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PATAX
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April 18, 2024
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The cheap office

  • April 18, 2024
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Found some old paper clips and they were much stronger than the ones they sell now. I have at least a half dozen mechanical pencils here on my desk that don't work properly, some of them never worked. May have to go back to the old wooden pencil if my last good one here gives out. And then there is the accounting column paper, try taking one out of the columnar pad without getting the edge all jagged and ripped up. And the lamp on my desk, I'm waiting for the switch to go, as my experience is they don't last long. I have an old antique lamp probably over 100 years old and still the original switch. Back to work now.

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Best answer by IRonMaN

"I have an old antique lamp probably over 100 years old"

Based on that post, you sound like someone that is close to being as old as that lamp 😜

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IRonMaN
IRonMaNAnswer
Level 15
April 18, 2024

"I have an old antique lamp probably over 100 years old"

Based on that post, you sound like someone that is close to being as old as that lamp 😜

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PATAX
PATAXAuthor
Level 12
April 18, 2024

@IRonMaN 👍 lamp has Greco-Roman figures around it. Maybe I'll take it to the Antique Roadshow, and the proceeds I can use to update my office.

IRonMaN
Level 15
April 18, 2024

I would like to help in determining its value, but my knowledge of Greo-Roman is limited to a type of wrestling, not a type of lamp.

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qbteachmt
Level 15
April 18, 2024

Based on the title, I thought you meant Cheap. It seems you are discussing BIFL = buy it for life.

Cheap Office is my office. Nearly every pen, ruler, pencil, eraser, etc is branded; they're all give-aways. And I have one of those really old brass lamps with a toga-wrapped child Cupid on it, that was storage booty. We used to run self-storage units seasonally, and everyone ever associated with that operation has storage booty in the house. The laptop used only for Quicken is from my dead father.

If it ain't free, it had better be cheap. My favorite item is a travel mug I got at Goodwill. In the Intuit QB book I used to teach, there was a customer in the lessons = Melton Dental Office. I found a metal insulated tall mug at GW that is a local provider: Felton Dental Office. I love it.

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PATAXAuthor
Level 12
April 18, 2024

@qbteachmt 👍👍👍 I have a few freebies too from clients, broker, Etc I try to buy quality American made products but unfortunately there are some items that you just can't find. So now we're left with buying foreign cheap stuff that is half the price. But the American products used to last four times longer.

IRonMaN
Level 15
April 26, 2024

I hope everyone realizes that if this post is still floating around on the internet in a few years, some kid is going to find this and ask his parents - "what's a pencil?".

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