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nucumber t1_j9akyn9 wrote

Reply to comment by jj-reeder in LPT: Take a few days to familiarize yourself with a spreadsheet app (e.g., MS Excel, Google Sheets). The uses are endless for school, the office, life, and other people will think you're a wizard. by tophswanson

you can go far with xlookup, which gives some database functionality to a spreadsheet. the problem is you can go too far, trying to manipulate too much data from too many spreadsheets.... all those linked tabs etc

at that point you should learn Access and maybe SQL to handle the mass of data

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nucumber t1_j6n5y0o wrote

Reply to comment by bigby2010 in LPT: You will not remember it later. Write it down now. by [deleted]

i wrote stuff down on a legal pad. i rarely left my desk without it because i would often be stopped and asked for something (i was the data and reports guy on a floor with several hundred people)

i crossed stuff out when done or add a short note if it was a work in progress and i had taken an action or was waiting for someone

every few days i would transfer all the open items to a new page with the date at the top, prioritizing as i did so.

i may not have been the best and brightest data and reports person but i would have to be asked for something only once, while others with jobs similar to mine who didn't write stuff would have to be reminded again and again

now, there were some people who would ask for stuff without thinking it through, or really needing it. i would ask them to send me an email request, and asking them to put that little bit of work into making their request often ended it.

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nucumber t1_j5k68hd wrote

Reply to LPT: A good financial habit to get into is treating money as hours of work. Ask yourself how many hours of work something would take if you buy it. The awareness of the amount of time you put into purchases helps reduce compulsive spending. by humvee911

here's another LPT in the same vein...

delay your purchase.

you might see a thingy and think "wow, it ain't cheap but i just gotta buy that thingy!"

hold up. wait a few days and cool down. think about whether you really need it and whether you can really afford it, and, like this LPT says, how many hours of work it will cost.

i've avoided the purchase of many thingies by delaying a few days, and it's surprising how i soon forget about the thingy

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nucumber t1_ir2iwl7 wrote

Reply to comment by goldendreamseeker in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

cleft palate

used to be fairly common, or at least not uncommon but now it's taken care of with surgery.

i'm an old fart (68) but back when I was a kid there was mean spirited snark about "hare lips" (the cleft palate lip gap looks like a rabbit's) but i wasn't sure what it was about bcuz i didn't know of anyone who had one.

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