Stupid "Ashtray" Trick: Desk organization - Butter tray

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Mammal

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I was being a Person of Wal-Mart the other day when I stumbled across a $2 plastic butter dish, not unlike this one: Butter dish (JH20023),Wholesale China

Since I have totally failed at not smorking ("vaping") at my desk, the occasional drips and bottles of juice have always added to the mess. The 'top' of this, inverted, can hold at least 4 or 5 30ml Johnson Creek bottles, with room to flop a battery and a couple small Dekang bottles (and probably to hang the ubiquitous paperclip tool over the side, so the drippy end stays 'in,' but I'm still figuring out how to overcome gravity on that one). Then the tray serves as... a tray, upon which one could rest 4 or 5 assembled pieces, plus another 4 901 atomizers -- I might have it upside-down, but it's the perfect dimension for a 901 + cartridge across the short way.

So no more little spots in front of the keyboard from where a fresh-filled cartridge inevitably drips (the 'squeeze-out' when there's a drop on the outside going into a 510/901-type atomizer), and things look a little more organized and classy.

The only disappointment is that this particular one is rippled on the outside only, not the inside - I was looking forward to something I could prop a piece cartridge-down in and avoid any risk of 'idle flooding', but I suppose I could still do that between the bottles if I wanted. Still, it's not like this is the only cheap plastic butter dish in the world, so look around your local cheap-plastic-goods retailer of choice!

If you only used the JC 3ml bottles, you could even keep those on the tray and use the dish in conventional configuration as a 'dust cover.'
 
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