Category Archives: 5S

The Application of the 5S system to the home

Cleaning the Sink

Posted on 14 April 2013 by RayMel

I have been given an enormous freedom: the freedom to dry my dishes with a drying towel and put them away immediately. Continue reading →

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Refrigerator Cleaning

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Fred Harris

So, it was time to tackle the fridge. It had finally got to the point that it was really bugging me.  (That is generally what’s required to get me moving on any cleaning project!)  When I started, I was really … Continue reading →

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Food Storage Solution

Posted on 23 May 2011 by RayMel

As a man who uses dishes (as well as wash them), I have been frustrated by the food storage containers that we have been using in our house for a while. Over the last thirteen years, we have been collecting … Continue reading →

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Plastic Bags

Posted on 23 May 2011 by RayMel

We all have them. Some of us would rather not use them, and some of us don’t care one way or another. Regardless of which camp you belong to, the plastic bag is easy to come by. I find that … Continue reading →

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Using Adobe Acrobat Pro to Bulk Add a Password to my PDFs

Posted on 5 May 2011 by RayMel

As I have been “Going Paperless” I have decided that I want to keep some of my scanned files under password protection. The problem is that I have been generating PDFs so fast with my new ScanSnap S1500. Traditionally with … Continue reading →

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