
What Do You Do?
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 01:18 AM
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 02:13 AM
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 02:37 AM

It also depends on my mind set (mood) for the day. I am trying to figure the best way to describe this, I guess you could say going out to the shop to work (for me anyway) is like an addiction. Some days I need good dose of welding, other days I might need a dose of tearing an engine apart.
But I really don't need anything as a distraction while I work on things. I have always had to work alone at work and home, so I am used to the quiet when I work, well... I do have the voices in my head they are pretty noisy at times

But a big motivator for me is also my Dad. I love the look on his face and the comments he makes when he see's a project that I just completed. priceless is the only way to describe it.
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 05:22 AM
Usually just turn on the radio high enough to barely hear it over the sound of sanders and grinders, and cussing.
Yeah,that's the same thing here.
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 06:26 AM
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 08:12 AM
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 10:14 AM
Noon on a Saturday finds me listening to Quirks and Quarks (excellent science show) on CBC radio. During that time, I do quiet things so I can hear. Evenings, there's sometimes a show called Ideas that I listen to, but it depends on the subject.
Mostly I just plug my I-Pod (used to be cassette player, then CDs) into the noise generator (not a big fan of ear plugs) and let it play. Volume depends on what I'm doing, mood, and what's playing.
Of course this time of year my unheated garage causes me to sit in my house a lot more.
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 10:16 AM
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 10:31 AM
Almost all the time I am having to watch for a child, wife, dog, cat or chicken to wander under foot.
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 10:48 AM
When I am out in the tinkertoy shop, there is generally a small radio on near the work area so I can hear whatever show is on NPR. If it is really good, I'll do quiet stuff for that segment, sometimes even just pausing to have a listen. Prairie Home Companion is a fave on the weekends, though invariably the shop compressor will kick in and drown out Garrison on the radio though :-(
We also have a great radio station here, " 88-Nine, Radio Milwaukee" that features local musicians, and has some great content and music, so I listen that quite a bit , but more so when I am out in the "bicycle " shop. That's where the better sound system is.
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 11:00 AM
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Posted December 08, 2012 - 11:17 AM
Edited by boyscout862, December 08, 2012 - 11:18 AM.
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