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   forestgirl | Apr 13, 2004 09:14pm | #1

   "It was like routing wood on a waterbed."   ROFL!!!!!

   Here's the link, for those who don't want to search:
   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2389286139

   It is too funny.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

   
   

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   Edited 4/13/2004 2:15 pm ET by forestgirl

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   RANGERP75R | Apr 14, 2004 05:31pm | #2

   Benny

      Thats funny! What really amazes me is the guy is a professed engineer by trade. He went to HD and saw, inspected and still bought it and now is joking about how poorly it's engineered.

      I hope he doesn't work for GM and I'm riding in something he designed. I would have to do some second-guessing and might be looking to trade. ha.. ha...

   Regards...

   sarge..jt

   Proud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   forestgirl | Apr 14, 2004 07:19pm | #3

   That's not the first time I've seen serious thought inconsistencies in an engineer (take a guess, LOL!).  I think it has something to do with the combination of being frugal-in-the-extreme and being an engineer.  They can be compulsive perfectionists when designing on the job, and nothing but penny-pinching when it comes to buying something for personal use.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   DougF | Apr 14, 2004 07:36pm | #4

   You're both right regarding engineers but it does provide for great comic relief.

   Doug

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   TomFerreira | Apr 15, 2004 04:41am | #6

   Wow FG that describes me to a tee!

   TDF

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   RANGERP75R | Apr 15, 2004 05:23pm | #7

   FG

      I suppose your right and you should know first hand! One of my two best friends is a mchanical engineer (was, he passed Feb. 28th at 57 from a bout with cancer). He is the one that re-deigned the guts of my Ryobi BT3000. Quite a brilliant mechanical disigner and enterpreneur, but you didn't ask him to hook up a set of jumper-cables on a car unless you enjoy sparks... ha.. ha...

   Regards...

   sarge..jtProud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   AngeloD3 | Apr 15, 2004 03:07am | #5

   Sarge

   What is really funny is the guy that sent me this is a senior software engineer (my son). The software he works on is not allowed to crash or they could be talking to the CEO of the company not like M$ stuff or that router table. I thought everyone would get a good laugh at that thread.

   Sometimes we need to lighten-up ha ha

   Goofing off tonight.

   Benny

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   RANGERP75R | Apr 15, 2004 05:38pm | #8

   Benny

      It was a good laugh and and I think we all do dumb things knowing better on occasion. The really funny part is he was willing to admit it to a wide audience and laugh at himself. At that price I would have garbage canned it and hid all eveidence that it ever happened, including going back to the store and paying the employee's to say I was never there the day it was purchased.  If my wife found out I did something stupid like that she would use it to embarass me for years to come.

      Now, I would never embarass her with say her sense of direction. She can walk out of the grocery store and if she parked to the left of the door, she will walk to the right. That's after she had to print out a map on MapQuest to get to the grocery store in the first place as we live 3 blocks away.

      Yep, women have no respect for a man's fragile ego. he....

   :>)

   sarge..jtProud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   forestgirl | Apr 16, 2004 05:14am | #9

   "If my wife found out I did something stupid like that she would use it to embarass me for years to come."   Awwwwwwww.  ROFL!!!!  I try not to do that too much, but there's one story I'll tell anytime I get a relevant opportunity:  it's about the time Nick and I were at a High School Jazz concert/spaghetti dinner, and he mistook the Parmesan cheese for coffee "creamer."    HEEEEEE HEEEEEE HEEEEEE, it was so funny!!!!

   I can fully identify with your wife's problem with direction.  I am hopelessly cursed in that respect.  Once (1972 or so) was riding my Honda 350 up the coast of California on Hwy. 1 and couldn't figure out if I was going north or south.  The little tidbit about the ocean being on my left escaped me!!  Sheesh.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   RANGERP75R | Apr 16, 2004 06:32pm | #10

   FG

      Parmesan cheese!  he.. he... Being quick-witted, I would have covered my hinny immediately with "haven't you ever tried Italian coffee? It's great"! Then I would have sipped the whole cup pretending to enjoy. Throwing up could come latter as I am also disciplined. ha.. ha...

      We kid constantly. Well I kid constantly. Rarely does she catch me in a stupid move. So when she does, it it recorded in the female phyche and returns to haunt me.

      I rarely get rattled, but I could not find my car keys one morning as I had to go to work. I have a knack for detail and traced back all the steps I took from when I had them last. That usually will locate something. No luck.. I got a little hacked and that kept spiraling as I re-traced and did not leave a stone un-turned. Still no luck..

      I was as puzzled as puzzled could be and started for the phone to call work to let them know I would be late. That's when she noticed "my keys" in my left hand. My quick reply was I'm "right-handed" as I went through 2 sheet-rock walls to exit the house murmuring something to the effect of "I'll never be back" as she was laughing so hard.

      And I never did return. Well, till I got hungry that evening anyway! I don't care for fast food or "quickies". he.. he...

      It just goes to show that women are just vicious! ... :>)

   Regards for a lovely day... 78 degress in Atlanta

   sarge..jtProud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   forestgirl | Apr 18, 2004 08:27pm | #11

   "My quick reply was I'm 'right-handed'"   Tooooo funny!  ROFL!!!!

   There are two things that Nick razzes me about:  losing keys, and my penchant for running the gas tank "on fumes."  I love it when he forgets his keys, and he's the one who has actually ran out of gas when we were between here and nowhere.  Har har har!

   The gas thing is a running joke.  He'll peer over and look at the gas gauge, suggesting I might want to stop soon.  I say "Wha'??  I have hundreds of molecules left still!"  Tee hee.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   LeeEschen | Apr 19, 2004 11:33pm | #14

   FG wrote: .... he mistook the Parmesan cheese for coffee "creamer."

   At a HS reunion many years ago, an old friend, Jerry Kelly (just in case he reads this), mistook the horseradish sauce for sour cream. He glopped a huge heap of it into his baker and you should'a seen his eyes bug out when he took his first bite.

   --

   Lee in Cave Junction, Oregon;

   Gateway to the Oregon Caves

   Edited 4/19/2004 4:38 pm ET by Lee Eschen

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   DBishop | Apr 19, 2004 09:42pm | #12

   This story was actually on "This American Life" this weekend.

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   AngeloD3 | Apr 19, 2004 10:06pm | #13

   Derek,

   He should be given some kind of award for humor and benefiting all wood - working mankind (Jamiekind too)! Besides, being published in American Life. Great!

   Benny