Jon,

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:03:54 -0000, Hulatt, Jon wrote:

> I've never really been very good at catching things. However, one time when
> I knocked the soldering iron off the desk, I instinctively managed to catch
> it- an outside chance.

Ouch!

I'm terminally clumsy, which means I'm forever dropping things or knocking them of tables.  This means that I
have a lot of practice catching things, so I've got very good at it!

But I have also developed a very fast go/no go decision process.  As something is falling I have the ability
to decide, usually in time, whether to try to catch it (if it's not dangerous and if there's time), whether to
try to get one of my feet underneath it to break its fall (light, fragile things fall under this category -
I've saved a wineglass like this before now) or whether to move everything out of the way and let it hit the
floor (soldering irons, hammers, chisels, knives - anything hot, heavy or sharp fits this!).  I've never been
very good at physical skills, but this one is pretty useful and it surprises me how successful I am at it.  I
still drop things, though  :-)

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

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