations and brainstorming carrying an old style paper notebook. When I was that age, 15-20 years ago, noone wanted to be seen in a meeting room without a portable; that would mark you as pre-cambrium. Nowadays, it is no longer necessary to emphasize your modernness to the same degree. Obviously, everybody has smartphones, with more processing and storage capabilities than the old portable. But they are not as good for jotting down notes (certainly not if you have got big hands!), and not for curves and similar sketches. So the notebook is a nice supplement to the smartphone.

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                              Ah, you're a mathematician.

                              Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                              OriginalGriff wrote:

                              Ah, you're a mathematician.

                              No, I'm a joke thief :)

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                                I am surprised by how many of my younger work mates come to meetings, presentations and brainstorming carrying an old style paper notebook. When I was that age, 15-20 years ago, noone wanted to be seen in a meeting room without a portable; that would mark you as pre-cambrium. Nowadays, it is no longer necessary to emphasize your modernness to the same degree. Obviously, everybody has smartphones, with more processing and storage capabilities than the old portable. But they are not as good for jotting down notes (certainly not if you have got big hands!), and not for curves and similar sketches. So the notebook is a nice supplement to the smartphone.

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                                I have a (much) younger work colleague who brings her laptop to every meeting and takes notes during the meetings. Trouble is she is one of "those" typists who seem to make more noise than an elephanting elephant! Half the time the noise of her typing drowns out the speaker, and gods help us all if we're using a squawkbox on a dial-in. I'd suggest to her to bring a pad and pen but she's a "clicker" too :mad: Wouldn't mind so much if she actually shared the notes with us :laugh:

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                                • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                                  As you get older it's important to stay active. All the people I know that have retired in front of the boob tube all died within a year.

                                  Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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                                  Mike Hankey wrote:

                                  died within a year.

                                  My dad had once relayed to me, before his passing, that this was something he had observed as well. I believe 5-6 work mates of his, all died within 16 months of retirement. All of them shared one trait that was interesting - they were not active at all after retirement.

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                                    Mike Hankey wrote:

                                    died within a year.

                                    My dad had once relayed to me, before his passing, that this was something he had observed as well. I believe 5-6 work mates of his, all died within 16 months of retirement. All of them shared one trait that was interesting - they were not active at all after retirement.

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                                    Mike Hankey
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                                    Absolutely! Think about any piece of machinery, if you don't use it it rusts and deteriorates the human body is a machine and needs to be exercised.

                                    Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright

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                                      Yes, and not just in the office. A paper notepad during meetings (mindmaps mostly), adding notes or comments to any printed material. Outside the office there is a moleskine for notes, and a "dry erase marker" on the toilet to write on the toilet-door. Any door is a whiteboard :)

                                      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                                      Moleskine makes the best field notebooks I've ever used. I love the perforated ones, fantastic for leader books.

                                      "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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                                      • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                                        Do you use them during your workday? Or are you all digital?

                                        "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                                        Nathan Minier
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                                        You forgot to mention the blessed whiteboard: the best place to visualize designs and realize when you're being stupid.

                                        "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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                                          Moleskine makes the best field notebooks I've ever used. I love the perforated ones, fantastic for leader books.

                                          "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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                                          A good external memory which fits neatly in your pocket :)

                                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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