I learn something new every day, lots of it right here at Breaktime.
There are things you just can’t share here though, even with digital photography. (I’m not talking about porno either)
How about listing some things you wish you could have shared here but couldn’t find a way to get across.
Here’s a couple.
The smell of good cedar.
The feel of running a razor sharp joining plane down a pine board with a four mil shave sliding off.
The feel of mist on your face in an early morning sea breeze.
How to hold your mouth right to drive a thirty penny nail.
How to communicate that you are only joking or speaking tongue in cheek.
on the down side – someone was trying to describe a bad smell stuck in his walls.
Excellence is its own reward!
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common sense. Jeff
.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
How about how you feel after you realize how many mistakes you made on your first house renovation and thats the one you're going to live in.
Half of good living is staying out of bad situations.
Worse - the feeling you get when you realize that you forgot to include ________(expensive product) in that bid you just submitted to the ________(public entity)!!!!
Excellence is its own reward!
How it feels to put a waffle face on your thumb.
The satisfaction of looking at something you built. Darkworksite4: When the job is to small for everyone else, Its just about right for me"
The satisfaction of LIVING in something you built the way you wanted to build it.
The feeling I get when somebody that thinks they are pretty superior to the rest of humanity, watches me do something quickly that had them stumped. Sometimes customers who like to watch, just make my day.
Dan Them that does, gets.
Well, as usual you're half right....................(-:
But talking about ceder reminds me of how cedar smells.
Hearing someone Talk about their kids reminds me of how proud I am of my kids.
Talking about old tools reminds me of some of my Grandpa's old tools.
Talking about driving a 30D nail reminds me of the last time I tried this. The wind blew my hammer off course, and............Well, you know the rest of the story.
Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement
The site of a clients face when they are overwhelmed with joy and I was a part of that.
The heartache of dealing with clients who think every contractor is a crook and out to get them while I do everything I can to fight that stigma.
The pain of shooting my finger with a nail gun. I'm glad I don't have to do that again.
The excitement of buying materials at a price which is better than I had estimated on a fixed price contract. That is even better than finding ten bucks in the laundry.
The smell of freshly excavated dirt.
How to get subcontractors to show up on time.
dl
Edited 8/16/2002 10:16:45 AM ET by DeadLoad
That feeling- after you buy your coffee. And you've logged in your milage. You think about how lucky you are to be working for yourself. Travelling towards that first job. Knowing that you have everything you need. to do the job right, and there isn't anything gonna come your way today, that you can't handle. "I was born in the country, razed in the city, I'm a natural born shaker from my hips to the ground"
Edgar,
You brought a tear to my eye.
dl
Edited 8/16/2002 10:29:49 AM ET by DeadLoad
"How to communicate that you are only joking or speaking tongue in cheek."
Being new to forums and talking on the internet, I was poking fun at Newf and had the missfortune of offending him instead. Body language and tone of voice don't come accross the internet very well.
To all, If I ever offend please let me know. I never hold a grudge and I will always oppolagize. As for Newf and myself? He let me know and all is well between us.