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Does your desk look like this?

8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
Tim Potter

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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,796
    Worse.
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    Erin Holohan Haskellmattmia2HomerJSmithIronman
  • I think mine's worse than yours.
    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,276
    Is that top one Albert Einstein's office?
    President
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    Ironman
  • Sal Santamaura
    Sal Santamaura Member Posts: 529
    edited August 2018
    An older former colleague of mine, who'd been in engineering probably 20 years longer than I had, told the tale of a draftsman he worked with long before CAD came on the scene. This person enjoyed reading newspapers and magazines when he should have been completing drawings. To facilitate that, he had a "busy kit" consisting of a mylar with some lines and symbols drawn, as well as various drafting tools glued into place in typical locations. That was kept rolled up to the side while he read.

    When a supervisor approached, he'd quickly unroll the 'kit' and assume a pose consistent with the 'work' he'd been 'doing' on that drawing. Although they couldn't be rolled up, the desk pictures Alan attached resemble several engineers' desks I saw. In those cases, the center drawer held non-work-related material. It was kept slightly open for reading and, when a supervisor approached, slid closed, followed by shuffling of "stuff" on the top surface. In no case I was aware of did the supervisor catch on.

    This may have been somewhat poetic. Engineering managers in large corporations tended to frown on clean desks, certain such orderliness indicated employee sloth. :)
  • Solid_Fuel_Man
    Solid_Fuel_Man Member Posts: 2,646
    @Sal Santamaura wow sounds like a high school cheat sheet to pass the class! A bit sad in a career I'd say.
    Serving Northern Maine HVAC & Controls. I burn wood, it smells good!
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,506
    Organized desk...organized mind...organized life.
    steve
    CanuckerSolid_Fuel_Mankcopp
  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Member Posts: 1,888
    If I have 1 sheet of paper that doesn't align with the one underneath or on top of it, I will tear the whole thing apart and organize it again. The only thing that upsets me more than clutter in my workspace is someone who chews with their mouth open. Nice, neat, clean, and organized. I had an old journeyman tell me when I first started, to always follow the 7 P's.

    Prior
    Proper
    Planning
    Prevents
    Piss
    Poor
    Performance
  • Period!
    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • Larry Weingarten
    Larry Weingarten Member Posts: 3,272
    edited August 2018
    Hi, This exemplifies the conundrum created by the difference between what should be and what is. Kids are taught ideals and then grow up to how it really is. No wonder there are a few cynics in the world. o:)

    Yours, Larry

    ps, To Erin's question, here's an Einstein quote that may not actually be relevant, but it fits the desks: "Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age."
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,506
    Although that desk would drive me crazy, what really looks horrible (unprofessional) to me, is when a dashboard of a work truck looks like that. My van is reasonably organized, depending on the season, but nothing ever on the dashboard.
    steve
    Solid_Fuel_Man
  • I hear you on the dashboard! But to tell you the truth, if I didn't have a desk, dashboard it is, fair game.
    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • mars_6
    mars_6 Member Posts: 107
    My desk. I aint
    .
    Matt Rossi
  • mars_6
    mars_6 Member Posts: 107
    That was supposed to say ain't complaining.
    Matt Rossi
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 9,572
    Also my bench. I do most of my work in about a square foot around the vise.
  • HomerJSmith
    HomerJSmith Member Posts: 2,425
    edited November 2022
    Organization take time, which I'm running out of, besides which I know where everything is, until my wife comes in and organizes (re-arranges) everything.