It's useful to carry a pocket notepad with you sometimes, but you end up writing notes on all those teeny pieces of paper.

I'd like a pocket notepad that has fewer sheets, but where each sheet folds out to make an 8 1/2 x 11-inch piece of paper. Letter-sized pages which are folded twice vertically (horizontally) and then once horizontally (vertically) will fit perfectly inside a pocket notebook.

A combination notebook containing some pages of each size would also be useful; for example, in places where there's no backboard to write on the big sheets with.
-- phundug, Jul 05 2006

I once saw a pad that concertinaed (so the paper was long and thin, rather than letter sized).
-- DrCurry, Jul 05 2006


but little pieces of paper look less ridiculus when you try to unfold them after jamming them in your pocket. i have issues with even simple maps, but i have big enough pockets to carry small pieces of paper.

also, 8 1/2 by 11 paper has always seemed to be an irritating size anyway. i like the index cards for notes and jottings. i admit that my desk is awash with slips of paper though.
-- tcarson, Jul 06 2006


+ Postitgami.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 06 2006


If the notepad unfolded to contain two large sheets attached at all edges, one could unfold it very quickly by inflating it like a balloon. This approach would be good for maps too.
-- bungston, Jul 06 2006



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