Lyle, I am the same way. I never thought about the clipboard mouse pad=20 idea. I'll keep that in mind. I have a couple of different pads at hand.=20 When they have the notebook sales at the start and the end of the school=20 season I'll buy several at one time. Sometimes I'll tear a page out and=20 toss it but that doesn't happen very often. Thanks, rich! On 2/13/2016 7:46 PM, Lyle Hazelwood wrote: > I have a very nice, hand made clipboard. It holds a legal pad that > doubles as a mouse pad. > Most pages are not ripped out, simply turned. There is always a supply > to replenish. > Using it as a mouse pad keeps it close at hand. Forcing myself to no > more than one page of notes at a time helps me to reduce complex > problems into simpler ones. > I keep all the old ones, though I can't recall ever going back through > them for anything. > If I were truly organized I'd have the start and end date, and perhaps > the projects touched during that time. I am not that organized. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .