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Post by grim on Jun 30, 2013 20:01:10 GMT
Tape measures,y'know the cloth type ones. Every time the one in our house gets used i HAVE to roll it up neatly,i cannot bear to see it left unrolled! I am sure my family use it and leave it out just to bug me If left it becomes a huge deal and dominates my thoughts completely until i roll it up! I hate the bloody thing! I need to by a 12ft wooden ruler
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Post by Kathymel on Jun 30, 2013 21:08:45 GMT
What you need is a retractable one.
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 30, 2013 21:14:32 GMT
Ok....going off at a tangent.....no idea why I do that .....but it's in a similar vein.....I don't have loads of OCD traits....but I can't......just can't...... have the volume of the TV at 25, or 27.....it has to be an even number, 28....or better still a nice round 30 ......little things please.......
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Post by Kathymel on Jun 30, 2013 23:20:04 GMT
For me it has to be an even no. or divisible by 5.
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Post by JJ on Jun 30, 2013 23:23:48 GMT
Ok....going off at a tangent.....no idea why I do that .....but it's in a similar vein.....I don't have loads of OCD traits....but I can't......just can't...... have the volume of the TV at 25, or 27.....it has to be an even number, 28....or better still a nice round 30 ......little things please....... Omg, this thread has really made me laugh I get the even number thing (I don't have to change anything to be even or whole but, if it is, it's just more pleasing to me and strangely settling) But I do have to have the dishwasher filled in exactly the right way (my mum does it wrong and I have to change it when she's gone) and I have to have books of the same height on each shelf - if they don't match then it's all JUST WRONG.... I have a special shelf in my room, at the top and out of the way, where all the stupid uneven and non standard books go - its the ugly shelf and it pisses me off!!
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jul 1, 2013 6:39:53 GMT
JJ. Ha ha......maybe I'm worse than I thought....ALL my books are placed according to height too!?! Great idea of course when you're trying to find all your books on say cooking.... i'm sure more weird and wonderful foibles will now come to me......are they loveable quirks or really annoying oddities?
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Post by Kathymel on Jul 1, 2013 6:52:59 GMT
I couldn't cope with all the books the same height because then they wouldn't be in alphabetical order! (CDs too.)
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Post by jan on Jul 1, 2013 7:02:30 GMT
wow you lot really are nuts i could never in million years be that organised or consistant don't get a retractable tape meausure - i got one and it wont retract anymore and every time i try and fold it up and put it away it bounces out of shape and drives me nuts and takes up a whole big draw
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jul 1, 2013 7:04:37 GMT
Now see CDs are ok for me to have in alphabetical order because they're all the same size already.....could they not do the same for books???
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Post by simonwgill on Jul 1, 2013 7:24:52 GMT
Easiest way to avoid the book size problem - get eBooks
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jul 1, 2013 7:29:45 GMT
No see Jan.....it's a self-coping mechanism....if my world is crashing down all around me everything will be ok because my books and CDs are all in order of course Also, all about looking ok on the surface.....so long as everybody sees these things of mine neat and tidy and in order, I appear to be all organised and in control.....let's hope they don't open too many cupboards then
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Post by JJ on Jul 1, 2013 9:21:52 GMT
No see Jan.....it's a self-coping mechanism....if my world is crashing down all around me everything will be ok because my books and CDs are all in order of course Also, all about looking ok on the surface.....so long as everybody sees these things of mine neat and tidy and in order, I appear to be all organised and in control.....let's hope they don't open too many cupboards then Exactly !!! I've often thought of writing to publishers asking why they can't just make all the books the same height.... - if I didn't have adhd I would've got round to it! Kathymel - can you not see that 10, 20, 30 etc are right but 5, 15, 25 etc are too harsh and pointy???
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Post by Kathymel on Jul 1, 2013 17:28:36 GMT
wow you lot really are nuts i could never in million years be that organised or consistant The books being in alphabetical order is because my mum was a librarian and I practically grew up in the library. I just couldn't cope if they weren't 'cos I have a huge collection and I wouldn't be able to find what I wanted. You definitely need a new tape! Kathymel - can you not see that 10, 20, 30 etc are right but 5, 15, 25 etc are too harsh and pointy??? I've always rather liked the 5x table. I think it's easy and friendly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2013 17:54:04 GMT
I don't believe I have any OCD traits? I do hate dust though and religiously check glasses and cups that come out of cupboards to make sure there's no dust! If something has dust on it, I will go to all lengths possible to avoid touching it. I recoil in horror when I knock the bedroom lightbulb cover thing - a shower of dust!! People leaving towels or bed linen or worse... PILLOWS on the floor. I can't imagine anything worse Is this OCD?
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Post by grim on Jul 1, 2013 19:59:31 GMT
What you need is a retractable one. Yep,i have two of those.I regularly break them by trying to stretch them to measure stuff just a lil' bit too long. I'm amazed at how petty i can be with things like this,there is a multitude of seemingly innocuous things that drive me batty.... i feel i may be overcompensating for my inherent lack of organisational skills and general untidiness. ....still hate that tape measure though!
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Post by jan on Jul 1, 2013 20:16:23 GMT
I don't believe I have any OCD traits? I do hate dust though and religiously check glasses and cups that come out of cupboards to make sure there's no dust! If something has dust on it, I will go to all lengths possible to avoid touching it. I recoil in horror when I knock the bedroom lightbulb cover thing - a shower of dust!! People leaving towels or bed linen or worse... PILLOWS on the floor. I can't imagine anything worse Is this OCD? sounds like it to me - definately borderline anyway - don't think you'd enjoy visiting me - i wait for the dust to conjeal - then i can pick it up and put it in the bin - means i only have to do it every 6 months
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2013 20:53:59 GMT
Conjealed dust is perfect. It's when it's flying around and getting up my trwyn I hate
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