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[mrs. sliver]

seeing this thread is weird, I had my first experience of this last night! watching 'I Robot' Will Smith just walked into this hallway and just said to mr.S ' Oh my god, look at all that wood!!' ... I think it is getting to me 8-[
with cars it always mr.s saying 'my Dad had one of them!"' :lol:

 

[Alf]

Mmm, yes I wasn't going to watch "I, Robot", but my attention was arrested by his comment about a "carpenter" :roll: making a chair and a robot comes in and makes a better one, faster. I stopped, sat down and watched the rest. It's the little things that grab the audience, isn't it...? :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[promhandicam]

I think that it is common whatever your interest. When I was involved in doing office refurbishment work in London I couldn't go into a building without looking at the type of suspended ceiling or partitioning that was used and looking at how well or badly they had been erected. In recent years, since working in the field of disability, I find that I am looking out for children with some form of impairment - what is more worrying is that my own kids do it too! ("Look daddy at that boy with a big head. Is it hydrocephalus?" "Yes it is, but keep your voice down")

I think therefore that it is only natural that our view of the world is influenced by our interests - which is why when two people look at the same scene they will both see different things.

Steve

(Oh dear, does it show that I've been reading some books on psychology recently :shock: )

 

[mrs. sliver]

this is true! to back to greybeards post, I worked for a supermarket for several years too, and you DO have the urge to face stock up and turn labels round! and as a care worker now, I can't fight the urge to go help any elderly person I think may need it (though this has always been the case) If a thing is at the front of your mind, it will kick in first I suppose.

 

[Anonymous]

I do look in those home and decorating mags in W H Smith to get inspiration - not foolish enough to buy them though :wink:

 

[AnotherEye]

" I am told firmly by fellow walkers / friends to
keep my mouth shut as I see a tree and NOT comment on what loverly timbers I could get out from said tree and therefore what funiture I could possible make from "
Mmmm; quite right too, you might upset the tree. I hope you wouldn't talk about kebabs within earshot of a lamb.
My biggest bug-bear is shop-fits; I see a new one and can see that the veneer (or melamine, yuck) is going to come off within a year or two, then the whole lot will end up in a skip.

 

[newt]

Thanks you have all made me feel much better, it appears it is a condition many of us have. I wonder if there is a name for this condition?

 

[engineer one]

this seems worse than the sh*****ing issue :twisted: :roll:

newt i think it is called "get a life itis" :roll:

paul :wink:

 

[Dad]

If (well, when) we're in a pub or restaurant I'll often look under the table to see how it's been made... used to drive swmbo nuts. Now - she'll sometimes ask 'is it wood?'

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks you have all made me feel much better, it appears it is a condition many of us have. I wonder if there is a name for this condition?

Wouldn't worry about it if I was you!
It's an essential part of being a craftsperson - learning by keeping your eyes open and looking at stuff. Even better if you also measure , sketch, photograph etc.
There are some who don't do it and it shows in their work. In my line I see what's supposed to be properly done restoration, but obviously done by somebody who simply hasn't looked at the details - not just the tradesman but it could also be a blind "conservation officer" or architect.

cheers
Jacob

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Can't help but laugh at the posts in this thread, yes I'm just as bad.

But I blame Norm, every programme he's at it. :lol:

At least I don't go around with a measure in my pocket. I wonder who does? :lol:

 

[Losos]

it appears it is a condition many of us have. I wonder if there is a name for this condition?

Yes there is but I'm darned if I can think of it right now

Basically, it's the same as when you decide to buy a new car, you want something a bit different, not your average tin box, so (assuming you are a twenty something single male with a bum made of concrete) you decide to buy a Morgan +4 which you've never seen 'in the flesh'

Lo & behold from then on you see Morgan +4s just about everytime you take the car out :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sorry, just daydreaming again :roll:

 

[Dad]

...
At least I don't go around with a measure in my pocket. I wonder who does? :lol:

Not a regular with the tape measure but...

I've measured up in a shop before now claiming 'to see if it will fit.' :-k I've also been known to measure up in relative's houses (but then they know what I'm like). Last week I measured a coat stand here at work (which had 'just the right proportions' :norm: for the one swmbo wants in the hall).

 

[DomValente]

it appears it is a condition many of us have. I wonder if there is a name for this condition?

It depends, some psychologists call it "plankers syndrome" while the green doctors prefer "killumarboretumitis" my physician tells me it is "caressumlignum".

But hell they could all be wrong and maybe we're the sane ones and they're all mad, nyhahaha.

 

[Smudger]

At least I don't go around with a measure in my pocket. I wonder who does? :lol:

Ummm. Does always having a special one in the car count?