Allyson, I've seen lots of instructions on the interwebs for making cat shelters out of plastic bins, but most of them are meant for cold weather climates.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Mar 18, 2010 8:56:42 am PDT #17130 of 30001
hip deep in pie
-t - Mar 18, 2010 8:57:46 am PDT #17131 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I almost never delete anything out of my inbox or file anything into folders. I used to, but I got out of the habit somewhere along the line, and it doesn't seem to make any difference, as I can search the whole thing easily anyway. If I ever went a significant length of time without checking e-mail, I suppose my disorganized ways might bite me on the ass.
Eta: I currently have 14889 messages in my Inbox. 8972 unread (which means I looked at the subject and decided I didn't need to read it but I didn't need to delete it, either)
megan walker - Mar 18, 2010 8:58:51 am PDT #17132 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Cleaning out the inbox is part of why I hate gmail for work -- it's annoying to delete individual messages out of a "conversation," even when half of them are off-topic/unnecessary. And then when I file something, it pops back into the inbox if someone replies to it, ever. Bleh.
True, although the flip side can be just as bad. My psycho co-editor refuses to include previous email(s) in her replies (including what she is directly responding to) so then I have to keep multiple emails (not mention sometimes have no idea what she is talking about.
Jessica - Mar 18, 2010 8:59:51 am PDT #17133 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Megan's email system is mine (which I'm guessing means we're both fans of Merlin Mann), except I don't bother with the sent box. My company has a really good automatic email archiving system that means I don't ever run out of space, so my inbox-zeroing is purely for my own mental health.
Jesse - Mar 18, 2010 9:03:49 am PDT #17134 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and for the record, the UPS place was inside the business center of the hotel. Good to know!
My psycho co-editor refuses to include previous email(s) in her replies (including what she is directly responding to) so then I have to keep multiple emails (not mention sometimes have no idea what she is talking about.
Oh, that's annoying!
shrift - Mar 18, 2010 9:05:45 am PDT #17135 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have to write a self assessment. You would think it would get easier after having written so many, but the DO NOT WANT remains strong.
sarameg - Mar 18, 2010 9:06:13 am PDT #17136 of 30001
I can't have more than something like 150000 messages in a given folder. It's a filesystem limit, not a space issue.
It's not documented anywhere, so I'll let you guess how I learned that.
megan walker - Mar 18, 2010 9:07:35 am PDT #17137 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't use enough space to have to archive things, but my folder system is pretty extensive.
All my advice is from Get-It-Done-Guy. Favorite advice (that I don't totally follow) is for your Out-of-Office message to read that you will not be able to reply to anything sent in your absence and for the sender to resend anything requiring a response. Then delete the entire contents of your inbox upon your return.
Jessica - Mar 18, 2010 9:08:43 am PDT #17138 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Favorite advice (that I don't totally follow) is for your Out-of-Office message to read that you will not be able to reply to anything sent in your absence and for the sender to resend anything requiring a response. Then delete the entire contents of your inbox upon your return.
Man, I wish I could do that. But it's too dependent on other people reading the out-of-office.
-t - Mar 18, 2010 9:09:56 am PDT #17139 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's pretty nifty, but I don't think I could do it. Just, my brain wouldn't let me.