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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Koenig" data-source="post: 99014" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>Re: Ways to annoy a sound guy</p><p></p><p>To bring this back to a slightly more serious subject, but still related to coiling cords, I'll tell of my recent change in habits.</p><p></p><p>By way of background, I learned to over-under at about the age of 10 from the older brother of one of my little friends who was, at the age of ~13, a total TV geek and into all things SMPTE. (He still works in television, talk about knowing what you want.) Anyway, I've over-undered every extension cord, garden hose, climbing rope, and audio cable ever since.</p><p></p><p>But recently I've started to make an exception for very small cords, under, say, 5 ft in length, such meter leads. Basically anything short enough so that I can hold one end in the air without the other touching the ground. These I wrap all in one direction giving it the old thumb and forefinger twist as I go, so as to get a nice flat coil. I find that these actually tangle less than over-undered cords when thrown loose into a toolbox, for example. If you grab one end and let them hang free they happily untwist. Maybe everyone does this and I was just the last to catch on. Wouldn't be the first time.</p><p></p><p>--Frank</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frank Koenig, post: 99014, member: 416"] Re: Ways to annoy a sound guy To bring this back to a slightly more serious subject, but still related to coiling cords, I'll tell of my recent change in habits. By way of background, I learned to over-under at about the age of 10 from the older brother of one of my little friends who was, at the age of ~13, a total TV geek and into all things SMPTE. (He still works in television, talk about knowing what you want.) Anyway, I've over-undered every extension cord, garden hose, climbing rope, and audio cable ever since. But recently I've started to make an exception for very small cords, under, say, 5 ft in length, such meter leads. Basically anything short enough so that I can hold one end in the air without the other touching the ground. These I wrap all in one direction giving it the old thumb and forefinger twist as I go, so as to get a nice flat coil. I find that these actually tangle less than over-undered cords when thrown loose into a toolbox, for example. If you grab one end and let them hang free they happily untwist. Maybe everyone does this and I was just the last to catch on. Wouldn't be the first time. --Frank [/QUOTE]
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