I must be blind (funny)
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From: Marengo, Iowa
Originally Posted by GotLift
I can't tell you how many times I was verbally assaulted by my step-dad for this very reason. 
For years I was convinced that he had turret's syndrome. 
I don't think anyone ever told him about this "tool blindness" phenomenon. I suppose a kid is always an easy culprit to pin a missing tool on. I'm just glad he never noticed all the missing beer and cigarettes. 
For years I was convinced that he had turret's syndrome. I don't think anyone ever told him about this "tool blindness" phenomenon. I suppose a kid is always an easy culprit to pin a missing tool on. I'm just glad he never noticed all the missing beer and cigarettes. 
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Hate to break it to you guys but it isnt a sickness or disease, it is an epidemic.
A tool will only 'teleport' if it is needed at that very moment. You ever noticed any unused tool moving around on its own.
You will only find it when you dont need it or have another one to replace it.
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And how come the drill press will swing your work around and send your beer flying only when you set the can on the press table?
Why is it if you use the most tiny amount of anti-seaze on what you are working on, it reappears, on your forearms, your face, your wifes new table cloth, your wifes behind, in your sandwich?
Why do the kids walk in at the same moment when you insult what you are working on in the most vile way possible?
Why will I look for an hour for my safety glasses only to find them on my head?
How come when you have the time there is nothing to work on and when you dont have the time all hell breaks loose?
And why when I get under my truck with an extremely awkward heavy peice resting on my chest, balanced by my forehead, all the tools layed out and fasteners in my hands and mouth that I have to use the bathroom?
A tool will only 'teleport' if it is needed at that very moment. You ever noticed any unused tool moving around on its own.
You will only find it when you dont need it or have another one to replace it.More Q's
And how come the drill press will swing your work around and send your beer flying only when you set the can on the press table?
Why is it if you use the most tiny amount of anti-seaze on what you are working on, it reappears, on your forearms, your face, your wifes new table cloth, your wifes behind, in your sandwich?
Why do the kids walk in at the same moment when you insult what you are working on in the most vile way possible?
Why will I look for an hour for my safety glasses only to find them on my head?
How come when you have the time there is nothing to work on and when you dont have the time all hell breaks loose?
And why when I get under my truck with an extremely awkward heavy peice resting on my chest, balanced by my forehead, all the tools layed out and fasteners in my hands and mouth that I have to use the bathroom?
Last edited by nailhead; Nov 16, 2004 at 09:36 PM.
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I have the opposite problem, Tools I don't own mysteriously appearing
. Later found out it was my tool thief dog, borrowing/stealing someone elses tools, and I don't mean small items, I'm talking about hammers, etc that weigh more than the dog (Pug). Problem now is figuring out what belongs to who.
Sweat
. Later found out it was my tool thief dog, borrowing/stealing someone elses tools, and I don't mean small items, I'm talking about hammers, etc that weigh more than the dog (Pug). Problem now is figuring out what belongs to who.Sweat
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i still have them hide from me, even in the pastels... I have a bright orange dead blow hammer for the visibility factor, but it still manages to be lost regularly, but have to say, not quite as easily.
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and here I thought I was going crazy only to find out its an epidemic!!
blue screwdrivers, orange hammers,flourescent green picks...i got a whole bunch of colored tools.. I need a chart to know which is which!!
Mark
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blue screwdrivers, orange hammers,flourescent green picks...i got a whole bunch of colored tools.. I need a chart to know which is which!!
Mark
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01 F150 Supercab Flareside XLT 4x2 5.4L Auto
Deep Wedgewood Metallic and Silver
Fabtech Lift 285/75/R16 Dominator Sport A/T's
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I have four, count em four each! 3/8 through 9/16" combination wrenches. And half the time I can't find a single damned one of them. 
Even when their in their nice neat wrench racks.
Even when their in their nice neat wrench racks.
Last edited by RNE; Nov 20, 2004 at 12:46 AM. Reason: typo
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Let me explain how you are all wrong.
The Twilight Zone ran an exclusive on this subject years ago. Each minute in time is acted out in a set stage, as you pass through time, the stage is set for that moment. When one of your wrenches is missing, someone forgot to put that wrench in that moment of time. Now realizing that you are missing a wrench, it will be placed in a future time frame to which you will pass into next, be it 10 or 5 minutes ahead from which you will find your wrench exactly where you left it before it was missing.
The time continuum theory would burn the object before reentry of the said part of time resulting in a loss of all further objects. So I ruled this one null and void.
If you follow me on this I know your……
The Twilight Zone ran an exclusive on this subject years ago. Each minute in time is acted out in a set stage, as you pass through time, the stage is set for that moment. When one of your wrenches is missing, someone forgot to put that wrench in that moment of time. Now realizing that you are missing a wrench, it will be placed in a future time frame to which you will pass into next, be it 10 or 5 minutes ahead from which you will find your wrench exactly where you left it before it was missing.
The time continuum theory would burn the object before reentry of the said part of time resulting in a loss of all further objects. So I ruled this one null and void.
If you follow me on this I know your……
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You guys got this nailed down! Worm holes that also explains it! How can a wrench used in the main shop in 2000 reappear in 2004 in the storage building?? WORM HOLES OR TRAVELING GHOSTS !
MEMORY ERASERS ::We have them but who puts them in and why? I beleive its them **** ghosts!!
I'm learning so much keep on posting
MEMORY ERASERS ::We have them but who puts them in and why? I beleive its them **** ghosts!!
I'm learning so much keep on posting
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I figured out it was me who keeps moving my tools somewhere else. Turns out I'm schizophrenic (Me, too!). Every time I notice something else that needs fixing, I undergo a personality shift & move all my tools around. OK. Not really.
Now for the rhetorical question: If I buy all my tools with fluorescent orange grips, will I have an easier time finding the one I want?
I also have experience with morphodyte tools. I have two sets of metric wrenches and two sets of inch wrenches. When I bought each set I know they were complete & not mixed. Yet now I have three 15mm wrenches and only one 9/16" wrench. I don't get it.
Cheers,
Eric
Now for the rhetorical question: If I buy all my tools with fluorescent orange grips, will I have an easier time finding the one I want?
I also have experience with morphodyte tools. I have two sets of metric wrenches and two sets of inch wrenches. When I bought each set I know they were complete & not mixed. Yet now I have three 15mm wrenches and only one 9/16" wrench. I don't get it.
Cheers,
Eric
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Originally Posted by GypsyR
I have been able defeat most of this problem by having two to three duplicates of each tool. It still gets me sometimes since I can't afford two of everything . It's sometimes amusing to later find tool #1 in either a blatantly obvious or extraordinarily obscure location after the job is long done.
Now I have to deal with parts blindness. To make up for the success of my tool scheme the "parts ghosts" seem to be working overtime. Many a project has been halted dead to due for hunting that one special thingy. "Just had it a minute ago, where in God's name could it possibly have gone?"
Now I have to deal with parts blindness. To make up for the success of my tool scheme the "parts ghosts" seem to be working overtime. Many a project has been halted dead to due for hunting that one special thingy. "Just had it a minute ago, where in God's name could it possibly have gone?"
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Originally Posted by alittle40
and it doesn't stop with tool blindness. I once thought I was going deaf, until I found I was wearing my hearing protectors.
-Sam