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That's a good one too, Sam. Sort of a rainbow affect with your clothes, huh? And matching hangers to boot! Wow! 
posted by
JimmyA
on May 22, 2012 at 6:46 AM
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I have to have my closet color coordinated including the hangers! sam 
posted by
sam444
on May 21, 2012 at 6:14 PM
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Re: Hi Jimmy,
Hmmm . . . I guess that qualifies, Amanda. In other words ( just as an example ) if you had a plate of carrots, mashed potatoes and a piece of chicken, you would eat all of the carrots, then the mashed potatoes, then the chicken? Personally, I don't think I could do that. But if that's how you prefer to dine, hey, like I always say, to each his own! 
posted by
JimmyA
on May 21, 2012 at 8:33 AM
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Hi Jimmy,
I have to eat all of my food separately. Does that qualify?
posted by
Amanda__
on May 21, 2012 at 7:37 AM
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It would seem, Against, that the two downfalls in your "practice" would be 1) if you keep missing that zero and continue to go up, it could get very expensive after a while and 2) there's only so much room in your gas tank! How much more would you be able to fit in if you kept missing that zero? It's gotta stop some time! 
posted by
JimmyA
on May 21, 2012 at 6:13 AM
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I do a similar arrangement with my clothes on my hangers. All the hangers must be running the same way and all the clothes facing the same way. But odder is what I do at the gas station. In keeping track of my gas mileage, I always stop pumping so that the gallon amount is rounded off to an even one hundredths. For example, at 8.690 I stop, but I keep pumping if it stops at 8.691--doing so until it stops with a "0" at the third decimal number.
posted by
Against4WindsOn2Flam
on May 20, 2012 at 3:26 PM
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That's a little different, mariss. I just hope you don't accidentally bump into something with all of that aimless pacing!
posted by
JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:48 AM
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I tend to pace around aimlessely when I have something hard to do that I want to avoid.
posted by
mariss9
on May 20, 2012 at 9:43 AM
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Re: JimmyA
Sure, Wiley, that's another way to put it. However, "disorder" sounds just a tad harsh, like I would be bouncing off the walls in a padded cell somewhere if I forgot to flip over that one coin! Quirk, at least, makes it sound like a harmless habit or ritual one feels "compelled" to do from time to time. Believe it or not, there have been a handful of times when I was actually able to walk past a face-down coin and ignore it. It was a little tough, but I did it!
posted by
JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:33 AM
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It's nice, Utah, to find a fellow "coin flipper," but I too am a poker player, and know all about bluffing and "tells." And you're right. Making opponents think you've got a good hand initially and then bluffing with those tells later can work a good percentage of the time. Believe it or not, my "tell" while playing poker that gave away good hands was to always crack my knuckles when the cards fell just right. And if I pulled that card for an inside straight, or grabbed the fifth spade or club for a flush, watch out! The "popping" would go on for several minutes! That was a very difficult habit to break!
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JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM
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That is a unique quirk, FSI. Almost like washing a dish before you use it . . . and then washing it again after you use it. Hey, there's nothing wrong at all with neatness and cleanliness!
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JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:18 AM
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Thanks, Bright. I would have never thought of it as "uniquely cute," but that's as good a way to describe it as any! And I actually think that sometimes I too am compelled to even out certain odd numbers under certain circumstances! Hmmm . . .
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JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:16 AM
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Re: I think that I must be a squashy marshmellow and I must have some silly
A "squashy marshmallow," Kabu? Don't stand near any campfires! And I'm not sure if collecting gnomes would be considered a quirk, unless you only but them on Thursdays, only if they're on sale, and only if they're less than two feet tall. Aah, now we have a quirk!
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JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:13 AM
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Re: Jimmy
That's a good one, Naut. Perhaps that has taught you to be more careful with your own spelling habits, which is not a bad thing ( I, for some reason, can't spell to save myself! Thank the gods for "spell check" ) Perhaps an editing career is in your future!
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JimmyA
on May 20, 2012 at 9:08 AM
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JimmyA
I think really what your asking is if other folks have an 'obsessive compulsive' disorder and I'd have to say in my case not anymore........
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 19, 2012 at 10:47 AM
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Okay, so I do the coin thing too, but worse than that is the nodding of my head when I have a good poker hand. I learned this in Nevada while playing Texas hold em. I had the winning hand and I knew it, and when others would bet against me I would nod my head as if saying no, when it came time for the last player to bet he mentioned my head nod and folded and as hard as I have tryed to quit I still catch myself doing it. Of course now I bluff with it as well.
posted by
UtahJay
on May 18, 2012 at 11:32 PM
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My bed has to be made before I get into at night. Sometimes I let it go. Then when it's bedtime I'll make it anway, then pull down the covers.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 18, 2012 at 8:20 PM
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Well .. I am annoyed by uneven numbers. The grandchildren laugh at me .. If they ask for a cookie they will get 2 or 4 but never three. This carries on to many other thngs. I think your little quirk is uniquely cute.
posted by
BrightIrish
on May 18, 2012 at 5:30 PM
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I think that I must be a squashy marshmellow and I must have some silly
quirky habit.....but I can't think of any...collecting Gnomes? No that is pretty ordinary.
posted by
Kabu
on May 18, 2012 at 4:41 PM
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Jimmy
Here's one of mine - when I spot a misprint in a book, I must take a pen and correct it. Sometimes when I don't, maybe because I haven't got a pen handy, it bugs me, and I have been known to go back to it later and do it...It's totally irrational, but it's one of those strange compulsions...
posted by
Nautikos
on May 18, 2012 at 3:52 PM
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