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    Words for the Neander to live by

    “Sharp solves all manner of problems.”

    Just saying.
    Sharp solves all manner of problems.

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    What isn't solved by being sharp is often cured by being square.

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    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
    What isn't solved by being sharp is often cured by being square.
    I agree with that completely. Don't do drugs.

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    I have something like that posted above my bench:
    "Dull Tools Don't Work."
    "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

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    Appreciate more sharp, flat, square.
    Understand enough sharp, flat, square.

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    Get in too big of a hurry, and you will have to correct the mistakes. Plenty of time to either do it right, or do it all over again.

  7. From the PA. Dutch, " The hurrier I go, the behinder I get".

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    A fresh sheet of sandpaper, no matter the cost, is cheaper than wasted time and effort.
    Brett
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    Man is a tool-using animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. — Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

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    Life is too short to use old sandpaper........my tag line!
    Life's too short to use old sandpaper.

  10. If you ain't got time to do it right,
    Where the hell you gonna find the time to do it over?
    Fair winds and following seas,
    Jim Waldron

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    You table is made of wood. It used to be a tree, now it's table. Most woods like being tables, occasionally some don't.
    The significant problems we encounter cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

    The penalty for inaccuracy is more work

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    If you want to make a mistake quickly use a power tool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Myers View Post
    If you want to make a mistake quickly use a power tool.
    "Using hand tools makes mistakes go slower," is one of my oft said remarks in conversations about tools.

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    Last edited by Jim Koepke; 08-18-2018 at 10:44 AM. Reason: added quotation punctuation
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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    Jim, In the same vein, when asked why I use hand tools, I tell them that it takes longer to really hurt myself badly.
    Life's too short to use old sandpaper.

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    A cord? We don't need no stinking cord.....

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