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Re: Your Organizational Genius is Needed...
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:32:23 GMT
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"Kevin Richey" <kevinrichey@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Pat,
> Keeping your parts in good sorted order is a never-ending chore. • Personally I
> find sorting to be relaxing, similar to the way knitting is relaxing to • some
> people. Or maybe I'm just weird.
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> Don't sort by color, it's too hard. Don't sort everything completely. • First sort
> by size and quantity. Sorting by color should be the last step, if at all. • Start
> with five piles: bricks, plates, huge pieces, tiny pieces, and everything • else.
> Huge pieces include BURPs, Technic wheels, castle walls, etc. Buy some
> organizers from your favorite home improvement warehouse to keep your tiny • and
> hard-to-find parts.
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> Fine-tune your sorting criteria based on the size of your collection and • your
> building habbits. Parts that you use the most should be sorted finely, • while
> parts you use the least can me mixed together.
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> When you are sorting a pile, work from bigger parts down to smaller parts.
> Bigger parts are easier to see and pick up, so you can move them quickly • into
> their sorted piles. Eventually you will end up with a pile of small parts • that
> is too tedious to sort. That is a good place to stop. Dump those parts • into a
> bucket and don't bother sorting them anymore until you really need to.
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> A good hueristic is what I call the Digging Depth Rule. Sort your parts • until
> you have bins that are easy to dig through. When a bin becomes too full to • dig
> through, sort it or dump it into a larger bin.
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> I hope this helps and good luck!
> Kevin
I like this description a lot - it is quite close to what I do (though I
*do* go through the trouble of sorting the small stuff). I'm saving this
post for future reference - saves me from having to word it myself.
Yours,
Stefan.
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| (...) Hi Pat, Keeping your parts in good sorted order is a never-ending chore. Personally I find sorting to be relaxing, similar to the way knitting is relaxing to some people. Or maybe I'm just weird. Don't sort by color, it's too hard. Don't sort (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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