are you anal

CaligulaPolk
CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
edited July 2009 in The Clubhouse
about stratches on your furnitures or anything that you dont want to be stratched? or you dont care???

my wife dont care but i do. i hate stratches :D even minor ones....

im so anal about it becuz i would throw it away and buy new one without stratches... i wipe my stuff with microfiber cloth... am i really that bad??
I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited June 2009
    Cool...so when you get a scratch on the 58" Panny...I get first dibs to go pick it up at your place before you throw it out.

    Joe
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited June 2009
    joeparaski wrote: »
    Cool...so when you get a scratch on the 58" Panny...I get first dibs to go pick it up at your place before you throw it out.

    Joe

    lol i triple wrapped it!! ( 3 layers of bubbles wrap and 2 thick blanket) Sorry lol
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited June 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    about stratches on your furnitures or anything that you dont want to be stratched? or you dont care???

    my wife dont care but i do. i hate stratches :D even minor ones....

    im so anal about it becuz i would throw it away and buy new one without stratches... i wipe my stuff with microfiber cloth... am i really that bad??

    Sure, im "anal" about all my audio gear. Yeah, microfiber cloth and the like, who isnt? Household furniture?, leave that up to the wife, me? i could give a rat's backside.:D


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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited June 2009
    sometimes a thumb is ok . .
    -Ignorance is strength -
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited June 2009
    Caligula, you sound just like me before I got dogs lol....although I still act that way a bit. I hate it when they run circles around each other under the coffee table n the sort, or lay next to it simply to stretch out and claw/scratch an end table or something =( gotta love the dogs though!
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited June 2009
    Wtf is a stratch?
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited June 2009
    Dude I'm crazy about it. Cars are the worse. I get so squirly about it when I get one on my car/truck and I can't buff it off, I don't want it anymore. My gear I'm the same way, it takes away from the beauty of it.
    Dan
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  • GaryZ06
    GaryZ06 Posts: 317
    edited June 2009
    When it comes to the contents of my house...furniture,AV gear,etc.....I am pretty anal but when it comes to my car that my friend is where I am very anal.:eek:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,306
    edited June 2009
    Only when she lets me.:eek:

    J/K.

    I am very anal with everything i own, With pets and child in the house I can only do so much with some things.

    My gear,and the garage very very anal.
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited June 2009
    Nope, it is only "stuff" and can be replaced or ignored. Now I don't dump beer on the floor or flick ashes around while smoking a cigar, but if something gets a scratch or ding, I don't care. I've more important things to concern myself with.

    Gordon
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited June 2009
    with 3 kids running around, "stuff" happens, they don't bother with the Audio stuff too much...I like to keep the car clean, but with 3 kids.....yeah right!
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited June 2009
    I don't want dings or scratches on the car or truck. My friends all laugh because I park on the very end spots so all the lazy people won't get close to me. Have a 95 Bronco dirty but not dinged or scratched

    potee
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2009
    Finger prints drive me crazy so scratches are not even an option.
    Michael ;)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,148
    edited June 2009
    Of course.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited June 2009
    Haven't tried it, she keeps saying no. Any suggestions?
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  • renowilliams
    renowilliams Posts: 920
    edited June 2009
    About most things I am a pretty easy going guy but when it comes to my audio and compuer gear, my wife and 17 year old daughter know that I'm a bit anal about it. I have shown them how to use it properly (proper settings etc...). I expect them to treat it the way that I do. For example, my dauhter was switching channels one day and I heard her throw the remote onto the wooden coffee table. I picked up the remote, turned the tv off and explained she would not use my tv again. She has a tv in her room with satellite. My wife thought it was harsh but she has a habit of destroying remotes (has broken two for her tv and one for her dvd player.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2009
    I'm a bit anal over everything I own. Fingerprints...I rarely let anyone handle my CDs or DVDs if I'm not around...even my wife and kids? No one touches the front of my HD-TV...only "I" am allowed to dust and clean. I often wrap remotes in plastic wrap if I know someone else is going to be fingering them regularly.

    Almost 'all' my gear is immaculate. I once chipped a corner of the wood veneer on a speaker and I spent a few days building it back up with wood putty and matching the stain? Am I nuts Caligula. With Mantis, I REALLY don't like it when my wife scrapes the bumpers on the cars!

    And worse yet, I'm anal with my book collection, a few thousand, I hate when people dog-ear books, break their spines and various other forms of mutilation. Even after I've read a book you can hardly tell, even if I highlight or underline within it. To me a book is like the author who produced it, deserving of the respect we give to each other. How's that for crazy!

    My 20 year old JBL 3-way monitors hardly look more than 2-3 years old! And my 1989 Kenwood amp is almost NEW!

    I could go on but we might need to call in a therapist? I'm with you Caligula!

    cnh
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  • wizzy
    wizzy Posts: 867
    edited June 2009
    Just buy pre-scratched furniture, or furniture with a scratch finish.

