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Gibberings CLXXXIII - Christmas Trees are for presents,not masturbating under. IMO..

deafening noises
empty rumbling stomach is
loud for it claims food

(haiku alibi)
 
Hello cunts

I have been far too sober recently and am about to buy some cocaine. Overdraft you say? Not really my money you say? Fuck it all I say. People are cunts and after using every day+ about a month ago and after being treated like shit I deserve to go off the rails for a bit.

<3 good evening sexy peeps (save one cunt) :P
 
felix said:
I don't think laziness has anything to do with it.
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Laziness, along with impatience and hubris, is a virtue. It's what keeps us from doing the same thing over and over again, by persuading us to get a machine to do it for us and so free up time for more important things. Even before powerdrivers became popular, professionals were using pump-action screwdrivers for their time- wrist-saving benefits.

Power tools open up constructional possibilities that wouldn't exist in a world of just hand tools. For instance, you can spend about five minutes adjusting the depth gauge and fence on a router just right to cut a groove, dead along the centre line of a particular sized piece of timber and exactly equal to its own width; two passes along each piece later, you have the makings of a shelving unit (use two short pieces as the ends of each shelf, with ungrooved lengths inserted between the grooves to form the slats; then four longer lengths for the uprights, with the shelf ends in their grooves). It will all be a good enough interference fit to stay in place by itself while you finish off by powerdriving modern twin-thread, pre-lubricated, self-drilling and self-countersinking woodscrews right into the end grain.

You just wouldn't build that kind of shelving unit using hand tools alone. The nearest equivalent might be to mortise-and-tenon each piece into place, and tap in wedges to expand the ends.
felix said:
Plus it feels very nice in the hand. ;)
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That is the mark of a good tool. You shouldn't even know you are using a tool, if it's a good one.
 
Julie, you are the poet singing the sentiments of a generation of engineers. And carpenters.

I remember when i was younger and i was reading all this (pop) science and technology magazines, better world through computers/robots/etc.

Trouble with lazyness is that it makes some create tools to make life easy while others just do nothing.
 
Wasn't it Bill Gates who once stated it's better to hire a lazy person, as they will find the easiest possible way to complete the task at hand?

Also, bonjour EADD!
 
hmm...
i just know i dont personally like working with lazy people. sure, they know how to find the easiest ways, but that mainly includes them not working and leaving stuff for others to pick up.... if i work with someone who does their job on time, we re both home in time for tea. if i work with a lazy person, i either end up working late, working more, or with more slack at the end of the month.

slept like a log. dreamt of delicious food and good sex.
and being lost on an island, similar to the show "Lost" but with more mud for some reason. also, was tied at the hand to a sexy vixen. a sexy virgin vixen. who wanted nothing more than to return a woman from the muddy jungle....
 
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BecomingJulie said:
Laziness, along with impatience and hubris, is a virtue. It's what keeps us from doing the same thing over and over again, by persuading us to get a machine to do it for us and so free up time for more important things. Even before powerdrivers became popular, professionals were using pump-action screwdrivers for their time- wrist-saving benefits.

Power tools open up constructional possibilities that wouldn't exist in a world of just hand tools. For instance, you can spend about five minutes adjusting the depth gauge and fence on a router just right to cut a groove, dead along the centre line of a particular sized piece of timber and exactly equal to its own width; two passes along each piece later, you have the makings of a shelving unit (use two short pieces as the ends of each shelf, with ungrooved lengths inserted between the grooves to form the slats; then four longer lengths for the uprights, with the shelf ends in their grooves). It will all be a good enough interference fit to stay in place by itself while you finish off by powerdriving modern twin-thread, pre-lubricated, self-drilling and self-countersinking woodscrews right into the end grain.

You just wouldn't build that kind of shelving unit using hand tools alone. The nearest equivalent might be to mortise-and-tenon each piece into place, and tap in wedges to expand the ends.
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As an amateur woodworker, that was ridiculously enjoyable (and somehow soothing) to read. :D

BecomingJulie said:
That is the mark of a good tool. You shouldn't even know you are using a tool, if it's a good one.
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Definitely. The first thing that came to mind when I read that was this: my beloved, car boot sale Robert Sorby screwdriver. It is ancient, needs a bit of restoration (again), but is perfect:

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BTW, I also got one of these as part of the same haul:

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Haha, same here actually. The Millers Falls is an old American classic, which isn't really for using, but for hanging proudly on a workshop wall.

ColtDan said:
Parents had a similar drill and screw driver around somewhere
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What a charming anecdote, Dan. Thanks for sharing. :D
 
felix said:
As an amateur woodworker, that was ridiculously enjoyable (and somehow soothing) to read. :D



Definitely. The first thing that came to mind when I read that was this: my beloved, car boot sale Robert Sorby screwdriver. It is ancient, needs a bit of restoration (again), but is perfect:

YMNIwIB.jpg


BTW, I also got one of these as part of the same haul:

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Practical
 
I used to work as a joiner/carpenter for a little while so this thread is making me quite nostalgic.
Will go into the workshop and take some pictures of my old tools tomorrow.
:)
 
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