Random Thoughts or Whatever

[DesertRatt]

ta240's post is a good characterization of what matters..... Our loved ones, our friends, our pets, and the lives we interact with directly. That stuff is news. The other stuff is literally just gossip passed along on electrical signals to capture our eyes and ears for advertisers.

In the last year I lost a brother, a sister , and our little Barney dog. Makes all the "important news" just feel like a noisy wind.

 

[SolderIron]

Small things that are thorns on the side about forever.
1. The clear tapes are impossible to find the opening again. I end up taping an old plastic credit card on the cut off after use. One aggravation down.
2. Either can find the Phillip screwdriver or it' the wrong type. So, I wrap a masking tape on the top end of the Phillip handle and write a serial number. So far, I ran across 7 and taped. Can't solve the problem of not having one on hand every time, but at least I know a Phillip by sight.

 

[devnull]

Small things that are thorns on the side about forever.
1. The clear tapes are impossible to find the opening again. I end up taping an old plastic credit card on the cut off after use. One aggravation down.
2. Either can find the Phillip screwdriver or it' the wrong type. So, I wrap a masking tape on the top end of the Phillip handle and write a serial number. So far, I ran across 7 and taped. Can't solve the problem of not having one on hand every time, but at least I know a Phillip by sight.

I fold the end of the tape over on itself when I have a roll like that. That way there's a little tab showing where it is.

 

[SolderIron]

Small things that are thorns on the side about forever.
1. The clear tapes are impossible to find the opening again. I end up taping an old plastic credit card on the cut off after use. One aggravation down.
2. Either can find the Phillip screwdriver or it' the wrong type. So, I wrap a masking tape on the top end of the Phillip handle and write a serial number. So far, I ran across 7 and taped. Can't solve the problem of not having one on hand every time, but at least I know a Phillip by sight.

Then this afternoon while doing some electrical work in the garage, I decided to check the tool chests for Phillips. I got a handful to continue the tape and serial numbering. I am surprised to end up with S/N 18 . Can't understand why I can't find one when I need it .

 

[DesertRatt]

Ok, here's my beef on screwdrivers: Why are the handles so thin? Any goon among us knows that leverage rises with handle diameter. Gimme a 2" diameter handle!

My all time favorite was one I bought in 1980 called the Yankee Ball Ratchet. Wow! That thing had leverage. I only discovered recently that I lost it during our move.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

No idea what the proper reaction to these is.

 

[DesertRatt]

It occurs to me that fora, such as AK, is where folks can plant their own "sidewalk memorial bricks" for others to see perhaps decades after they have moved on to other worlds- cosmic or physical.

In maybe 2046, some one will search for an arcane sliver of information, and find a post by JOSEPH BLOW (RIP 2020), that will perfectly answer the question. Joe will get the remembrance long after his exit from the present, and the searcher will get the answer. Nice trade.

 

[cason]

Memorial brick or a tombstone?

 

[GordonW]

It occurs to me that fora, such as AK, is where folks can plant their own "sidewalk memorial bricks" for others to see perhaps decades after they have moved on to other worlds- cosmic or physical.

In maybe 2046, some one will search for an arcane sliver of information, and find a post by JOSEPH BLOW (RIP 2020), that will perfectly answer the question. Joe will get the remembrance long after his exit from the present, and the searcher will get the answer. Nice trade.

Pretty sure that may already be happening, for people like Kegger (RIP) and such.

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[DesertRatt]

I won't be posting today: GOLD FEVER!

 

[DesertRatt]

Pretty much most of life is inside one's head, right?

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Pretty much most of life is inside one's head, right?

That's hard to determine, at least for me. Is it really even possible to measure how much is inside and how much is outside? Then again, it seems like the danger of over thinking this is imminent.

 

[Swokie63]

Ok, here's my beef on screwdrivers: Why are the handles so thin? Any goon among us knows that leverage rises with handle diameter. Gimme a 2" diameter handle!

My all time favorite was one I bought in 1980 called the Yankee Ball Ratchet. Wow! That thing had leverage. I only discovered recently that I lost it during our move.

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Pretty much most of life is inside one's head, right?

Kinda full circle sometimes.. A dream, then an experience, then a memory..

 

[DesertRatt]

That's hard to determine, at least for me. Is it really even possible to measure how much is inside and how much is outside? Then again, it seems like the danger of over thinking this is imminent.

As far as the outside goes, we have pretty limited perception apparatus. Eyesight is good for a couple hundred yards of detail, hearing likewise limited range, touch and feel is really limited as is taste and smell.

Consider the size of earth - and it's 8 billion people - our perception isn't going to gather much input. But we think about stuff happening all over the world involving those billions of people and trillions of events. We construct a REALLY BIG story in our heads about all that, don't we?

 

[Quadman2]

Pretty much most of life is inside one's head, right?

Unless you think OUTSIDE the box.

Q

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Unless you think OUTSIDE the box.

Q

Last time I checked, my head wasn't a cube made of cardboard.

 

[Quadman2]

Last time I checked, my head wasn't a cube made of cardboard.

Was more intent on location of traditional thinking, not composition of grey matter, SjJ. My comment was towards DR's "take".

No slight intended. Your brain seems to work well as indicated by your level of communication/interaction.


All is cool.

Q

 

[DesertRatt]

The beauty of life being lived mostly in the head is that you're not stuck with popular interpretations, story lines, reports, or claims made by others for purely economic or control reasons. No matter how people believe humans walked on the moon, I haven't been able to prove it to myself.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Was more intent on location of traditional thinking, not composition of grey matter, SjJ. My comment was towards DR's "take".

No slight intended. Your brain seems to work well as indicated by your level of communication/interaction.


All is cool.

Q

I know, but my sense of humor has a will of its own.

 

[Quadman2]

The beauty of life being lived mostly in the head is that you're not stuck with popular interpretations, story lines, reports, or claims made by others for purely economic or control reasons. No matter how people believe humans walked on the moon, I haven't been able to prove it to myself.

Well you've never did the "Moonwalk" as did MJ?

It worked for him at the time.

Q