[TheForge] Forge rails

[Bruce Freeman]

Don

You''re neither stupid nor (too) old.

What folks sometimes don't realize is that creative thinking
--designing or inventing--  is ACTIVE work.  It takes effort (and can
wear you out).  You have to apply yourself to come up with ideas.
That can escape us sometimes because much of idea-making is
subconscious, and therefore ideas sometimes seem to pop out of
nowhere, effortlessly.  But you have to set yourself up to do
unconscious work too!

When I need to come up with an idea, i think about it, and sometimes
draw up plans (on TurboCAD, these days) for days at a time (throwing
out bad ideas along the way), for a project that might take only a day
or two to execute.  I probably do this kind of creative work more than
most people -- at least with respect to disciplines in which I'm not
highly trained.  Therefore, I know whereof I speak.

Don't slight yourself for NOT thinking of a solution.  With time and
effort, I have no doubt you would have come up with something
workable.  But you did an excellent thing -- you asked folks who know!
 That's a mark of intelligence.  Applaud yourself for it.

All the best,

Bruce

(Just a hair cooler here today.  Completely overcast, but humid, so
"averages out" a bit less hard to take than the past couple days.
Ever notice how conversations multiply on this forum in really hot or
really cold weather?)

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:54 PM,  <PlumDon at aol.com> wrote:

> Thank you Frosty, et al. Now that seems such an obvious solution.
> 'Specially since I keep it on a rolling metal table. What was so irritating  about
> this business is that I didn't think of it. I'm concerned now that it was
> because I was old or stupid.

-- 
Bruce
NJ