I don't know the answer, Andy. I have a pencil problem. It doesn't matter how
many pencils I buy, and by the way, I don't think I have ever worn one out, I
can almost never find a pencil when I need one.

Now, I work in a hideous mess because I do not put anything away until I put
everything away after a project is finished. I constantly lay something down and
then can't find it until after a long search. This occupies more time than the
actual woodwork. You would think that I'd learn something from this, but I
don't.

I put away all my accumulated stuff from a few simultaneous projects yesterday,
cleaning off my Unisaw (which I haven't seen the table of in a couple of years)
and my bench.

Guess what I found in the process? Forty two, count 'em, 42 pencils. Now they
are safely ensconced back in the used pencil drawer where I will be able to find
one, right up until the time when the drawer is again empty and I start
searching for them again. It doesn't take all that long to take out all the
pencils because they hide from me as soon as I use one. And the game begins
again. I will sometimes in desperation go to the new pencil drawer and take one
out, but I really hate to do that because I know darned good and well that there
are dozens of them laying about.

At times I have to fall back on a marking knife or a scratch awl to mark
something, but this is also problematic because they also hide from me after one
use. I think they see me coming.

Just because I am paranoid doesn't mean people aren't after me.

On Apr 21, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Andy Baughn wrote:

> Was working on finishing the rough build of our new closets today and
> couldn't find my tape measure anywhere.  Finally found a goofy little pink
> one then found a folding rule near the closet next to the framing hammer.
> Seems every time that I finally get to go to my shop that I spend most of my
> time looking for this tool or that.  Does anyone else have that problem?
> What do other people do?  Should I build a really big tool chest that can
> hold everything?  My basement walls are not conducive to a studley type
> hanging chest unless I hang it from a floor joist.  Maybe the answer is more
> shop time so I will always know where stuff is.
> 
> Bad Andy
> 
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