    Problem solved.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited July 2009
    few things are stratched from the move!!!! Arrrrgggghhhhhhhh

    Wife says no to throw stratched picture frames away.. i told her she got 30 days to replace or ill throw the frame away not the pic. it was damn nice frame :( had it for years ! :( well, it wouldnt be match our cherry finish bar glass cabinet buy anyway. so its positive in some way. am looking at cherry finish frames :D

    worst thing is that its hanging on my bar's wall :(
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

    My Home Theater Rig || Television: 58" Panasonic TH-58PZ800U Viera Plasma || Power Conditioner: Power Monster HTS 3600 MKII || Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR805 || Blu-Ray/Gaming: 60 Gigabytes Playstation 3 || Amplifier: Emotiva XPA-5 || Fronts: Polk Audio RT800i || Center: Polk Audio CS245i || Surrounds: TBA|| Subwoofer: TBA
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited July 2009
    I like things with scratches. It gives them character...plus, after it's scratched, you won't be so worried about scratching it anymore. It's a win/win.
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited July 2009
    Three months ago I never had proper stands ,I decided to put my fxi3 on satellite speaker stands (whats my name) and the twister extension came untwisted

    I saw it happen in slow motion as first it slammed down twenty inches ,then it bounced up and came down faster on its top totaly flattening the back left corners

    Every time I walk by the speaker I relive the trauma and hate myself for it forever .I only had them a month and payed 220 for them N I B . Even though the grill hides it I lost the resale value of them
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  • woodhead 2
    woodhead 2 Posts: 367
    edited July 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    about stratches on your furnitures or anything that you dont want to be stratched? or you dont care???

    my wife dont care but i do. i hate stratches :D even minor ones....

    im so anal about it becuz i would throw it away and buy new one without stratches... i wipe my stuff with microfiber cloth... am i really that bad??

    I hate scratches!!!!
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  • oifvet0608
    oifvet0608 Posts: 148
    edited July 2009
    I'm more than anal, I'm OCD. I hate scratches, fingerprints etc. I don't even want people to breathe on my stuff. Of course my wife hates it because she wants to sit on the couch and cuddle or some $hit and I see a smudge on the TV and completely freak out. But hey, I work very hard for everything we have so I have that right.

    When kids come over to the house I just get really drunk so I don't have to think about it, that's why everything is up high and my speakers have aluminum grilles (when kids aren't over the grilles are off).
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited July 2009
    Ive got a one inch scratch on my beloved LSi15 thats running surround duty on the speaker side of the ebony wood. Its about a mm thin. Must have happened when contractors got up into the attic during an inspection.

    Anyhow, I've tried Minwax stain pens (ebony colored) and they wouldn't stick. I've tried Minwax wax-fill pens and they don't match, looks stupid, and isn't a permanent fix. Colored pencils wont color on the scratch either.

    I called customer service and they said hire a furniture repairman (yeah, right) or got to a home improvement store to get some materials for a DIY fix (tried that and it didn't work, see above). :mad:

    So, I am desperate. I am going to mix together some acrylic paints (black and brown) and use a toothpick to try to fill in the scrape unless I get better advice here. :(
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2009
    Monster Jam wrote: »
    Ive got a one inch scratch on my beloved LSi15 thats running surround duty on the speaker side of the ebony wood. Its about a mm thin. Must have happened when contractors got up into the attic during an inspection.

    Anyhow, I've tried Minwax stain pens (ebony colored) and they wouldn't stick. I've tried Minwax wax-fill pens and they don't match, looks stupid, and isn't a permanent fix. Colored pencils wont color on the scratch either.

    I called customer service and they said hire a furniture repairman (yeah, right) or got to a home improvement store to get some materials for a DIY fix (tried that and it didn't work, see above). :mad:

    So, I am desperate. I am going to mix together some acrylic paints (black and brown) and use a toothpick to try to fill in the scrape unless I get better advice here. :(

    PM F1nut he'll help you out.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited July 2009
    sorry to hear, it sucks
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

    My Home Theater Rig || Television: 58" Panasonic TH-58PZ800U Viera Plasma || Power Conditioner: Power Monster HTS 3600 MKII || Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR805 || Blu-Ray/Gaming: 60 Gigabytes Playstation 3 || Amplifier: Emotiva XPA-5 || Fronts: Polk Audio RT800i || Center: Polk Audio CS245i || Surrounds: TBA|| Subwoofer: TBA
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    More anal about people getting near my speakers than scratches.
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited July 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    PM F1nut he'll help you out.

    Thanks - I'll see what he says.
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited July 2009
    SKsolutions wrote: »
    sometimes a thumb is ok . .

    Can I make that my sig? I was laughing very hard on that one.....

    I have to admit - there are several stages of attitude I go through pertaining to a scratch.

    If I buy something new (rarely) -

    First:
    I get very angry at the first scratch -

    Then:
    I have to keep inspecting it - did that really happen? - is it really there?

    Lastly:
    I remember that day when I (or someone else) did something stupid and although I don't like the scratch being there - it is part of my life story with the object and my memory enjoys the trip.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    perhaps will be developed for additional uses such as speakers, furniture, etc....

    OLD ARTICLE.....

    CHICAGO -- Scientists have developed a polyurethane coating that heals its own scratches when exposed to sunlight, offering the promise of scratch-free cars and other products, researchers said on Thursday.
    "We developed a polymeric material that is able to repair itself by exposure to the sun," said Marek Urban of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, whose study appears in the journal Science.
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