Stupid Stuff (Reply)

[FRED W TREMPER]

Carol:

Forgetting that you are right-handed earns you an 8 on the Stupidity Index.

Fred

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Carol R. Beigel wrote:

> I have a stupid "shop" story as well.  I had purchased a Steinway M grand
> that was missing some case parts, including the top lid.  I ordered a new
> one, unfinished, from Steinway. When it arrived, I was shocked to learn that
> I had to cut it into two pieces and cut cut the bevel for the hinge, and
> install the cross bar myself!  I spent days planning and measuring the cut.
> I bought a saw and blade just for this purpose.  I purchased a special
> router bit.  I plotted and I planned!  Then came the day I had to actually
> make the cut.  Somehow, I forgot that I was right-handed, and had started
> the cut from the Bass side.  I couldn't reach quite all the way to the
> treble side, and since I was alone, without proper support for BOTH sides of
> the lid, the weight of the pieces pushed the saw cut off at an angle for the
> last three inches. Man, I sure wished they had let girls take "shop" when I
> was in high school!  Thank goodness for Bondo!
> 
> Carol Beigel, RPT
> Greenbelt, Maryland
> 
> 
> 

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