posted on December 4, 2001 09:47:57 PM
Genetic or learned?
I blame any anal retentive tendancies I may occasionally exhibit on the fact that when I was four years old my father told me that if I continued to suck my thumb then it would fall off.
If not for that I'd be a totally laid back person. How 'bout you? What do you blame yours on?
posted on December 4, 2001 09:54:21 PM
I am not anal retentive. You can't make it so by saying it. There may have been a few incidences when I was young which could have triggered such a response if indeed I had been so inclined. Such as yourself.
there is a word up there , in my post, that just does not look like a real word. Could someone please tell me if all my words are real?
posted on December 4, 2001 10:18:07 PMRawbunzel I'm really happy for you... But, did your mom ever have your aunt Gracie cut your bangs to try and save a buck? And then they're all crooked so she takes you to the beauty shop to get them fixed. And, by the time they get them straight you have no bangs left? Do you have any idea of how long it takes to grow bangs back when you're in the fifth grade?
No, if you don't know then I guess you aren't anal-retentively bent. You were probably one of those girls that always had perfect bangs in school...
posted on December 5, 2001 05:09:32 AM
My mother used to cut my bangs when I was a kid. She used the bowl method.
She'd put a bowl on my head and use that as a guide to cutting my bangs. But I swear that bowl had a chip in the rim, and every single time, it'd come out looking like this
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It was especially pronounced in every single school picture, 'cause she was always sure to trim them the night before.
It didn't make me anal retentive though, just bitter and twisted.
posted on December 5, 2001 07:57:57 AM
According to Freud, in the anal stage of development, the child receives pleasure from the rectum and enjoys either retaining or expelling feces and they are especially concerned about retaining their feces. At this time toilet training becomes a battle of control between the parent and child. The parent wants to toilet train the child but the child wants to control their bodily functions.
A disruption in any statge of development, including this one could give rise to personality problems that might persist throughout life. For example, an early attempt at toilet training could result in an individual with an intense need for order and neatness and a possibly selfish nature. (an uptight individual)
If you could see my computer area, you would know right off the bat that my mother forgot to toilet train me. LoL!!!
On the other hand, my husband was toilet trained before he could walk so our outlook is in conflict most of the time.
BTW, rawbunzil, I am so disappointed. I had my camera ready to capture his expression but when I told him to shut up and sit down he just laughed.
posted on December 5, 2001 11:05:14 AM
My bangs were perfect. They were the most perfect bangs any young raven haired girl could have. Full, long, lush ,bangs. The unfortunate aspect of me and bangs was the weather. My hair is the type that frizzes in the rain. I live in Seattle. Frizzie bangs. I haven't had bangs since I was about 10. You can understand the the reason.
Still, I am not anal retentive. Perhaps it has to do with my potty training, as Helen so courteously posted for us.thank you for that tid-bit ,Helen
Sweetpotato may I call you "Spud"? My bangs may not have been quite perfect but my bunz were. Perfection.
posted on December 5, 2001 11:47:30 AM
Am I ever stupid. All this time I thought being anal retentive meant you were a perfectionist. I've been calling a friend anal retentive for quite awhile thinking it was almost a compliment.
Anyway, where are my best friends, Katy and Chococake???
posted on December 5, 2001 06:55:28 PM
Helen, I've been thinking about your husband. How dare he laugh when you told him to sit down and shut up. You are woman, didn't he hear you roar? I mean what's up with that?? What a twit. MEN.
Maybe you could just ask him to make a weird face that you can capture on film? Won't be as good but might be funny.
Stockticker are those smileys attacking Antiquary? I know how much he loves them. Smileys and hugs.
Matter of fact I feel a
{{{{{{{{{{antiquary}}}}}}}}}}}} coming on.
posted on December 5, 2001 09:13:43 PM
Only days ago, I was an innocent, happy-go-lucky guy, naively navigating the threads, enjoying the sights, a little popcorn here, a bit of chat there, admiring cats and dogs equally, a modest but a happy and well-balanced life, contemplating the great mysteries of tomatoes and other universals, when suddenly, like the proverbial plague of locust, wave after wave of similie engulfed me, smothered me, sapping and suffocating the spirit. Overwhelmed, I cried out for help, fought my way tooth and nail through the sappy little life-suckers, exhausted but finally triumphantly free. Or so I thought. With only a moment's pause for a deep, cleansing breath, the second attack came, but this time more dangerous and deadly than before, the horrible, hated huggies!
The details are too gruesome to relate, but the results can be envisioned by the sensitive and imaginative reader.
Not that I blame anyone and think that they should burn in hell or at the least be suspended from posting here in perpetuity. However, if a really fair moderator, perhaps someone toward the end of the week, who is kind and unbiased, decides to punish this miscarriage of justice, I wouldn't object.
posted on December 5, 2001 09:36:25 PM
KenS
Member posted 12-06-2001 12:16 AM
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My grandmother supposedly pulled her own tooth by tying one end of a string to the tooth and wrapping the other end in her leadscrew while she was tied to the milling machine. Grandpa said he never heard such a racket.
I've got the apron off and all torn down (hope that issue gets here soon--must be the Jan-Feb?). Everything looks pretty good. There were some burrs in the channels that are moved by the handle--one particularly noticable burr as though something might have gotten caught in there, and the handle itself was very sticky in the bore. There were high spots on the gib ways.The thing was mucked up with old hard grease combined with fine chip, looked like.
I've got everything clean, and lapped the ways. Stoned away ALL burrs and made each piece as smooth as glass. It all looks like jewelry now, especially the working surfaces. I've taken the opportunity to repaint the apron, handles, leadscrew support, and thread dial body so the paint needs some time to cure.
One thing that seemed relevant is that after loosening the two slotted head screws that mount the apron to the carriage the engagement of the halfnuts under power was as smooth and easy as I think it should be. Might be that goop was closing needed tolerances.
You are walking a fine line, much like a drunken sailor. Please refrain from questioning my moderation calls or lack thereof in the threads. It is disruptive and will not be tolerated. Take it to the moderators corner . I will deal with it there.
posted on December 5, 2001 11:26:52 PMGoonyess I find it a sick irony that you refuse to moderate the teachers pet (yeah, we all know who your real favorite is) and yet you chew me out for stating pure and simple facts.
I want a thread about anal angst, dammit! I believe that it's a topic that many, many people are just itching to talk about. It seems to me that you're showing very anal-litical tendencies yourself by your outrageous behavior!
posted on December 5, 2001 11:32:35 PM
Mybudness, You have just earned yourself a pre-warning warning! Consider how dangerously far away you are from losing your posting priveledges and post accordingly.
I can only guess that your uncle Hershel never stood at the front door of the Piggly Wiggly and yelled for the whole store to hear... hey runt, git yore gimmlet butt out here right now!!!! And then everyone in the store - including the handsome new boy that finally had smiled at you watched while you went out and climbed into the back of the ratty pick up truck while the dogs rode up front. Not that I'm hanging onto those kind of memories... not that I'm BITTER!
Fine, talk about oral angst and just see if I care.
I'm going to bed! And, you have really, really hurt me! Just for that I will be back to give you hell tomorrow!
posted on December 5, 2001 11:45:12 PM
Mybuttnit, That is considered an emotional outburst. -10 points and another PRE-WARNING WARNING. You are aware that you are only allowed 345 pre-warnings aren't you? Beware! Your posting priviledges are not in jeopardy!
