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8>On 18 May 2016, "Dave Plowman (News)" grunted:
You're missing the 'recurring' point... I set up my bin reminders in the year 2000 IIRC, and they are still in my calendar for decades to come, ie hopefully long after I've ceased being interested in emptying bins of any colour :)
From my experience..... you are a very typical woman don't worry. A man can handle methodical shit like that. It's how our brains function. One thing at a time, in order and with a degree of accuracy and regularity and completion (liker being able to differentiate between plastic, paper/card and glass when it comes to the recycling bins! ) All the non-ordered, occasional and more important things like a dentist appointments, the random telephone call to check up on an elderly relative, birthdays and so on, we are ably assisted by the gentle reminder, and subsequent 10 minute reminders until task has been performed from the good lady of the house.
This might sound sexist but.... Women are great at cleaning, dusting, vacuuming etc because they can carry on processing the million other thoughts, problems and plans in their head whereas for a man that stuff (cleaning etc) is more like an exercise in meditation where our brains can switch off or at least come to a solution for the one SINGLE problem relating to completion of the NEXT single task to be performed.
Well.... that's how it works for me at least but I'm sure I'm not the exception to the rule.
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FreeBSD has a built in (cron based) calendar that I use for a number of things. But I also use Google Calendar (as stated); one useful bit is that one calendar (it can merge several) is a Family one. SWMBO puts (inter alia) the Ocado delivery time on it each week (as it varies). And of course it saves me carrying a paper calendar round with me, as it all pops up on the mobile.
Another +1 for Google Calendar. There's a lot of flexibility in "custom" notifications. I love the way I can access it on my phone, my tablets, or *any* connected computer, even on client IT systems.
Also great for sharing events with the wife.
"But I *told* you about this."
"But it's not in calendar."
I wish it had been available ~ 15 years ago when my mother was succumbing to Alzheimers'. Effectively, you can put events with reminders in someone else's calendar. I reckon properly set up Android tablets and/or phones are within the capability of most elderly people now. I am certainly hoping that my wife and/or children will do it for me when the time comes.
Exactly.
Until 3 or 4 years ago we did this with a Sasco year planner on the landing!
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Phone her.
In message , Lobster writes
Habit. I'm in the habit of adding stuff to the calendar, and checking the calendar. I'm not in the habit of looking at the phone. Just charged and used the phone whilst away from home, which is the first time I've used the phone since last away from home, in October last year.
Our local authority actually provides a calendar personalised for each area, with all collections shown and colour coded. This includes changes around bank holidays, and no green bin collection around Christmas.
Chris
domestic freezers certainly aren't capable of that.
NT
Practice. Paper with jobs listed on.
And we're not so clueless as to believe this is research, or that there's a nything innovative about it, or that you who can't solve your own problem i s going to solve everyone else's.
NT
So does ours. But it is immediately transferred into Google Calendar (colour codes and all) so that everyuthing is in one place.
The fact that my Missus and her Australian rellies will insist on sending each other bloody calenders for Christmas that's what.
I should be used to it by now but I still look at the one she has put up and go WTF, what bank holiday is that i've planned to do something on before noticing it is something like Picnic day in the Northern Territory . 1st of August if anyone wants to take a flask, blanket and some sandwiches.
G.Harman
My bin collection days seem to change quite regaularly then there's back holidays when it changes again. But luckliy we aren't supposed to put the bins out anyway.
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