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patriarch wrote:

Picking through the bucket also seems to offer the opportunity to solve a
problem in another way. Sort of a creativity enhancer, if you will.

LOL... isn't THAT the truth. My SWMBO calls that "constructive
procrastination." That is, when a piece appears to be usable in another
repair altogether.
Working on the mower..heyyy THIS might work on the dryer I was trying to
fix...and the original trip to the shed was to repair a screen door.

I have heard this kinda thing happens to some people.

Rob