OCD habits

[Dmitrivna]

Originally Posted by Fencergrl

I have a few quirks…. One is if I am doing something that doesn’t require my eyes (such as driving) I have to read… I have books all over the house because of this.

haha - i as well, I keep running out of places to put them! I have about three large boxes full, plus two wall shelves, a regular bookshelf, three compartments where my clothes are SUPPOSED to go, all over my desk, under my bed, next to my tv, on the stepstool next to my desk - you get the picture.

Something that drives me absolutly NUTS is when I have a bunch of books that I really want to read but just dont have time or am in the middle of another book. (like right now... grrr)

[restlesscheese]

Originally Posted by Zasha

i will always eat a slice of cake from the bottom, saving the frosted top for last.

I do the same thing every time!

Tilted or otherwise askew pictures, paintings, sconces, etc. that hang on walls really bother me. If they're within reach I'll straighten them, but if not it still grates across my nerves until I leave the room.

[Larrison]

Books and reading. I always have at least one novel with me and am usually reading 2 or 3 simulataneously. With the advent of e-books I have at least a dozen novels now with me in my PDA. There's one stashed in the car, for those spare few minutes waiting for someone... I read sitting on the john, and MUST read at least 5 minutes before I can go to sleep. Saturday and sunday mornings are spent reading, and then comes fencing (Saturday) or tennis (Sunday -- unless its a fencing tournament day...)

I am a recovering bookaholic -- at one time my habit was up to over $300 a month and is now down to around $40-60, thanks to e-books and the library... And yes, I have a stuffed 4' bookcase at work, and from where I'm sitting now I can see 9 stuffed bookcases in this room...

Other than that.. hmm.. long sleeved polo shirts and conservative clothes at work; always. light blue or white for shirts; gray, navy or kacki pants. I also write with a fountain pen, except I use the disposable ones since I keep losing my $40 fountain pens. 99% of the time I write on graph paper, usually the light green "engineers pads" -- I can't recall when I hand-wrote on anything else, other than short Christmas or Thank you notes.

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!


Note to all:

If I had been moderator instead of Gav, there would have been more language nagging. Much more.

Originally Posted by Gav

Mine are quite simple:

People who don't bother to use basic grammar and only have a vague idea of spelling and punctuation. I actually want to (equal parts) correct what I am reading or shoot the offender.

<snip>

It's not even errors that bother me, it's the complete laziness of most people that truly infuriate me. It's not so hard to at least try for clarity's sake.
And the above includes L337 speak, txt-speak on forums, and general unhelpful stupidity.

Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[swordwench]

I alphabetize everything I get my hands on. CDs? Absolutely. Except my books, which are organized by genre, then author, then volume if in a series.

I always - always! - have to place the salt to the left of the pepper as it faces me. And they need to be parallel.

Like BJ, I'm really big on symmetry. Lack of it drives me crazy.

Items on my plate should never touch each other. That doesn't stop me from putting different foods on the same fork at the same time, but they need to start out segregated. And cranberry sauce is NEVER allowed to touch any other food, either on the plate or on the fork.

My house could be an utter disaster, but certain useless things must be placed just so. The ketchup bottle must be parallel to the wall at all times. Plates with designs need to be stacked in exactly the same manner. Utensils must be facing the same direction in the drawer. Dollar bills must all be facing the same way in my wallet. I constantly fidget items until they are arranged just so, usually equi-distant from one another. My husband delights in un-doing this.

I'm compulsive about cleaning bathrooms and the kitchen. The rest of the place be damned.

I need to be with my back to a wall when in public, on an elevator, in a room, even fencing. (I hate having the end of the strip that is open to the rest of the room!) I can't relax unless I have everything possible in my peripheral vision.

Yeah, I have a touch of OCD.

[Fencergrl]

Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson

Note to all: If I had been moderator instead of Gav, there would have been more language nagging. Much more.

Craig should really look at putting in spell-check functions on F-Net to help reduce blood-pressure around here

[Gav]

Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson

Hi!


Note to all:

If I had been moderator instead of Gav, there would have been more language nagging. Much more.




Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

Sorry PG,

When I start typing about such things the rage takes over and I can hardly control myself. Inevitably mistakes creep in. Just be glad I don't go in for random capitalisation! Reading the half-wit reponses of the average teen makes me wish we practised more birth control. In fact, it makes the job of moderation far more annoying than the average troll.

And I don't agree with Fencergrl. Less automation. Make people rely on their own wits rather than Bill "I assume you are a moron - and I am right" Gates.

