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Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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On 28/03/2012 18:08, Jim Thompson wrote:
Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson Self-adhesdive document envelope eg... http://www.samuelgrant.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=143 Cheers -- Syd |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:08:27 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson 'Packing List Envelope'- but I don't know where you get them in small quantities, we buy them from ULINE in 1K quantity. |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:13:48 +0100, Syd Rumpo
wrote: On 28/03/2012 18:08, Jim Thompson wrote: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson Self-adhesdive document envelope eg... http://www.samuelgrant.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=143 Cheers Thanks, Syd! Always a problem figuring out the buzz-word ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:43:28 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:08:27 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson 'Packing List Envelope'- but I don't know where you get them in small quantities, we buy them from ULINE in 1K quantity. Thanks, Spehro, Gives me another name to surf on! ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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Jim Thompson writes:
Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? FedEx shipping packet.... -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:43:28 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:08:27 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson 'Packing List Envelope'- but I don't know where you get them in small quantities, we buy them from ULINE in 1K quantity. The "free" way... a FedEx pouch ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:53:35 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
wrote: Jim Thompson writes: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? FedEx shipping packet.... Just realized that myself... I have a whole pile of them... zero cost ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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On 3/28/2012 2:09 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
The "free" way... a FedEx pouch;-) USPS customs envelope, free as well. Order online and they deliver 'em to your house (and you don't need a FedEx account, either!) -- I'm never going to grow up. |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Jim Thompson wrote:
Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( It's called a "scanner". As soon as you open something, read the manual. Then scan it into digital form, along with any peripheral reading material in the box, and the bill. Then file it under a name unique to that piece of equipment, and put that in a folder titled "manuals" or something that you will clearly remember. Sometimes you no longer even have to scan the manual, you may be able to find it in electronic form at the manufacturer's website, or indeed, the item may not have a real paper manual, expecting you to get it in digital form at the companie's website, or they put it on a CD (less and less likely these days) which they put in the box. Since you've put things in a central place, you know where they are. You can even back up this directory with a USB flash drive, making the manuals handy and portable. You can put reviews in with this material, if you want that sort of thing. Or bits about repair of the item, as you need it or in anticipation of a problem. Any maintenance you or the company does can be recorded in this directory too. Or if it has some consumable, you can keep track of when you buy and how much, so you can watch for sales, or anticipate needing a refill. And then while you're at it, use a permanent marker (one of those silver Sharpies look good on black) or one of those label makers, and label any accessories so you know which item they go with. Especially useful for the ac adapters, indeed it's probably worth recording any information on those in your file for the device, since if it gets separate, the information about the voltage and polarity may not be on the main device (and if polarity isn't listed, measure it now). I've even gone to buying "Tupperware" like plastic boxes for any piece of equipment I get that has enough accessories, so I have one for my digital camera, making it really easy to find the cable to connect it to the tv set. Sometimes one box is too much, so organize it along groups, "accessories for MP3 players" or "plug in memory" for the USB flash drives and CompactFlash and SD cards. Michael |
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:21:30 -0400, Michael Black
wrote: Sometimes you no longer even have to scan the manual, you may be able to find it in electronic form at the manufacturer's website, or indeed, the item may not have a real paper manual, expecting you to get it in digital form at the companie's website, or they put it on a CD (less and less likely these days) which they put in the box. Since you've put things in a central place, you know where they are. You can even back up this directory with a USB flash drive, making the manuals handy and portable. Yeah, I have a directory called "Manuals for Products I own". Mostly downloaded from manufacturer's websites. Also two stackable small multi-drawer cabinets that hold paper manuals and disks that came with products. And I agree that getting the labeler out is a good idea- there are three point and shoot cameras, each with different proprietary cables for USB and video out. |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( ...Jim Thompson Sounds almost the same as those envelopes on received boxes that hold shipper data. |
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Jim Thompson writes:
Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? FedEx shipping packet.... Just realized that myself... I have a whole pile of them... zero cost Just don't go blaming them if your Grillmaster 5000 ends up in Peoria. -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:00:39 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
