CRIMP at chronic state: from computer tools to power tools

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Posted by Dellu
Apr 11, 2018 at 09:57 PM

I recently got obsessed with the power tools such as Makita, Milwaukee and Dewalt. I am totally tempted to leave my academic study and join the wood working shop.

I am now worried my CRIMP for computer tools has grown to power tools.

The kind of feeling I get when I pick one of these power tools is just exactly the kind of feeling I experience when I pull my favorite note manager (Tinderbox).
I feel alive, to tell you the least.

Does anyone in this community get a temptation for power tools?

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Apr 11, 2018 at 10:09 PM

If I did, I would probably not have enough fingers left on my hands to type this.

Dellu wrote:
> >
>I am now worried my CRIMP for computer tools has grown to power tools.
> >The kind of feeling I get when I pick one of these power tools is just
>exactly the kind of feeling I experience when I pull my favorite note
>manager (Tinderbox).
>I feel alive, to tell you the least.
> >Does anyone in this community get a temptation for power tools?

Posted by Hugh
Apr 12, 2018 at 08:06 AM

I think one can become CRIMP-ish about many things. For me, it was once about fishing flies. I used to make some of them myself, but even then I couldn’t ever quite find the one design that satisfied all my requirements (which were not just about catching fish).

Posted by Ken
Apr 12, 2018 at 02:50 PM

Moving out of the realm of this forum, I believe that acronym commonly used is GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome. At least it is commonly used in the photo world.

Good luck,

—Ken

Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 12, 2018 at 03:01 PM

Ken wrote:
Moving out of the realm of this forum, I believe that acronym commonly
>used is GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

or retail therapy…

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