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Old 05-02-2018, 10:18 AM
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In my new sewing studio, my computer and sewing machine are in an L-shaped configuration. This morning I rolled my chair from my sewing machine to the computer and searched with my foot for the foot pedal to start my computer up...wow. Had to laugh at myself when I realized what I was doing!
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In my new sewing studio, my computer and sewing machine are in an L-shaped configuration. This morning I rolled my chair from my sewing machine to the computer and searched with my foot for the foot pedal to start my computer up...wow. Had to laugh at myself when I realized what I was doing!
Or looking for the clutch pedal while driving an automatic transmission car - - -
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If you have a tablet computer, you know that to enlarge something, you touch 2 fingers to the screen and spread them apart. I caught myself doing that to printed text the other day. Didn't work worth a darn.
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lol that was a good chuckle glad i'm not alone..........
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Old 05-02-2018, 12:29 PM
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Your not getting old...............you just have a Quilter's brain like the rest of us.
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Old 05-02-2018, 05:57 PM
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I love these posts. Nice to know that I'm not the only one!
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Old 05-02-2018, 06:42 PM
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Or looking for the clutch pedal while driving an automatic transmission car - - -
I do that often! My car and the truck are manual transmission. Since they are the vehicles I drive the most, I'm used to a standard trans. When I drive my 66 mustang or my husband's car which are automatics, I'm always trying to clutch and shift.

I also occasionally try to lower the needle on one of my vintage machines by tapping the foot pedal like I do on the Bernina.
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That's great! When I learned to sew, my mother had a Singer 15-91 in a cabinet and the foot pedal was attached to the cabinet so you push your knee against the lever to make it sew. For years I couldn't figure out why I was always pushing my right leg into the leg of my sewing table. When she gifted the machine to me 30 years later it finally occurred to me.
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Ha ha! You're in good company here!
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I've been doing stuff like that for several years.
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