On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:19:01 -0500, "DanG" wrote:

I cannot blame the tools. I am the operator, I am the root cause
of the problems. Age and experience do tend to reduce some
life's tool frustrations.

I won't take long to stop hitting that thumb with a hammer..



If I had a nickel for every time I've picked up the end of the
extension cord to change tools and thrown down the extension cord
and held the tool cord I'm finished with . . .

I hate a nail with the head on the wrong end \ :-)



Eigenvector wrote:
This isn't a question, more of a starter.

What traits do you find most annoying in your tools?

For me, its ladder walking, that tendency for step ladders to
march
across the ground because one leg is sligthly up in the air, so
the
ladder flexes putting the other leg in the air. Before you know
it
the ladder is marching all over the place with you trying to get
off
it without tipping it over.
The other one - getting the metal tang of the tape measure stuck
between boards you're measuring. It seems to happen to me about
every time I have the tang high overhead and I end up using a
claw
hammer to extract the tang - probably breaking it the next time
it happens and I need it
most. I'm just waiting for it to bend, kink, fall off or any
number
of things that will cause all my measurements to be off by about
1/4"
- rendering it useless.

I could go on and on about crescent wrench creep
--
Oren

"The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"