spyderCodes
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I am a confessed Toolaholic.
My Toolaholism goes back decades.
Tools that use electric power are particularly irresistible to me.
Back in the day that used to mean tools that plugged in.
Now, of course with the advent of Lithium-Ion technology that just means you need a few charging stations.
So, if you are cramped for space as I am, tools now take up twice the usable room.
One space for the tool another for the charger.
Which brings me to the cases that tools now come in.
Nice sturdy well made plastic boxes usually with the manufacturer's name
emblazoned in some form of 3D moulded plastic.
I thought these boxes were really cool.
In fact I have chosen to purchase more than one tool over another simply because of the case.
Today though I have suddenly become aware of a problem.
I used to bring home a tool and stick it in a drawer or cabinet of like or nearly like things.
Woodworking stuff in one section, mechanical stuff in another, and really specialized stuff somewhere else.
That was then.
Getting older of course has loads of advantages and benefits which I needn't list here.
Short term memory allocation isn't one though.
Today I waddled down to the shop in need of a particular tool for a particular purpose.
Instead of going to the cabinet like the old days and plucking it out, I had to start looking on my tool shelves.
I saw stacks of nice bright colored uniform plastic boxes, all the same, all containing tools.
Lots of nice pretty cases.
Different colors for different manufactures.
Was what I was looking for Milwaukee, Bosch, DeWalt, Black & Decker or something else?
I didn't remember.
So, I had to go though every stack, opening each until I found what I was looking for.
Which by the time I had finished looking through the stacks of boxes I couldn't remember.
You know, that memory allocation thing in action.
Oh well, at least I found a biscuit joiner I had forgotten that I had.
Too bad I didn't need to join anything with biscuits.
My Toolaholism goes back decades.
Tools that use electric power are particularly irresistible to me.
Back in the day that used to mean tools that plugged in.
Now, of course with the advent of Lithium-Ion technology that just means you need a few charging stations.
So, if you are cramped for space as I am, tools now take up twice the usable room.
One space for the tool another for the charger.
Which brings me to the cases that tools now come in.
Nice sturdy well made plastic boxes usually with the manufacturer's name
emblazoned in some form of 3D moulded plastic.
I thought these boxes were really cool.
In fact I have chosen to purchase more than one tool over another simply because of the case.
Today though I have suddenly become aware of a problem.
I used to bring home a tool and stick it in a drawer or cabinet of like or nearly like things.
Woodworking stuff in one section, mechanical stuff in another, and really specialized stuff somewhere else.
That was then.
Getting older of course has loads of advantages and benefits which I needn't list here.
Short term memory allocation isn't one though.
Today I waddled down to the shop in need of a particular tool for a particular purpose.
Instead of going to the cabinet like the old days and plucking it out, I had to start looking on my tool shelves.
I saw stacks of nice bright colored uniform plastic boxes, all the same, all containing tools.
Lots of nice pretty cases.
Different colors for different manufactures.
Was what I was looking for Milwaukee, Bosch, DeWalt, Black & Decker or something else?
I didn't remember.
So, I had to go though every stack, opening each until I found what I was looking for.
Which by the time I had finished looking through the stacks of boxes I couldn't remember.
You know, that memory allocation thing in action.
Oh well, at least I found a biscuit joiner I had forgotten that I had.
Too bad I didn't need to join anything with biscuits.
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