[Krazyhades]

Well, I have this thing where sometimes I will be walking along and I try not to step directly on a "line" coming directly out of an angle (from a corner, of say a wall or the like), but it's not really OCD, I don't think, just something I do when I get really bored and there is nothing to do.

[Zelda]

My house HAS to be tidy. Not necessarily sparkly clean, but TIDY. Am getting antsy at the moment as there is stuff on the floor (3 prs of shoes) and the dinning room table. Thank goodness the cleaner is in tomorrow. The house has to be vacumned and surfaces dusted at least once a week.

All the doors have to be locked before going upstairs - even to the loo.

I hate sitting and talking on the phone - I have to be doing something - be it typing, reading, weeding.

I cant sleep on the right side of the bed. It just doesnt happen. Middle or left.

There has to be at least 2-3 books in my bedroom, along with 2-3 within reaching distance of every other seat in the house.

I love baths but cant sit in them for more than about 5 minutes.

(Yeah I am OCD central...)

[jeff]

Originally Posted by Larrison

Books and reading.... I am a recovering bookaholic -- at one time my habit was up to over $300 a month and is now down to around $40-60, thanks to e-books and the library... And yes, I have a stuffed 4' bookcase at work, and from where I'm sitting now I can see 9 stuffed bookcases in this room...

Having/reading lots of books is bad???? Uh-oh. Just had conversation with wife this evening about where to put 2 more bookcases. Built-in bookcases were a factor in choosing our house! On the other hand, I've heard of people so bad they even had books stored in stacks in the oven...

Gav, Peter: That ain't OCD, that's only right and proper! (hey, deliberate use of slang for effect - so don't penalize me). I take it both of you prefer -ise to -ize, eh?

[ChrisBrasel]

I think it was swordwench that was talking about having a wall to your back.

I hate bars, and when I go to a resturant I want to sit in the the corner booth so I can see everything. I hate having my back exposed. Thats about it. More paranoia than OCD

[penguin_2000]

Originally Posted by Gav

People who don't bother to use basic grammar and only have a vague idea of spelling and punctuation.
...
I have a good relationship with my boss so its taken well.

[Larrison]

Originally Posted by jeff

Having/reading lots of books is bad???? Uh-oh. Just had conversation with wife this evening about where to put 2 more bookcases. Built-in bookcases were a factor in choosing our house! On the other hand, I've heard of people so bad they even had books stored in stacks in the oven...?

Hmm.. hadn't thought of putting them in the oven. Bookcase(s) in the bathroom? Bookshelves on the backs of the doors? Boxes of books used as end tables? Oh yeahhhh.......

[Black Jeebus]

Originally Posted by Larrison

Hmm.. hadn't thought of putting them in the oven. Bookcase(s) in the bathroom? Bookshelves on the backs of the doors? Boxes of books used as end tables? Oh yeahhhh.......

Maybe, because the thought of books in a heating device seems like a dangerous/blasphemous thing.

[Go? Fencing?]

Originally Posted by Larrison

Hmm.. hadn't thought of putting them in the oven. Bookcase(s) in the bathroom? Bookshelves on the backs of the doors? Boxes of books used as end tables? Oh yeahhhh.......

http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/bookbar/

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Originally Posted by Larrison

Hmm.. hadn't thought of putting them in the oven. Bookcase(s) in the bathroom? Bookshelves on the backs of the doors? Boxes of books used as end tables? Oh yeahhhh.......

at my parents' house, i had to put a bookshelf in my closet, because i ran out of places to put bookshelves....

[jeff]

Originally Posted by Black Jeebus

Maybe, because the thought of books in a heating device seems like a dangerous/blasphemous thing.

It's okay if you never cook!

Q: "What do you know how to make?"
A: "Reservations!"

[pigeonmeister]

I have noticed OCD behaviour in fencing- a top British fencer has a strange habit of having to tap the top of his mask after every hit. I have known of others having to have the exact same length of tape on every foil.

I, on the other hand, have no such problem. After a hard session I just count 25 steps before getting in my car, chew my gum 43 times, have 6 showers and then wrap myself in cling film so that the germs can't get in. All perfectly normal post fencing behaviour.

[ChrisBrasel]

lol

before every bout i bang my bellguard on my mask, rub the back portion which has luck in chinese written on it, and wipe my feet with one another. I don't think this is OCD though...

[Larrison]

Originally Posted by Go? Fencing?

http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/bookbar/

Umm.. did I mention about turning a bathtub into a bookcase? Lived in an apartment with 2 bathrooms -- one had a full tub/ no shower, and the other had a shower. I got some plywood and stained and painted it, and put it across the bathtub -- this turned the dry & empty bathtub under it into a storage space. Which rapidly got filled with books....