[nabs-l] Trays

Darian Smith dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Sun Jan 3 21:11:43 UTC 2010


Hi  Chelsea - Thanks,

 I normally get  my drink and then  just  find my seat after this.  I
have also put the  trey down at a seat and  simply remember where I
put  the  trey. I'll either orientate by how many tables I have to
travel to get to the drinks or  noise in the area.     An example of
this would be  if  you  hear people going into a refridgorator  and
then can pick up the  humming from  it and know it's  relation to you
as you  are sitting at your seat, you can  use this  to  find your way
back to your seat.
  hope that makes sense  and halps.
  Darian

On 1/3/10, Chelsea Cook <astrochem119 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   I agree with Darian on the tray points, and thank him for
> posting that Happy New Year sentiment! I liked it.
>   As to the tray: I usually employ Dave's first method.  This is
> how I do it, particularly if there are multiple items (warning:
> physics major side peeking out):
> Usually, I'll figure out what I have on the tray and try to
> conceptually determine its center of gravity (where everything is
> balanced), and try to achieve that as I move, making sure that
> not too many heavy things lean to one side.  Once I find that
> position, I usually hold my tray between non-cane arm and my
> body.  If I'm carrying a drink and it's not too difficult, I'll
> usually put the drink near the outer edge of the tray so my thumb
> can keep track of where it is.  The higher you hold on the cup,
> the more control you have over it.  If getting fast-food, I'll
> often ask for a to-go bag, even if I'm eating in.  That way, I
> can carry the drink securely and hold the bag between arm and
> body.  It makes life much easier.
> Question: When in a college cafeteria setting with a fountain
> drink machine, do you usually find a table, set stuff down, and
> then go get a drink? Not sure how effective this would be when
> eating alone.
> Chelsea
> "I ask you to look both ways.  For the road to a knowledge of the
> stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom
> has been reached through the stars."
> Sir Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (1882-1944), Stars
> and Atoms (1928), Lecture 1
>
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