Am I being anal when.....

Gene Hunt

Am I being anal when.....?

As a beginner, am I being a bit anal when I think, ooooh, if I pull the little injection moulding bits of rubber of the tyre walls and think it will make me a bit faster!! Thoughts?

And what are you anal about? nothing rude now!

Gene Hunt

hopper1

I think you are confusing anal with sad!...

Ands

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Gene Hunt

Sad? yes, but every little helps. I'm going to give my finger and toenails a good trim and loose a few more grams...............

dennisn

Gene Hunt wrote:

Sad? yes, but every little helps. I'm going to give my finger and toenails a good trim and loose a few more grams...............

Still sad. You could however have surgery to remove such useless organs as your Gall Bladder, Appendix, Tonsils, and if you're old enough you can shave your nose and ear hair and save quite a bit of weight.

larfingravy

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Yesss!!! I am not alone

thel33ter

larfingravy wrote:

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Yesss!!! I am not alone

Hmmph, I was about to say that, anyway, me too

As for cycling I used to think that drinking my water would give me less weight to carry :roll:

CarleyB

thel33ter wrote:

larfingravy wrote:

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Yesss!!! I am not alone

Hmmph, I was about to say that, anyway, me too

As for cycling I used to think that drinking my water would give me less weight to carry :roll:

hahaha

Pross

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Surely unless you are cack handed or have a walk in wardrobe they all go in the same way anyway lol

larfingravy

Pross wrote:

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Surely unless you are cack handed or have a walk in wardrobe they all go in the same way anyway lol

They move around at night. Trust me.

mattward1979

larfingravy wrote:

Pross wrote:

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Surely unless you are cack handed or have a walk in wardrobe they all go in the same way anyway lol

They move around at night. Trust me.

Its the Clowns!! Ive seen them... scary Ass bastards that sneak into your room at night and re-arrange your stuff!

Rich Hcp

Have a good crap before you start!

If it makes you feel better, do it!

Ands

mattward1979 wrote:

Its the Clowns!! Ive seen them... scary Ass bastards that sneak into your room at night and re-arrange your stuff!

Don't say that! I grew up with a fear of clowns living under the bed after watching Poltergeist. I still don't sleep with my foot hanging out the edge of the bed in case the clown under the bed grabs it.

The coat hanger thing....I should elaborate: the clothes also have to face the same way (left arm outermost). And the white hangers go on the top rail and the black hangers go on the bottom rail.

hopper1

I'm the same, with the coat hangers and garments... Left arm outer most....

Prost - Cack handed...? You mean left hooker?

I am Left Handed, too!

I also have to have all my CD's orientated correctly (straight!) in their cases...

Ands

aaah, how great does it feel to come out of the closet about my coat hanger OCD!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who demonstrates this behaviour.

(Holidays are a nightmare...staying in someone else's villa where the wardrobe has an awful mish-mash of coat hangers, all different colours, plastic, wooden, metal, some bent, some broken, some with bigger hooks than others, meaning the garments don't hang at the same height. :shock: )

neeb

I'm an obsessive brake adjuster. The pads always have to be exactly the same distance from the rims on either side. I keep a 2mm allen key on my bedside table.

I like to have my jersey pockets equally stuffed, i.e not having more weight or bulk on one or either side. To this end I have actually weighed mini pump, spare tube, mini-tool, energy bars etc to try to find the best combinations. I have occasionally moved things from one pocket to another to compensate for consumed energy bars.

TwistedSpirit

Ands wrote:

I have to make sure all the coat hangers are facing the same way in the wardrobe.

Sorry, was it supposed to be cycling related?

Not only do the coat hangers have to be the same way but all the shirts/tshirts have to face the same way too (front to the left)

BenS999

Im obessed about volume controls in the car or in the house, they must be on even numbers. odd numbers are just wrong!
thank god ipods just have a scale that scrolls across without numbers. I once bought a car radio that went up in 2's (on the even numbers!) - problem solved! :oops:

bompington

BenS999 wrote:

Im obessed about volume controls in the car or in the house, they must be on even numbers. odd numbers are just wrong!

Would cause Spinal Tap some headaches... I guess they could just turn it up to 12

Ands

neeb wrote:

I keep a 2mm allen key on my bedside table.
I like to have my jersey pockets equally stuffed, i.e not having more weight or bulk on one or either side. To this end I have actually weighed mini pump, spare tube, mini-tool, energy bars etc to try to find the best combinations. I have occasionally moved things from one pocket to another to compensate for consumed energy bars.

Is that in case you get attacked in the middle of the night by some midget burglars?

Chrissz

Gene Hunt wrote:

I think, ooooh, if I pull the little injection moulding bits of rubber of the tyre walls and think it will make me a bit faster!! :lolGene Hunt

Makes perfect sense to me mate - I ALWAYS carefully inspect a new tyre and pull all those bits off! Sometines I cut them off with a scalpel as I hate it when I try and pull one off and it breaks part way down!

King Donut

Yep, I'm a member of the uniform hanger club.

And CD's are arranged immaculately.
- Mp3's have made me reconsider how to define alphabetical order. I'm now stuck in a conundrum where Otis Redding doesn’t know whether he’s an “O” or an “R”.
- The artist/album information printed on the side of CD’s is upside down in some cases so the CD has to be put in back to front. Why.

I cycle in constant fear of one cleat wearing out quicker than the other so I always try to alternate which foot I unclip during a ride.

neeb

Is that in case you get attacked in the middle of the night by some midget burglars?

No, I've got a pair of nail-clippers under the pillow for those wee b*stards...

Bunneh

All the shoes in my house have to be arranged left>right, and if I see them sat right>left it annoys me. All the ornaments on my shelves have to look symmetrical to each other. The cat bowls have to be arranged to they're level to each other and parallel to the wall. My books have to be arranged in size, smallest to largest left>right.

Oddly I don't care about my hangers, or my clothes being dried inside out...

anto164

i'm the kind of guy who has to also have the books big to little..

Also, i have to switch off every socket which i see which has no plug in it, but is switched on..

As for the rubber bits on tyres, i'm convinced that the rubber marks on the inside of my forks are from the bits of rubber that sit from the side of the tyre, so when ribble decide to process my order, i'll snip all the spare rubber off the tyres.

Thick Tester

Yes.....

Mike67

thel33ter wrote:

As for cycling I used to think that drinking my water would give me less weight to carry :roll:

It does, as long as you're working hard enough to sweat it out again :?

mattward1979

I never realised that Cycling was a major indicator of OCD!

I really cant think of anything that would qualify me as one, except maybe that I trim my nosehair and shave my sack WAY more than is traditionally acceptable...

larfingravy

King Donut wrote:

I cycle in constant fear of one cleat wearing out quicker than the other so I always try to alternate which foot I unclip during a ride.

LOL very good, like that!

dennisn

mattward1979 wrote:

I never realised that Cycling was a major indicator of OCD!

I really cant think of anything that would qualify me as one, except maybe that I trim my nosehair and shave my sack WAY more than is traditionally acceptable...

.... traditionally acceptable......?????

I'd like to ask for more info on that but am scared to.

mattward1979

dennisn wrote:

mattward1979 wrote:

I never realised that Cycling was a major indicator of OCD!

I really cant think of anything that would qualify me as one, except maybe that I trim my nosehair and shave my sack WAY more than is traditionally acceptable...

.... traditionally acceptable......?????

I'd like to ask for more info on that but am scared to.

You know you do it too much when your wife complains that her legs are being shredded by her £8 DIvine razor, yet your "boys" are swinging hairless and happy!!

I always counter with the whole "You wear my Boxers/T-Shirts" argument.