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Post by earlteagrey on Sept 28, 2013 9:14:12 GMT -5
...Your wife says: "Okay. No more cardboard."
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hezrou
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Post by hezrou on Sept 28, 2013 9:31:34 GMT -5
when you get a pair of wooden chopsticks with a noodle meal and ask for a fork because you see chopstick boat masts
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Post by dm1scotty on Sept 28, 2013 9:54:34 GMT -5
You see trash as a golden opportunity as opposed to landfill filler =)
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tauster
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Post by tauster on Sept 28, 2013 10:22:44 GMT -5
You see trash as a golden opportunity as opposed to landfill filler =) I second that. So much... |
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dmbrad
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Post by dmbrad on Sept 28, 2013 11:18:26 GMT -5
You ask for Michael's gift cards for your birthday.....
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Post by madladdesigns on Sept 28, 2013 11:40:31 GMT -5
... you rugby-tackle small children to the ground just for their ice lolly / popsicle sticks.
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Post by bloodchoke on Sept 28, 2013 11:46:19 GMT -5
...you take the neighbors trash.
...you get excited that someone else got a new TV, so you can get the box.
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Post by earlteagrey on Sept 28, 2013 11:47:21 GMT -5
...you quietly weep when you see what could have been a perfectly usable large box crushed and decrepit on the side of the road.
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tauster
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Post by tauster on Sept 28, 2013 13:12:06 GMT -5
...you think that the world would be a better place without the garbage collection service - evil dudes who take precious crafting resources to the landfill!  ...you're not sure what will run out first: your storage space or your wife's patience. |
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Sept 28, 2013 16:26:19 GMT -5
You know your a crafter when you start referring to your favorite place to get cardboard as the "Honey Hole"
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AJ
Room Planner
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Post by AJ on Sept 28, 2013 20:50:42 GMT -5
You devote a few hours serious thought to creating some way to turn wasted hot glue back into usable glue sticks..
You show pictures of your craft projects to friends, family and work mates, and realise you really do think of the projects as "Your babies"..
You get to the weekend and say "Right, now I can get some real work done!"..
Your wife hides tin foil, plastic wrap, her good mixing bowls, scissors and other items from you, because they might vanish into your crafting area..
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Sept 28, 2013 21:28:10 GMT -5
When you view hot glue gun burns as leveling up
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Post by silviaxhurashu on Sept 28, 2013 22:00:00 GMT -5
When you forget it's trash
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Post by earlteagrey on Sept 28, 2013 23:21:56 GMT -5
...when the world around you begins to appear simply as one giant source of crafting materials.
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Post by clanoneillguy on Sept 29, 2013 9:27:00 GMT -5
When you save little bits of plastic, cardboard, metal, etc just in case you might need it someday. Even though you don't have anything in particular in mind at the moment.
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Sept 29, 2013 10:24:07 GMT -5
Leave your spouse for ten minutes at the furniture store, to go out back and scout for double ply
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koneko
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Post by koneko on Sept 29, 2013 13:28:40 GMT -5
When your friends start automatically handing you their empty containers and cardboard without you asking, because they've heard so many times "Are you not going to use that?"
You've ever had awkward conversations with your grandmother because she overheard your 11 year old discussing how Mommy is building a dungeon.
You've appropriated likely toys from your child with IOUs left in their place because you realized you just HAVE to make something with it RIGHT NOW. (I still owe her a set of farm animals)
You look at RP store websites and say "I could make that" (being a general crafter, I do that EVERYWHERE. It does keep me from buying unnecessary items)
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Post by skunkape on Sept 30, 2013 12:54:08 GMT -5
When you go to the [YOUR ANSWER HERE] (restaurant supply. grocery, appliance, electronics store) and see all the new tiles disguised as cardboard boxes in the empty cardboard box recycling bin!
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Post by ashrothedm on Sept 30, 2013 13:29:49 GMT -5
When you grab a handful of wooden stir sticks from Starbucks because the grocery stores around you don't carry them.
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tauster
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Post by tauster on Sept 30, 2013 14:00:48 GMT -5
...you used up 1 kg of hotglue in less than half a year.
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apokism
Cardboard Collector
If a Treant fell over in the woods, would it make a sound?
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Post by apokism on Sept 30, 2013 16:51:21 GMT -5
When you see this as anything but what it is.  |
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koneko
Cardboard Collector
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Post by koneko on Oct 1, 2013 6:11:50 GMT -5
When people start to bring you cardboard boxes so you can slowly pack up your house, and you actually have pangs of sadness when you realize you can't cut them up, and start having junkie-like thoughts regarding the cardboard.... "Maybe just one..." "I could stop at any time, I just need a little for this fix"... "There'll be a way to get more tomorrow, I can worry about it tomorrow."
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AJ
Room Planner
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Post by AJ on Oct 1, 2013 6:51:19 GMT -5
When you grab a handful of wooden stir sticks from Starbucks because the grocery stores around you don't carry them. When you immediately plan to stop into Starbucks after reading that post. |
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Post by northtroll on Oct 1, 2013 13:50:03 GMT -5
You no longer feel hot glue gun burns!
Have lengthy discussions upon the merits of a good box with other crafters as if the rest of the world were crazy, and you aren't!
Get the urge to steal sand from playgrounds.
Your future spouse says, "Only you would say, I just happened to be at the craft store and noticed you needed more (insert item here)."
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tauster
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Post by tauster on Oct 1, 2013 13:59:32 GMT -5
Get the urge to steal sand from playgrounds. ...when you didn't resist the urge. ...when you didn't resist the urge and brought a plastic bag with you. Because you planned grabbing that fistful of sand even when you where at home. ...when you know which playground in your neighborhood has the best kind of sand. |
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slurpy
Room Planner
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Post by slurpy on Oct 1, 2013 17:30:27 GMT -5
You drain some transmission fluid from your car to make giant blood tanks.
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Post by belatucadras on Oct 2, 2013 8:08:09 GMT -5
...you have your cardboard delivered to you wrapped around a double mushroom with extra cheese. The plastic support thing will come in handy as well.
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Post by northtroll on Oct 2, 2013 9:22:12 GMT -5
Your spouse buys you your OWN set of good scissors, and puts ribbon all of hers so you will get caught using them. True story!
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Post by earlteagrey on Oct 2, 2013 13:39:39 GMT -5
...you find this at work and say in your best David Caruso voice while putting on sunglasses: "Jackpot."  |
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Post by agsupernaturalfe on Oct 3, 2013 0:07:12 GMT -5
When you watch the refrigerator like a guard dog watching what family and friends take out looking for soon to be empty & useful items .... & when you call your recycling bin the crafting bin ....
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