Comment by ceejayoz
3 years ago
Yep. Every time I have to renew my Australian passport I have to buy a ream of A4 paper. Every time I forget where last time's ream was stored. I suspect someday I'll find thousands of sheets somewhere lost in my basement.
Deep within your subconscious memories is a series of you unloading A4 from your printer, thinking about where to best store it, finding 20 reams already there, stacking this one on top, and then promptly forgetting the location.
"I don't put things where I think they should go, I put them where I am likely to look for them" - Adam Savage
Here's a Q&A where he says something like this: https://youtu.be/og0yYQAN1JE?t=233
I really like this quote, but I can't find any reference to Adam Savage saying it.
Closest I can find is his concept of "First Order Retrievability"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyCrHLYiGNo
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I've been following this since I heard him say it a few years ago, and I try to impress this upon my family as well
I'd be better off putting them where I wouldn't look, that's probably where I'd look.
A4 is an antimemetic paper size
Periodically I buy things like Post-its because I can't find any--and then the next rare time when I really deep clean my office or attic, I find enough office supplies to open a stationary store.
I went the other way with it. Bought a ream of A4 and I use it for everything. I hope it causes chaos.
The trick is, next time you need it, make note of where you first look for it, and when your acquire more, put the newly acquired paper on the first spot you looked for the old stuff.
Ah, but now I need to figure out where to put the "remember to leave a note" note so I find it in 2026.
Leave it as a reply to this comment.
Wherever you store your passport of course.
Just buy a printer with two paper trays and reserve one for A4 paper. Problem solved!
Seems pretty heavy handed for something that happens at the cadence of Australian passport renewal (10 years in most cases). I believe I replace my printer at least that often.
Why doesn't renewing it online work? is there still a paper based component to it? I don't think I had that problem last time I renewed mine online.
Sounds like a PC LOAD LETTER issue.
PC LOAD A4, you mean.