I must be blind (funny)
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I must be blind (funny)
Hey guys sometimes I wonder if Im going blind. I am working on a project have all my tools in place. Then all off a sudden I am looking for one off my tools and cant find it. I look for an hour then all off a sudden it reappears next to the project Im working on. Man that sure irks me. Those darn invisible ghosts taking my tools and then making them reappear 
. Have you guys had those ghosts too. I hope it isnt just me. Better have my eyes checked.
. Have you guys had those ghosts too. I hope it isnt just me. Better have my eyes checked.
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What is worse is when you discover the tool you are looking for is in your hand... This is commonly called "Tool Blindness" and seems to be a highly communicable disease common to all technical professions.
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Originally Posted by Torque1st
What is worse is when you discover the tool you are looking for is in your hand... This is commonly called "Tool Blindness" and seems to be a highly communicable disease common to all technical professions.
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I thought I was the only one with ghosts in my shop!! I knew I wasn't crazy (but don't ask my friends about that) When this happens to me I yell out to them IF I CATCH ONE OF YOU GUYS I'M GOING TO PUT YOU TO WORK!!! I think this just eggs them on because they won't stop!Thank god I must have a good group of them because they don't steal them! TOOL BLINDNESS Good to no there is a name for what we have.In this day and age maybe Tool blindness should have a support group??? JUST KIDDING. 
PLEASE POST IF SOMEBODY HAS EVER CAUGHT ONE OF THESE GHOSTS
PLEASE POST IF SOMEBODY HAS EVER CAUGHT ONE OF THESE GHOSTS
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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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Not ghosts. You've got a Pleeben Hole. They're invisible, and suck up objects you leave laying somewhere, and spit them out later. Sometimes minutes, sometimes weeks or months, occasionally years. Sometimes they spit 'em out where you left them, sometimes elsewhere. Sometimes in strange places. "Why is my ratchet on the fridge?!!"
What's almost more frustrating is the Memory Eraser. You walk through it from one end of the shop to the other and it erases your memory of what you made the trip for. Walk back through it the other way and the memory returns. You have to figure out where it is or you'll walk back and forth for hours and get nothing done (and not remember why.)
What's almost more frustrating is the Memory Eraser. You walk through it from one end of the shop to the other and it erases your memory of what you made the trip for. Walk back through it the other way and the memory returns. You have to figure out where it is or you'll walk back and forth for hours and get nothing done (and not remember why.)
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Some tools are Morphodytes also... -Have you ever noticed that when you are looking for that #2 Phillips the screwdriver drawer or toolbox only has straight blades? Have you ever noticed that when you look in that same drawer etc for a straight blade an hour later that it only contains Phillips drivers??? -THOSE SCREWDRIVERS CHANGE !!! this also applies to sockets or wrenches that change size, drive size, type, etc etc...
Are those "Pleeben Holes" kind of like wormholes that can transport items thru time and space?
One of Murphy's laws states that: "Anytime you look for an object, and give up on finding it, then go out and buy another one... -The Object will immediately turn up just as soon as you loose the register receipt."
Are those "Pleeben Holes" kind of like wormholes that can transport items thru time and space?
One of Murphy's laws states that: "Anytime you look for an object, and give up on finding it, then go out and buy another one... -The Object will immediately turn up just as soon as you loose the register receipt."
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Originally Posted by ironhead100
The thing to do is to blame your girlfriend/wife for the missing tool/s, they love that. Or wait I meant they don't like that.
I don't mind as much when they're her tools, but when they're mine...
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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.
