Re: This groups will surely know



Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:46:58 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Emmo"
<emmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> quickly quoth:

(topposting corrected)


"surftom" <surftom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1143769386.390992.139300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Is there an official name for the axiom that we all suffer from that
goes something like this.

I have to fix something
before I can fix it I have to fix the tool that fixes the somthing
before I can fix the tool I need to rewire the house to plug in the
welder to fix the tool
before I rewire the house I have to fix the foundation to the
electrical pole
etc etc

It must have an official name and I'm sure I've heard it but for the
life of me I cant remember it!


I'm sure glad it's not just me who's suffering from this syndrome.
I find that I can't get a project going because I can't find the tools
which are hiding under twenty unfinished projects.

Unrequited hobbying?



A thread on this group awhile ago called it "shipwright's syndrome", which I have used since to describe this problematic and familiar situation.

In a similar vein, my son recently accused me of being the curator of the Museum of Unfinished Projects...


It's a good thing he hasn't seen my shop, too. We'd be co-curators.


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A friend calls this a "Cascading Upgrade".

In his case, He buys a new computer game.

Said game requires a hotter video card.

Hotter video card won't work with current motherboard.

New motherboard won't work with current CPU, Memory, and power supply, and won't fit in current case.

Pretty soon he's got 5 or 6 hundred into a new machine, so he can play his (now 2 month old) $40 game.

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