Why, oh why…

Related to this are gate latches, any where from doorknob height to kids can't reach it height and they have a "post" and the receiver which tend to catch you or something on the way by. Customer of mine added a fence with gate and they mounted the latch overhead on the support spacer beam. First time I ever saw that. Ladders, equipment everything went through snag free. It was a special latch meant for overhead.

I tease my son that if he keeps up with the military, bench press etc he'll get really good at opening doors with strength and confidence. :) I recall back in the day pumping iron developed some oddities in my behaviour.
 
Bart_ said:
Related to this are gate latches, any where from doorknob height to kids can't reach it height and they have a "post" and the receiver which tend to catch you or something on the way by. Customer of mine added a fence with gate and they mounted the latch overhead on the support spacer beam. First time I ever saw that. Ladders, equipment everything went through snag free. It was a special latch meant for overhead.

I tease my son that if he keeps up with the military, bench press etc he'll get really good at opening doors with strength and confidence. :) I recall back in the day pumping iron developed some oddities in my behaviour.
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Imma go all William Shatner style and have all doors open automatically for me. But they have to make the swish sound. Just like in the film ‘Airplane II”.
 
Pet peeve of mine are car doors that are heavy and have strong detentes and it seems they are out to get you. Shot to the chin, whack in your side and mind your fingers! They'll also pop outwards randomly as you open them in parking lots and try to ding the car beside you.
 
Great podcast on design probably inspired by that book you posed Tom

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Bart_ said:
Pet peeve of mine are car doors that are heavy and have strong detentes and it seems they are out to get you. Shot to the chin, whack in your side and mind your fingers! They'll also pop outwards randomly as you open them in parking lots and try to ding the car beside you.
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Have you ever had the top corner of a car door come close to catching your upper body or even your face? It’s a pure reason to park on level ground with plenty of room on all sides of the truck.
 
oceans said:
Have you ever had the top corner of a car door come close to catching your upper body or even your face? It’s a pure reason to park on level ground with plenty of room on all sides of the truck.
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I have! Had a door edge catch me right in the eyebrow, split my eyebrow right in two and it still has a part in the middle if you look at it close. And of course I did it at a family reunion, so I had to explain to ALL the relatives why I had a creek of blood trickling down to my chin…
 
oceans said:
Have you ever had the top corner of a car door come close to catching your upper body or even your face? It’s a pure reason to park on level ground with plenty of room on all sides of the truck.
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Ripped a eyebrow piercing back when I was a pin cushion…. Long story
 
oceans said:
I can almost feel it just thinking about it. So, you were one of those really stuck up people? :)
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A good friend and roommate was apprenticing to become a piercer and I have/had a odd lack of reaction to pain if I know it’s coming. So she called me her pin cushion…. Think I was poked over 40 times, but many never had jewelry
 
evo said:
A good friend and roommate was apprenticing to become a piercer and I have/had a odd lack of reaction to pain if I know it’s coming. So she called me her pin cushion…. Think I was poked over 40 times, but many never had jewelry
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Man, that’s a lot, my friend. It almost sounds like you have a super power with that! I once had a cut on the back of my leg that needed stitches. The doctor found out through discussion that I was an arborist. He asked if i got injured a lot in my line of work. I said “nothing really painful”. So he said he would make chainsaw noises while poking me with the needle. It was pretty funny.
 
evo said:
A good friend and roommate was apprenticing to become a piercer and I have/had a odd lack of reaction to pain if I know it’s coming. So she called me her pin cushion…. Think I was poked over 40 times, but many never had jewelry
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Wow. That’s a lot of holes! One of my best friends has you beat though. He is the current piercing world record holder, he had 1515 piercing needles put in one day to set the record. He’s a bit loony, but he’s a good guy.
 
Reach said:
Wow. That’s a lot of holes! One of my best friends has you beat though. He is the current piercing world record holder, he had 1515 piercing needles put in one day to set the record. He’s a bit loony, but he’s a good guy.
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But he hasn’t beat @evo by much. If you try real hard, you might be able to beat his record!!!
 
Of course I had to do a google search of “piercing world record”…… your welcome.
 

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oceans said:
Man, that’s a lot, my friend. It almost sounds like you have a super power with that! I once had a cut on the back of my leg that needed stitches. The doctor found out through discussion that I was an arborist. He asked if i got injured a lot in my line of work. I said “nothing really painful”. So he said he would make chainsaw noises while poking me with the needle. It was pretty funny.
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The one who put 17 stitches in my thumb was thrilled that he could line up the tissue by the tattoo lines!
 
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