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| Post 1 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 11:12 |
Dawn Gordon Luks Founding Member |
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| Post 2 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 11:54 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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So true. Every work site is a Schrödinger situation. This is why I have/don't have five tape measures.
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 3 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 12:33 |
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Perhaps one should arrive at a job site with a case of tape measures and scatter them about before starting work.
Or, a high tech unit could respond to a "find my remote" type of inquiry.
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| Post 4 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 13:41 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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+10 points for using the technical-sounding and professional "one should."
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 5 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 14:20 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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I used to go through prodigious quantities of Stanley 3/4" 16' steel housing tape measures.
I would use them to fish wires; with the Stanley's, you could remove the blade from the housing. You obviously could tell how far you were. You could tape a wet noodle on for pulling back. You could attach a tone generator to find where to drill up from below.
And you could lose dozens a year...
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| Post 6 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 14:37 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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Fred,
I found a tape measure on top of a T bar ceiling during an installation. Instantly I was thinking "The Attic Gods have left me a gift!"
It was not to be.
The tape went down the wall, ten feet. That's how high the ceiling was. It was stuck.
I spent about five minutes tweaking and rattling and pushing and pulling the tape but it refused to budge. I had to leave it for the next guy. That was disappointing.
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 7 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 18:01 |
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On April 18, 2019 at 11:12, Dawn Gordon Luks said...
Find your glasses, find everything else. They're with your glasses.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 8 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 18:02 |
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On April 18, 2019 at 13:41, Ernie Gilman said...
+10 points for using the technical-sounding and professional "one should." -500 points for starting the question with "Well, can't you just...?".
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 9 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 18:14 |
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If my tape goes into hiding, I'll go to the beat up back up unit until such time as the nice one shows itself.
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| Post 10 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 19:19 |
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When my tape was missing, I knew I could always find it in my boos’s van. The words “don’t walk off with that” was a foreign language to him.
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Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.
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| Post 11 made on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 21:13 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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On April 18, 2019 at 18:02, highfigh said...
-500 points for starting the question with "Well, can't you just...?". Where and when did that happen?
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 12 made on Friday April 19, 2019 at 09:14 |
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On April 18, 2019 at 21:13, Ernie Gilman said...
Where and when did that happen? You never hear that?
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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| Post 13 made on Friday April 19, 2019 at 11:49 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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Yes, I've heard it. But are you saying I start posts that way? Nope, quite the opposite.
I have been saying for decades, more or less word for word, "whenever I see the words "just" or "simply," I know that the writer (or person speaking) is about to omit seventeen facts crucial to the success of the subject."
So no, I don't say "can't you just...."
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 14 made on Friday April 19, 2019 at 16:15 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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and that's why I went through prodigious quantities....
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| Post 15 made on Saturday April 20, 2019 at 09:52 |
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On April 19, 2019 at 11:49, Ernie Gilman said...
Yes, I've heard it. But are you saying I start posts that way? Nope, quite the opposite.
I have been saying for decades, more or less word for word, "whenever I see the words "just" or "simply," I know that the writer (or person speaking) is about to omit seventeen facts crucial to the success of the subject."
So no, I don't say "can't you just...." It's not all about you.
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My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." |
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