I Have a Gremlin in my Workshop.

[hammer80]

mine is level parts still find there way on the floor to be found 3 month later

 

[dnalley]

Funny stuff here, almost a whole build session about losing stuff. I have lost stuff my whole life, but I still have stuff! Not my stuff though, other people's stuff. What the stuff is this? Lost my needle nose pliers, again, again, again. Why do I accumulate stuff?

Lost my glasses, now what?

 

[Peter Gutterman]

Funny stuff here, almost a whole build session about losing stuff. I have lost stuff my whole life, but I still have stuff! Not my stuff though, other people's stuff. What the stuff is this? Lost my needle nose pliers, again, again, again. Why do I accumulate stuff?

Lost my glasses, now what?

"There was many a time when we would observe, when my Gramma couldn't find her glasses, "Gramma,"(who lived with us when I was growing up in the 50s)" they're on top of your head!"

 

[dnalley]

There must be. Whenever I drop a small part (like an eyebolt or deadeye) it simply disappears. The gremlin grabs it and takes it who knows where. He usually returns the part anywhere from a few hours to a few days later, sometimes longer. Then he places it in a spot I KNOW I had thoroughly searched before. I can almost hear him laughing at my puzzled expression and cuss words.

Have you ever been vacuuming a carpet and you find a paper clip stuck in the carpet? And the clip does not cooperate with the vacuum? Then you reach down and pull the paper clip from the carpet. You look at it and toss it back onto the carpet. Then you proceed to the vacuum again. I wish I could provide the sound of the paper clip trying to survive the vacuum!

Back to ships...of ...Scale...

I have two PS planks and two SB planks on my ship. Progress, I guess. When I get to the waste and Garboard strake I will need some advice.

 

[jackofalltrades]

I have hardwood floors... oak stained to a dark walnut colour. So when my gremlins get active, I have to go all CSI in a darkened room with a flashlight. I find that if I get low and shine the light nearly parallel to the floor it makes little objects pop right out. Well, sort of... the item is still usually resting someplace that neither gravity nor my recollection of the drop area would indicate as being correct. lol

I think we all share the pain.
My theory is that if you drop something the accelerating object sends out gravity waves that loosen and broaden the grid of the space time. Small objects will then simply fall through.
Somewhere a creature is scratching one of its heads after again stepping on a small, round item with three holes that seems to be made of an organic material, wondering if it might be the droppings of this 10 legged critter he saw earlier in his humble abode.