What do you have on your desk? I have a slightly cluttered desk: My computer, of course, two calculators (one has a converter function, so I keep it just for that, the other has a big clear screen so I use that for most other purposes). I have a stapler, two multitools, a pair of pliers, two mugs full of pens, pencils, highlighters and so on. One of the mugs is interesting: At one of the early Macau Grand Prix, 1959 I think, my father was the Clerk of the Course and also acted as a marshal. A car overturned in front of his marshalling point and the driver was trapped underneath it – it was an open, home-built hot rod. Fuel was dripping from the car and the engine had remained running – a potentially disastrous combination. My Dad got to the car first and was able to reach in and switch off the ignition and then his team rolled the car onto its side and freed the driver. The driver, an American, was so grateful that he bought the family a set of five tankards – two big ones with the names of my parents on them and three small ones for me and my two brothers.
But, I digress; a tape measure, two rulers, a digital camera, in and out trays (both full), two PL259 connectors and an almost completely used roll of gaffer tape.
Oh, and my paperweight is an 18 year old Metz antenna coil – still in perfect working order but now retired after 17 years before the mast.
I wonder what my desk says about me.
