So yesterday when it came time to clean my stuff out of the lab, I packed up my special ruler, my books (not shown), my crossword-doing pencils, and just about everything else that might come in handy in my new non-lab life (including the speaking timer). I threw out (recycled) piles of papers from my library, and I organized my notebooks in case anyone ever has to look in them. But I left the tape.
No, it wasn't sad to pack up. (People keep asking me that.) I haven't really been in the lab much since March or April, so I've had plenty of time to get used to not being there. I miss my friends, but I don't miss doing experiments or actually being in the lab. And I can still see my friends, so.... I probably won't enjoy seeing someone else working at my bench or my desk. But whatever. So it goes.
The green tape is intriguing. Glad you are not sad about leaving the lab. If you go to visit your friends just run fast past your old desk and look the other way.
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Hah- that's probably a good way to think of the left-behind tape: as an instruction manual for whoever takes over. "In case you have a special ruler, here's where it should go. And the timer is most useful in this position."
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