the ability to "leave well enough alone"

[PushingMyLuck]

Originally Posted by vash

I use a $150 flashlight. I researched for a month to buy it.

Which flashlight did you buy, and why? Maglite?

[vash]

Originally Posted by PushingMyLuck

Which flashlight did you buy, and why? Maglite?

I think maglite fell behind in technology. They sold a billion lights. But damn, they got left behind in a incandescent glow. Looks like they are stepping it up.

The flashlight I was mentioning was some Surefite tac light. Honestly, it is now outdated. But it is a great light. I night jog with it. And it goes traveling with me.


Sent via Jedi mind trick.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by look 171

My first "professional" employee shook my hand, thank me for the work and walked off into the sunset after 2 days of employment. I made a feeler gauge and ran it through all the cabinet doors he hung. When he saw that, he laughed and was never heard from again. I have since learn to calm down and chase after more important things. Still, they hate me hanging around the job site after 3-4 hours with nothing to do. I start checking siht. My guys have been with me for over 14-15 years, so they know what to except. I feel bad for em' sometimes.

Doode, we live in Los Angeles... on matter how perfect your cabinets, doors, windows are installed they will all be out of square in a year!

[Tobra]

The opposite of pretty good is perfect.

Originally Posted by scottmandue

I just bought ride hight adjustable coilovers of my Miata... Lord help me.

Installed new radio, power amp and door speakers in same Miata... preparing to tear everything apart for the third time to find the elusive best sound possible.

I could have saved you some time. Buy a different car, not a different stereo.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by look 171

When I hang casing (even paint grade) I always use a 3/16" block as a spacer. M guys think I am nuts. But its perfect every time, and sometimes is actually faster with this small stick.

I was once cutting a hole in a roof while working with a new guy. I had a sawzall and I cut one leg, then I turned and cut another, both by eye. Then the fellow said to me, ''Don't you want to use a square ?''. Well, I responded that it looked pretty square to me, but that he could check it if he wanted.

Well, it was perfectly straight on both sides, and perfectly square to boot. It was also 16''x24'', like a framing square. He looked at me with wide eyes, and said accusingly, ''YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE !''. Well no, I am ''just lucky'' on a very consistent basis. I honestly think that there is often an angel on my shoulder.

And I am inclined to listen. That doesn't mean I don't use gauges and fixtures from time to time, but I also use ''the force''. And I trust it.

If I had a bow that was accurate, and shot well, I would think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, it was set up EXACTLY the way it was intended to be. Maybe not intentionally, but maybe circumstantially, and Perfectly.

With Grace. The question is sometimes, can we accept that ?

[look 171]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Doode, we live in Los Angeles... on matter how perfect your cabinets, doors, windows are installed they will all be out of square in a year!

That's because you live in a rich area over looking the pac ocean where the ground is moving all the time. You must live in a good and well built house that's square. I only buy adj hinges to make me look good. Plus, I now only build sloppy out of square houses to compensate for that.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

I was once cutting a hole in a roof while working with a new guy. I had a sawzall and I cut one leg, then I turned and cut another, both by eye. Then the fellow said to me, ''Don't you want to use a square ?''. Well, I responded that it looked pretty square to me, but that he could check it if he wanted.

Well, it was perfectly straight on both sides, and perfectly square to boot. It was also 16''x24'', like a framing square. He looked at me with wide eyes, and said accusingly, ''YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE !''. Well no, I am ''just lucky'' on a very consistent basis. I honestly think that there is often an angel on my shoulder.

And I am inclined to listen. That doesn't mean I don't use gauges and fixtures from time to time, but I also use ''the force''. And I trust it.

If I had a bow that was accurate, and shot well, I would think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, it was set up EXACTLY the way it was intended to be. Maybe not intentionally, but maybe circumstantially, and Perfectly.

With Grace. The question is sometimes, can we accept that ?

You dirty dog. You cut along the rafter to mess with the new guy. That's funny, plus you are damn good I bet.

[sc_rufctr]

As you get older this affliction gets weaker