A long history of 'personalizing' stuff!

 

A 'Loyd-logo' from one of my old tool-boxes. Still have the 'box, though the logo's not in all that great a shape anymore! (see more images of when it was 'fresh', below!)

You can thank my 'significant other'--- the Lovely  Mrs. Debbie, for helping to inspire the subject of this here post! It all started, while I was tinkering around recently, with a 'tool-bag'. One I'd decided to convert to a 'gadget-bag', for carrying a tablet and other items, that I use on my breaks at work.

Like I sometimes do--- I got kinda carried away--- with all of the little doo-dads and gee-gaws, that I ended up attaching to this thing! That's when the wifey, witnessing all the above mentioned 'tinkering' (using our printer / scanner, to come up with some of the more unique images... breaking out the 'ol trusty E-6000 glue to attach most of the stuff to the bag, etc...)--- muttered, in that somewhat irritated way she does with me sometimes: 'you and these obsessions of yours!'

'Hey', I responded--- like the 'over-grown kid' that I (quite PROUDLY) am--- 'I'm just doing what I ALWAYS do.... 'personalizing' stuff! So EVERYONE doesn't have to guess who this belongs to--- or just what kind of things I'm all GEEKY about!' Anyway-yay, here's how the newly-christened 'gadget-bag' turned out!----

Any guesses as to just exactly WHAT things 'ol Loydster's GEEKED-OUT about? The stuff on this bag let's it be known pretty well, I think!

After that little conversation --- I started thinking back to other times I've added the 'Loydster-personal-touch' to stuff! Things like not ONLY tool-bags (AND tool-boxes!)--- but, putting my 'personal stamp' on whole areas where I've  worked, at various jobs over the years! Fortunately, I've snapped-off some pics at a couple of former places of employment---if nothing else, just to prove what a completely SHAMELESS-SUPER-GEEK that I've been!----

This tool-box, which I had to purchase, and bring into an aerospace-related company I worked for, back in 2008---- was one of the first times I tried to put most EVERYTHING on a work-related item, that I'd been all NERDY about over the years! Some of the images were 'home-made-magnets', some were simply glued-on to the box!

'Gee, I wonder just WHO this tool-box belongs too???'

From 2014 to just this past January, I worked as a painter at a vending company in Tulsa-- painting & refurbishing their vending machines and other equipment. After a fairly short time, THIS is what the paint-booth area & my tool-box looked like! This company furnished the tool-box, by the way! Good thing my bosses were pretty laid-back! OR--- they at least maybe understood my GEEKY-NESS!

The top of that same 'Painter's tool-box'!

A little closer look at the front of the 'box.

Just a little 'subtle reminder' to folks at the vending company--- whenever they'd feel like wanting to 'push' me to go faster, and 'produce more'! Doing a quality paint-job, is a 'time-intensive' process! This is a 'custom'-sticker ---I put on a shelf next to the paint-booth. It saved me from having to REPEAT this phrase over-and-over! (Though I STILL ended up saying it an AWFUL LOT!)

This 'tissue-box-cover', came about just because I was bored from looking at the same old 'generic-looking' tissue-boxes day-in and day-out! Blue masking tape, and black & silver paint-pens-- took all the boredom out of blowing my nose!

Some portable speakers I used, toward the end of my time at the vending company. The blue tape with flames was used again, this time to cover a nasty scratch on the 'bass' speaker!

So..... like anybody that's been following along with me here (for ANY length of time!) would NEED any more proof  that I'm the 'over-grown kiddo' that I'm ALWAYS gonna be--- well.... here's some more proof anyway!

Just because one has to work for a living, doesn't mean one can't at least make SOME of the work-environment a little more 'friendly'! It's ALWAYS helped me, over all the years I've been an 'ol 'working stiff'--- to have something near me that I can look at, that brings a smile to my face! 

I've also been blessed / fortunate, to have been able to work at places where they've let me express myself like I have--- SEVERAL times over the years! My little bit of SANITY that I've been able to hold onto---- is I'm SURE, thanks to that!

                                                   Stay safe, sane and HAPPY 'til next time gang!