Pull them off? Not only could I pull them off, my aim’s still good enough to make my target say “Ow” when I throw 'em, thanks for your concern. What, are you looking for a job or something? If ever I think I need a Spectacles Valet Monkey, you’ll be the first one I call.
Small enough to keep out of YOUR business.
No, no, and no. And whatever this “image” is supposed to be, with an inventory like that it must suck and who needs it. “Image” … if I want an image I’ll go buy a dashboard Jesus.
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Yeah, normally I’d consider going with the really bright yellow idea, but it’s a wedding. Not good form to compete with the bride…
I had to look that one up, being a rag-shod barbarian peasant from the flat lands where PVC is so novel it’s valued as a semiprecious stone. And I’m envious: back in the day we were so primitive that if we wanted a float, we had only tumblers. Drab.
Some fisherman thought that one up. That there’s just a glorified bobber.
At least a year ago, maybe more, I went to having an old fashioned wooden desk at work to being in a cubicle. I knew when I lost my desk that I would miss this feature and I still miss this feature. I want my pull out cutting board type things that were great for signing papers on. Do they make this as an add on accesory for cubicles?
Gosh, I read this slowly twice and still have no clue as what you are talking about. Cubicle desks? Desks in cubicles? Cutting boards for signing papers on desks in cubicles (in offices I suppose)?
Hans, many of the ancient (institutional typewriter days) desks had pullouts that were nothing more than a ledge. I’ve one downstairs that has them on either side (above the usual drawers). It is, ah, difficult to access the drawer with it extended therefore when there isn’t any more flat area on the desk you can pull one out and us it to write on (mine is sturdy enough for a typewriter).
Since you’ve lost the ability to get to yer snacks while it’s open, it usually isn’t.
Here, one of the more proper terms is “pull out writing shelf”. In this picture, it’s the shelf the eyeglasses are sitting on. That shelf pulls way out, almost as deep as the desk.
And with a laptop computer, the keyboard tray is totally worthless except if you need something to block space under the desk. Then, it’s pretty handy.
No, but I did keep the pull-out shelves because I knew they were going to sell the desk at surplus for $50. We use the shelves as trivets at our luncheons. I also pried the pencil tray out of the middle drawer and have that on top of my cubicle countertop.
Thanks guys, I feel truly educated, both in my English and in office furnishings.
Perhaps this is the ugly modern alternative:
The metal runners screw into the desktop from underneath.
I imagine you still have desk surfaces in your cubicles, only sturdy oak is replaced by laminated chipboard?
That is indeed butt ugly and has none of the charm of a nice piece of wood but I’m going to measure and see if this or something else is available that works.
Didn’t old office furniture in your country have these? Didn’t your school teacher’s desk have these? Where did your teacher keep her demerit list?
I’ve never worked in an office environment, cubic, spheric or otherwise. and my old schools teacher’s desks were pretty modern for the time, certainly no pull-out shelves.
It occurred to me that you can buy those sliding rails separate, probably in a DIY store, kitchen department. Then you could fit your old oak pull-out shelves to them.
Jeepers! Pull-out slides are available in just about any configuration a person could need to create a perfectly ugly or perfectly attractive writing surface. Rockler, Woodcraft, Lee Valley, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Menards, Fleet Farm, Ace Hardware…
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