# So how exactly am I supposed to use a daily tear-off calendar? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447 "2024-03-27T10:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/41 "2024-04-03T17:41:31Z")
Ooh. I love mini post-it notes. So…I’m your first customer for a tear off wrist wearable calendar. Add a light and it’ll be as popular as fidget spinners in 2 weeks. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/42 "2024-04-03T18:43:20Z")
I have one of these - well, sort of; it has a trivia question on the front, and the answer on the back. Each day, I tear off the previous day’s sheet to reveal the current day - the whole point of a daily calendar is to know what “today” is - then read what’s on the back of today’s page. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/43 "2024-04-03T19:08:17Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Calendar flipping must be turned into a precision art form. Not just for tear-off paper calendars. I know somebody with a calendar made of plastic cubes. It looks like the photo in this link: [https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/1042898479/wooden-block-perpetual-calendar-set-desk?ga\_order=most\_relevant&ga\_search\_type=all&ga\_view\_type=gallery&ga\_search\_query=cube+calendar&ref=sr\_gallery-1-4&content\_source=c8db8e324ea7416d8f78f57badbc97bd3ae538b6%253A1042898479&organic\_search\_click=1](https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/1042898479/wooden-block-perpetual-calendar-set-desk?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=cube+calendar&ref=sr_gallery-1-4&content_source=c8db8e324ea7416d8f78f57badbc97bd3ae538b6%253A1042898479&organic_search_click=1) For this guy, using such a calendar is truly a precision art. EVERY frickin’ day of his life, he has to rotate the cubes to the next day. And apparently, he has never failed. Every single time I see his desk, the cubes are correct. Why he bothers, well…I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/44 "2024-04-03T19:39:13Z")
Yes, we do accept pre-orders. $500 for our precision tear-off _WristCal_; $650 for one with a light; $1000 for our ruby encrusted model. Hey, it’s cheaper than a Rolex…even cheaper than a Rollex. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/45 "2024-04-03T19:51:58Z")
Gimme a minute. Gotta check under couch cushions. 👛 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/46 "2024-04-03T23:35:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ooh. I love mini post-it notes. So…I’m your first customer for a tear off wrist wearable calendar. I’m pretty sure that at one time 3M made a wrist-mounted Post-it dispenser. So a simple wristband with a built-in plastic holder that dispensed little Post-its. Not so different from the wrist-mounted pincushions seamstresses used to have. Current searches don’t find the thing, so I may be misremembering. This was long ago, back in the heyday of the paper-powered offices. But I’m sure you’d have loved this thing (if in fact it had ever existed). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/47 "2024-04-03T23:40:12Z")
Got one or two. \*\* They now have magnetic pincushion thingys. Those are fun. I love my doohickeys. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/48 "2024-04-04T19:07:49Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > > [@Tibby](#): > > > > Calendar flipping must be turned into a precision art form. > > Not just for tear-off paper calendars. > I know somebody with a calendar made of plastic cubes. > It looks like the photo in this link: > [https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/1042898479/wooden-block-perpetual-calendar-set-desk?ga\_order=most\_relevant&ga\_search\_type=all&ga\_view\_type=gallery&ga\_search\_query=cube+calendar&ref=sr\_gallery-1-4&content\_source=c8db8e324ea7416d8f78f57badbc97bd3ae538b6%253A1042898479&organic\_search\_click=1](https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/1042898479/wooden-block-perpetual-calendar-set-desk?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=cube+calendar&ref=sr_gallery-1-4&content_source=c8db8e324ea7416d8f78f57badbc97bd3ae538b6%253A1042898479&organic_search_click=1) > > For this guy, using such a calendar is truly a precision art. > EVERY frickin’ day of his life, he has to rotate the cubes to the next day. And apparently, he has never failed. Every single time I see his desk, the cubes are correct. > Why he bothers, well…I dunno. Note that this works only if the digits are in a typeface where the 6 can be turned over into a 9. It’s not _that_ difficult: One cube has 0,1,2,3,4,5, and the other has 0,1,2,6/9,7,8 Starting from 01, the two cubes switch places on the 6th, 10th, 16th, 20th, and 26th of each month, and on the 1st of the next month. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447/49 "2024-04-05T02:40:44Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > I don’t need instructions. I just noticed that there are different ways of using these calendars and was wondering how people do it. I’ve been enjoying this thread so thank you for starting it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-am-i-supposed-to-use-a-daily-tear-off-calendar/999447.md?page=2)