Measure Twice, Cut Once

Okay, so I know the drill...measure twice, cut once. Well I have to say that today that didn't work out so well for me. A while back I measured my TV cabinet because I wanted to add another shelf about my TV to hold the DVD player. I wrote the measurements down on a sticky note and stuck on my cabinet so that when I found the moment the saw was going and I could get a piece of wood cut to my specifications I was ready. Well, today was that day. Dad was working in the garage so the saws are going and bingo it was my chance. I proudly brought a piece of wood out and rattled of measurements. I was supicious of the cut wood after but hey, we were in the big garage and stuff looks smaller in big spaces. The joke was on me though. I had not measured twice for only one cut. My board upon trying to put it into the cabinet was...yes, you guessed it, too short!! After laughing my head off at my silliness I thought I should share this experience with you. (Cindy you may recind your previous offer of going into business after this one.)

(The one on the left is the correct one with the one on the right being my original not measured twice shelf.)

So everybody, measure two, three or maybe even four times before you go for the cut!