"Think it'll float?", "What kinda charcoal you use?" and other comments come from hangers on and admirers of your work. They run the gamut from "You missed a spot." all the way to serious questions like "WHAT THE HELL IS IT?, "What is that thing?", "Got any glue?" and "What does it do?"
There is a major difference between working for someone else and working for yourself. Here is the difference; People who would never ever bother you while you are doing a drywall job on the neighbors house will hang around for hours losing the points to your Volkswagen and conversations until you just stop what you are doing. DO NOT EVER ask a peanut gallery member for help. They drop little screws and springs down the carburetor of your just finished rebuilt engine in your old 442 then spill paint all over your lawn just for example. DO NOT EVER ask a peanut gallery member for advice. You will get enough advice without asking for more
If you are a backyard inventor or a suburban garage mechanic and not completely sociopathic, then other people will want to talk to you. Observations made by experts of all variety arrive on sunny days, completely unsolicited, sometimes they even bring beer.
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