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  • cabinetman
    Gone but not Forgotten RIP
    • Jun 2006
    • 15216
    • So. Florida
    • Delta

    You're Hooked On Woodworking If/When...

    Thought I'd give you all a chance to come up with what traits can be attributed to die hard woodworkers. Got them numbered in case anyone wants to add on.

    No. 1: Take your keys out of your pocket and they're in a handful of sawdust.

    No. 2: Watch a movie and notice all the woodworking.

    No. 3: Someone says they bought a new house, you ask "What are the cabinets like?"

    No. 4: You have to force yourself to throw away wood scraps.

    No. 5: You carry bandaids everywhere you go.

    No. 6: You venture to the grocery store or the bank and still have a tape measure on your belt.

    No. 7: You venture to the grocery store or the bank and still have sawdust all over your head.

    No. 8: You get a great idea that for hard to wake up woodworkers, to invent an alarm clock that sounds like a router.

    No. 9: You're out to dinner and look under the table to see how it's made.

    No. 10: Watch New Yankee Workshop and tap your foot to the music.

    These are just an idea. List some if you come up with any.



    A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER - John Keats
  • Stan
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 966
    • Kalispell, MT, USA.
    • BT3100, Delta 36-717

    #2
    11. Your idea of 'getting cleaned up for dinner' consistes of a short session with the air hose.

    12. You pass by a stack of pallets alongside a building -- and turn around to go check for a 'free pallets' sign. If no sign, start thinking about a midnight requisition.

    13. You walk around for 2 weeks with a router bit in your jacket pocket, so's you will know exactly where it is when you need it.

    14. When you take the significant other out to dinner, and you go to sign a check -- you reach towards your ear for the pencil that still feels like it is there.
    From the NW corner of Montana.
    http://www.elksigndesigns.com

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    • siliconbauhaus
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2006
      • 925
      • hagerstown, md

      #3
      Originally posted by Stan
      14. When you take the significant other out to dinner, and you go to sign a check -- you reach towards your ear for the pencil that still feels like it is there.
      hahahaahah too funny
      パトリック
      daiku woodworking
      ^deshi^
      neoshed

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      • bigdaddyjohn
        Established Member
        • Jan 2006
        • 129
        • Fort Wayne, IN.
        • Jet 10" Contractor

        #4
        I must be hooked. I scored 10/14. Could have scored less with the band aid one but, I'm a paramedic by trade. I always have some kind of bandages with me.

        LoL

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        • crokett
          The Full Monte
          • Jan 2003
          • 10627
          • Mebane, NC, USA.
          • Ryobi BT3000

          #5
          I'm a goner. I scored 12 of 14.
          David

          The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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          • lrr
            Established Member
            • Apr 2006
            • 380
            • Fort Collins, Colorado
            • Ryobi BT-3100

            #6
            You fill out the Rockler PowerMatic Sweepstakes entry every day ...

            Lee

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            • cabinetman
              Gone but not Forgotten RIP
              • Jun 2006
              • 15216
              • So. Florida
              • Delta

              #7
              No. 16: You look at the trees in the yard and try to decide which part would be best for your next project.

              No. 17: Try to convince your better half that certain furniture should be replaced with "custom" pieces.

              No. 18: Your "cleaning up" after a day in the shop is blowing off with an air hose.

              No. 19: Your're reporting for dinner is late due to being in the "middle of a project".

              No. 20: Your nighttime dreams have transformed from being rich and famous into new woodworking projects.



              A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER - John Keats

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              • softop41
                Established Member
                • Jul 2004
                • 470
                • Plainfield, IL, USA.
                • BT3100-1

                #8
                21. You wake up at 3:00 - 5:00 AM with a solution to a problem in the shop and can't quit thinking about it and go back to sleep.
                Last edited by softop41; 01-07-2007, 07:02 AM. Reason: typing early in the morning - see above :)
                Jerry
                Making High Quality Sawdust in Northeast Plainfield

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                • Slik Geek
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 675
                  • Lake County, Illinois
                  • Ryobi BT-3000

                  #9
                  No. 22: Your first thought when you awake in the morning is, "Hey I should get up and see if there are any interesting postings on BT3Central!"

                  No. 23: You gladly agree to go shopping with the wife as long as you'll be within walking distance of a woodworking store.

                  No. 24: When you sit in a chair with wood arms, you examine them to see if they are quarter, rift, or flat sawn.

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                  • JSCOOK
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 774
                    • Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
                    • Ryobi BT3100-1

                    #10
                    25) Stop by all Estate Garage Sales or Auctions in the neighborhood to see what old hand tools can be scored ...

                    26) Wife complains that the clothes washer is not working properly ... only to find the pump plugged with chips & saw dust (DAMHIK)
                    Last edited by JSCOOK; 01-07-2007, 07:03 PM.
                    "Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn". by C.S. Lewis

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                    • Stormbringer
                      Veteran Member
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 1387
                      • Floral Park, NY
                      • Bosch 4000

                      #11
                      27) You hope for a hurricane to take down your neighbors Oak across the road so you can get first dibs.
                      Last edited by Stormbringer; 01-07-2007, 10:13 AM.

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                      • cabinetman
                        Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 15216
                        • So. Florida
                        • Delta

                        #12
                        No. 28: You see furniture on a junkpile as a refinishing challenge.

                        N0. 29: Acquiring a tool collection is more important than acquiring an investment portfolio.

                        No. 30: Purchases for the house are looked at as what tools could be bought.

                        No. 31: You always turn family gatherings into tool discussions.

                        No. 32. It's more important to know what tools your daughters' new boyfriend has than if he's got a criminal record.



                        A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER - John Keats

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                        • Pappy
                          The Full Monte
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 10453
                          • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                          • BT3000 (x2)

                          #13
                          Guilty on 28 or 32 so far.

                          21. Nothing wakes me before 5 am

                          26. Never tried that one

                          27. Don't live in hurricane country...tornados/high winds, maybe

                          32. No daughter and the granddaughter isn't old enough to worry about yet
                          Don, aka Pappy,

                          Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                          Fools because they have to say something.
                          Plato

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                          • LinuxRandal
                            Veteran Member
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 4889
                            • Independence, MO, USA.
                            • bt3100

                            #14
                            Still wanna make one GIANT list

                            http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=24466
                            She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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                            • Pappy
                              The Full Monte
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 10453
                              • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                              • BT3000 (x2)

                              #15
                              33. You have at least one tape measure in the house, shop, your vehicle, and your spuse's vehicle just in case you need it.

                              34. You have copies of the Stanley Dating Flow Chart by the computer and in all your vehicles in cse you run across an interesting plane.

                              Now at 30 of 34!
                              Don, aka Pappy,

                              Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                              Fools because they have to say something.
                              Plato

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