Bill,


Heh!  I seldom have that problem -- because I have possibly the
opposite problem.


I have some whisperings of OCD:  For I don't know how long (since
college, I think), any book I purchase I write my name, the date, the
location of purchase, and the price, somewhere inside, near the front.
Done the same thing with CDs, inside the CD booklet (but curiously,
not for DVDs).

I have four "running" documents on my computer, where I fairly
compulsively log the date, location, price, and misc. notes regarding
the item in question:  one list for "Music gear" (including guitar
magazines); one for computer things; one for WW (and gardening)
things; and one for sports/exercise/martial arts things.


I keep these lists partly because I'm curious about how much my
various hobbies cost me -- and I need to collect the data as it occurs
-- because once data is lost, it's gone for good.  I also record this
information because I'm sentimental, but have a mediocre memory -- so
(for example), I want to be able to remember which similar looking
backsaw I got from my wife for my birthday; which was from that garage
sale down the street; and which was from my grandfather's estate.


The upside is that when we got burglarized shortly after moving to
Australia, I was able to give **very** specific details to the cops,
and the insurance company, about the guitars that were swiped.

The downside to the list-making is that I often have a backlog of
tools (and etc.) piled next to my computer that I'm not "allowed" to
use -- because I haven't yet logged them.


--Travis (Brisbane, AU)


> But
> a bit embarrassing that I can bring in a new tool and not remember it.
> Especially since I generally remember not only when but where and for how
> much each tool came into the herd. I don't at all mind having this new saw,
> but I just wish I know where my D8 ended up...