You know that you've got a neander problem, when...

[Malcolm Schweizer]

When your checked baggage includes 50 pounds of exotic lumber. (True story- many times.)

[Lee Schierer]

You know that you've got a neander problem, when you live next to __________.

No offense intended toward anyone...

[Kurt Kintner]

When your wife (a sewing neander), insists you buy a SawStop ....

[Pat Barry]

When you look for ways to use your hand tools to get a job done when you have better tools available for the task that are electric but that doesn't fit your new style of work.

[John Gornall]

When you insist you're not interested in a Saturday night movie because you'd rather keep the 35 bucks movie, drink, and popcorn money for rust hunting on Sunday.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

When you're using a cheese grater and start debating in your head the best way to sharpen it.

[Jerry Olexa]

When you ignore the power tool section/threads

[Doug Bowman]

When your checked baggage includes 50 pounds of exotic lumber. (True story- many times.)

i would have brought it as a carry on because I am afraid they would lose it

[Chris Hachet]

I think we may have a winner here....

Agreed! Funny and true at the same time....

[Chris Hachet]

When you look for ways to use your hand tools to get a job done when you have better tools available for the task that are electric but that doesn't fit your new style of work.

I do this all of the time.

[Edwin Santos]

When listening to music in your shop is so important to you, it pushes you to using hand tools so you can hear it.
Drowning out the Beatles with a router is just wrong.

[Jim Koepke]

When you look for ways to use your hand tools to get a job done when you have better tools available for the task that are electric but that doesn't fit your new style of work.

Maybe my neander problem is not having many electric tools. That and having a few place to work that are not convenient to bring in electricity.

jtk

[Andrey Kharitonkin]

Or when they ask 'How's the remodel going' when you've just been chopping mortises.

When you convert the spare bedroom to a workshop.

...when you swing by the lumber department at HD to see if by chance a really nice board snuck into the racks.

Damn right, you are! Thanks for the great laugh! But I also realized that I cannot call my wife sewing neander, she has three machines that can be seen as table saw, jointer and planner... suddenly we are so different!

And it appears so clearly that I'm not alone like this, great therapy guys! (now I want to hug you all)

[steven c newman]

Knowwhen you are in trouble, when you know HOW to use a Bisaigue, and know how to sharpen it.....

[Chris Hachet]

When listening to music in your shop is so important to you, it pushes you to using hand tools so you can hear it.
Drowning out the Beatles with a router is just wrong.

I would say the same for Bach, the Reds game, Steely Dan, NPR, Dixieland Jazz, Garrison Keillor, bluegrass....