wrote: Jim Thompson writes: Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? FedEx shipping packet.... Just realized that myself... I have a whole pile of them... zero cost Just don't go blaming them if your Grillmaster 5000 ends up in Peoria. ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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On 3/28/2012 3:21 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Jim Thompson wrote: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( It's called a "scanner". As soon as you open something, read the manual. Then scan it into digital form, along with any peripheral reading material in the box, and the bill. Then file it under a name unique to that piece of equipment, and put that in a folder titled "manuals" or something that you will clearly remember. Sometimes you no longer even have to scan the manual, you may be able to find it in electronic form at the manufacturer's website, or indeed, the item may not have a real paper manual, expecting you to get it in digital form at the companie's website, or they put it on a CD (less and less likely these days) which they put in the box. Since you've put things in a central place, you know where they are. You can even back up this directory with a USB flash drive, making the manuals handy and portable. You can put reviews in with this material, if you want that sort of thing. Or bits about repair of the item, as you need it or in anticipation of a problem. Any maintenance you or the company does can be recorded in this directory too. Or if it has some consumable, you can keep track of when you buy and how much, so you can watch for sales, or anticipate needing a refill. And then while you're at it, use a permanent marker (one of those silver Sharpies look good on black) or one of those label makers, and label any accessories so you know which item they go with. Especially useful for the ac adapters, indeed it's probably worth recording any information on those in your file for the device, since if it gets separate, the information about the voltage and polarity may not be on the main device (and if polarity isn't listed, measure it now). I've even gone to buying "Tupperware" like plastic boxes for any piece of equipment I get that has enough accessories, so I have one for my digital camera, making it really easy to find the cable to connect it to the tv set. Sometimes one box is too much, so organize it along groups, "accessories for MP3 players" or "plug in memory" for the USB flash drives and CompactFlash and SD cards. Michael And when you are gone where will your survivors find them? I think keeping them with the equipment is probably the best idea. This of course doesn't work with small items like cameras. Bill |
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Bill Gill wrote:
On 3/28/2012 3:21 PM, Michael Black wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Jim Thompson wrote: Whatzit Called? Clear plastic envelope that you can _stick_ (adhesive-backed) on the back of appliances to stash installation and operation manuals? (18 YO house, just had to replace my office ceiling fan, and water softener... A/C units next :-( It's called a "scanner". As soon as you open something, read the manual. Then scan it into digital form, along with any peripheral reading material in the box, and the bill. Then file it under a name unique to that piece of equipment, and put that in a folder titled "manuals" or something that you will clearly remember. Sometimes you no longer even have to scan the manual, you may be able to find it in electronic form at the manufacturer's website, or indeed, the item may not have a real paper manual, expecting you to get it in digital form at the companie's website, or they put it on a CD (less and less likely these days) which they put in the box. Since you've put things in a central place, you know where they are. You can even back up this directory with a USB flash drive, making the manuals handy and portable. You can put reviews in with this material, if you want that sort of thing. Or bits about repair of the item, as you need it or in anticipation of a problem. Any maintenance you or the company does can be recorded in this directory too. Or if it has some consumable, you can keep track of when you buy and how much, so you can watch for sales, or anticipate needing a refill. And then while you're at it, use a permanent marker (one of those silver Sharpies look good on black) or one of those label makers, and label any accessories so you know which item they go with. Especially useful for the ac adapters, indeed it's probably worth recording any information on those in your file for the device, since if it gets separate, the information about the voltage and polarity may not be on the main device (and if polarity isn't listed, measure it now). I've even gone to buying "Tupperware" like plastic boxes for any piece of equipment I get that has enough accessories, so I have one for my digital camera, making it really easy to find the cable to connect it to the tv set. Sometimes one box is too much, so organize it along groups, "accessories for MP3 players" or "plug in memory" for the USB flash drives and CompactFlash and SD cards. Michael And when you are gone where will your survivors find them? I think keeping them with the equipment is probably the best idea. This of course doesn't work with small items like cameras. Bill You store copies on the computers of other family members. Off-site backup without the cloud. The fact that it doesn't work for small things is the point. Once you have to collect them in one place, then keep them all in one place. We have an answering machine, and the manual is missing. So nobody knows how to set the clock. But that came in before I got the scanner. After that, it really is a great thing. No more searching for where I might have filed that manual, I can go to one directory on my computer and find it. So when the electric kettle broke, "surely it's not passed warranty", the bill and the warranty were so easily found. You can always use a marker on the big stuff to say where the manual is kept. You can do other things. Photograph items (insurance apparently likes that sort of thing) to show their state, or existence, Or if you want to remember the proper pressure for the furnace into the radiators, then take a picture of the readout. Once I started doing it, then I even keep notes. Why did I pick this, or how much did I pay for it at a garage sale, and when I got it. Simple things that often weren't recorded in the old days. Not that you couldn't, but somehow nobody ever did, likely because the manual couldn't be found, or couldn't be found easily when needed. Michael |
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