Kitchen project for my inlaws

[DavidR8]

Damn David...that's nice work.

Thanks! My father-in-law was was over the moon with the result.

 

[CalgaryPT]

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If you are wondering why I am mentally afflicted with 'glass half empty scenario brain' as my wife claims, its because I tend to remember certain things that caused me pain & reflection in the past....

That's because you are an experiential learner and reflect on the "why" and not just the "what." I swear that's the reason I dropped out of engineering. Everyone else just wanted the answer, the equation, or the grade. I could never finish on time because I had to pull the logic apart and always ask "why" and understand every aspect—not just produce a correct answer. Use of the word "reflection" in your post is a dead giveaway.

Pain and reflection are only great teachers to experiential learners. Ever watch someone burn the same meal in the same pan over and over again after being told that's not how you do it? Guess who ISN'T an experiential learner in that scenario?

Decades ago I stupidly afixed a granite backsplash to drywall using PL400 instead of silicone. That mistake made slow down and think through construction solutions before just jumping in. Past experience, and more importantly, the "reflection" part of the experience are what make for great solutions.

For the record, my wife thinks I am half-full empty as well. Others times she says I am completely full. I never ask for clarity by asking "Of what?"

 

[DavidR8]

That's because you are an experiential learner and reflect on the "why" and not just the "what." I swear that's the reason I dropped out of engineering. Everyone else just wanted the answer, the equation, or the grade. I could never finish on time because I had to pull the logic apart and always ask "why" and understand every aspect—not just produce a correct answer. Use of the word "reflection" in your post is a dead giveaway.

Pain and reflection are only great teachers to experiential learners. Ever watch someone burn the same meal in the same pan over and over again after being told that's not how you do it? Guess who ISN'T an experiential learner in that scenario?

Decades ago I stupidly afixed a granite backsplash to drywall using PL400 instead of silicone. That mistake made slow down and think through construction solutions before just jumping in. Past experience, and more importantly, the "reflection" part of the experience are what make for great solutions.

For the record, my wife thinks I am half-full as well. Others times she says I am completely full. I never ask for clarity by asking "Of what?"

I am exactly the same... it was drilled into me from an early age, "If you can understand the 'why' of something you'll be better able to figure out how to fix it or make it better."
@PeterT

 

[CalgaryPT]

I am exactly the same... it was drilled into me from an early age, "If you can understand the 'why' of something you'll be better able to figure out how to fix it or make it better."
@PeterT

Sometimes I think it's a curse right?

 

[DavidR8]

Sometimes I think it's a curse right?

A curse I'm happy to have but it does cause some folks to raise eyebrows

 

[CalgaryPT]

For the record, my wife thinks I am half-full as well. Others times she says I am completely full. I never ask for clarity by asking "Of what?"

* S/b "half-empty"

 

[Chicken lights]

That's because you are an experiential learner and reflect on the "why" and not just the "what." I swear that's the reason I dropped out of engineering. Everyone else just wanted the answer, the equation, or the grade. I could never finish on time because I had to pull the logic apart and always ask "why" and understand every aspect—not just produce a correct answer. Use of the word "reflection" in your post is a dead giveaway.

Pain and reflection are only great teachers to experiential learners. Ever watch someone burn the same meal in the same pan over and over again after being told that's not how you do it? Guess who ISN'T an experiential learner in that scenario?

Decades ago I stupidly afixed a granite backsplash to drywall using PL400 instead of silicone. That mistake made slow down and think through construction solutions before just jumping in. Past experience, and more importantly, the "reflection" part of the experience are what make for great solutions.

For the record, my wife thinks I am half-full empty as well. Others times she says I am completely full. I never ask for clarity by asking "Of what?"

It’s interesting how we’re all wired differently

But then again if we were all the same it would be boring

 

[Susquatch]

I swear that's the reason I dropped out of engineering. Everyone else just wanted the answer, the equation, or the grade.

All of your profs should have been shot. Engineering is NOT about getting THE answer or the best grade. In the real world there are seldom problems that have THE answer, only better ones than others. Understanding WHY is the secret to almost every situation. But I understand what you are saying and I've seen it all too often. When we hired engineers, we preferred the ones who were farm boys or machinists daughters, not the ones with the highest grades.

Pain and reflection are only great teachers to experiential learners.

I always like to say that "Experience is the best and toughest teacher of all because she gives the test before the lesson"

If you can understand the 'why' of something you'll be better able to figure out how to fix it or make it better."

Exactly. That's the best approach no matter what your calling is. From cooking to doctors to rocket scientists.

It’s interesting how we’re all wired differently

But then again if we were all the same it would be boring

I often used to start meetings and brainstorming sessions by saying. "If everyone agrees with everyone else then we don't need any of them but one and the rest of you can all go home." (Didn't matter much where that might be, some turkey would always pipe up and ask why I was the one staying..... LOL!)

Even when we are similar, we have differences and those differences are both important and valuable.