An experience I have all too frequently is buying something I already
own. And using it before I discover that I had it already. And I spend
far too many hours searching for things I know I have, only to have
them turn up months later...
The other day I was looking for something (I forget what) and I came
upon a heavy duty two-prong plug. A few ago I went to several hardware
stores looking for a heavy-duty two-prong (no ground) plug to replace
a broken plug on a vacuum cleaner. I ended up buying a three-prong
plug and sticking an adapter on it. On Saturday I was looking through
my shop for something else (I forget what) and I found a never-used
heavy-duty two-prong plug.
A few weeks ago I used a self-centering drill bit (a Vix bit) that I'd
had for years in a clear plastic case. When I was done, I couldn't
find the case--even though I had had it just an hour before. A few
days later I found the case and now I can't find the bit. I've turned
my shop over looking for it. Still no bit. I had to buy a new one.
A few months before that I'd been using a porter-cable orbital sander
hooked up to a vacuum cleaner for dust collection. When I went to put
the built-in dust collector back on the sander, I couldn't find it. A
few weeks later I found the dust collector, and now I can't find the
sander. This is the first time I've mislaid something that big.
It's not a tool, but I bought a lawn sprinker to replace one that
broke. Two days later I found the even better lawn sprinkler I'd
bought last year on sale, to be prepared for when one broke....
It goes on and on...
I guess I should clean up my shop.
On Aug 21, 7:57 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>....spend far too many hours searching for things I know I have..... I guess I should clean up my shop.
you have the perfect opportunity here to build yourself a bunch in
rolling cabinets with drawers.
On 21 Aug, 10:57, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> An experience I have all too frequently is buying something I already
> own. And using it before I discover that I had it already. And I spend
> far too many hours searching for things I know I have, only to have
> them turn up months later...
>
> The other day I was looking for something (I forget what) and I came
> upon a heavy duty two-prong plug. A few ago I went to several hardware
> stores looking for a heavy-duty two-prong (no ground) plug to replace
> a broken plug on a vacuum cleaner. I ended up buying a three-prong
> plug and sticking an adapter on it. On Saturday I was looking through
> my shop for something else (I forget what) and I found a never-used
> heavy-duty two-prong plug.
>
> A few weeks ago I used a self-centering drill bit (a Vix bit) that I'd
> had for years in a clear plastic case. When I was done, I couldn't
> find the case--even though I had had it just an hour before. A few
> days later I found the case and now I can't find the bit. I've turned
> my shop over looking for it. Still no bit. I had to buy a new one.
>
> A few months before that I'd been using a porter-cable orbital sander
> hooked up to a vacuum cleaner for dust collection. When I went to put
> the built-in dust collector back on the sander, I couldn't find it. A
> few weeks later I found the dust collector, and now I can't find the
> sander. This is the first time I've mislaid something that big.
>
> It's not a tool, but I bought a lawn sprinker to replace one that
> broke. Two days later I found the even better lawn sprinkler I'd
> bought last year on sale, to be prepared for when one broke....
>
> It goes on and on...
>
- I guess I should clean up my shop.
I'll clean my shop as soon as I find it. I'd swear I just used it the
other day.
On Aug 21, 10:57 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> An experience I have all too frequently is buying something I already
> own. And using it before I discover that I had it already. And I spend
> far too many hours searching for things I know I have, only to have
> them turn up months later...
>
> The other day I was looking for something (I forget what) and I came
> upon a heavy duty two-prong plug. A few ago I went to several hardware
> stores looking for a heavy-duty two-prong (no ground) plug to replace
> a broken plug on a vacuum cleaner. I ended up buying a three-prong
> plug and sticking an adapter on it. On Saturday I was looking through
> my shop for something else (I forget what) and I found a never-used
> heavy-duty two-prong plug.
>
> A few weeks ago I used a self-centering drill bit (a Vix bit) that I'd
> had for years in a clear plastic case. When I was done, I couldn't
> find the case--even though I had had it just an hour before. A few
> days later I found the case and now I can't find the bit. I've turned
> my shop over looking for it. Still no bit. I had to buy a new one.
>
> A few months before that I'd been using a porter-cable orbital sander
> hooked up to a vacuum cleaner for dust collection. When I went to put
> the built-in dust collector back on the sander, I couldn't find it. A
> few weeks later I found the dust collector, and now I can't find the
> sander. This is the first time I've mislaid something that big.
>
> It's not a tool, but I bought a lawn sprinker to replace one that
> broke. Two days later I found the even better lawn sprinkler I'd
> bought last year on sale, to be prepared for when one broke....
>
> It goes on and on...
>
> I guess I should clean up my shop.
Recently, I was at the Borg, looking for a replacement bulb. I
couldn't seem to remember the word Halogen. The associate said I had a
case of CRS. ( Can't Remember Sh_t). Gray hair will do that to you.
Joe G
On Aug 22, 12:40?am, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
> Tue, Aug 21, 2007, 7:57am (EDT-3) [email protected] ([email protected])
> doth lament thusly:
> <snip> And I spend far too many hours searching for things I know I
> have, only to have them turn up months later... <snip>
>
> No prob. I've got it all figured out. When I was younger I could
> concentrate on half dozen for more projects at a time, switching from
> one to another, with no problem. But, now that I'm older, my
> concentration has greatly increased. I think of it along the lines of a
> dozen or more railroad tracks, side by side. There I am, zipping along
> in an engine, concentrating on something, and disregarding all else.
> Then something comes along and distracts me, someone asking something
> like, "Are you busy?", springs to mind. Then, because the concentration
> is so intense, the sudden reaction is like jumping to another track
> entiredly. Your train of thought is lost. Then no matter how hard you
> try, you may not get a branch line taking you back to your original
> track for days, weeks, months, and on occassion, never. So you can stop
> blaming it on old age, and now you can blame it on your intense
> concentration. Simple. No prob. What was I talking about?
>
> JOAT
You know you really have a problem when the focus of the intense
concentration was tying your shoe lace!
FobbyTown
Most of my projects' best features started out as mistakes!
Wed, Aug 22, 2007, 4:57am (EDT-3) [email protected] (FoggyTown) doth
sayeth:
You know you really have a problem when the focus of the intense
concentration was tying your shoe lace!
Nah, got it covered. I tie my shoelaces, put my shoes on, don't
need to tie the laces again until they bet untied again, which could be
weeks later.
JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso
On Aug 21, 2:15 pm, "Dave in Houston" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Charlie M. 1958" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:[email protected]...
>
> > Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least once
> > a week for the last 11 years. I could remember the first and the last of
> > the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took about 30 minutes of walking
> > away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers came back to me.
>
> I shouldn't laugh; I worry about that very thing every time I step touch
> the combination dial. But I DO have it written down and kept in a SAFE
> place. Uh, that probably won't help.
> --
> NuWave Dave in Houston
I have long list of items that I've put in safe places, places where I
absolutely CANNOT forget where they are. They surely are safe, as
they'll never get found and used again.
skeez wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:52:10 -0000, GROVER <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>> I guess I should clean up my shop.
>> Recently, I was at the Borg, looking for a replacement bulb. I
>> couldn't seem to remember the word Halogen. The associate said I had a
>> case of CRS. ( Can't Remember Sh_t). Gray hair will do that to you.
>> Joe G
>
>
> dont worry! soon it will advance to craft ! cant remember a F#$KIN
> THING! :-]>
>
> SKEEZ
Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least
once a week for the last 11 years. I could remember the first and the
last of the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took about 30 minutes
of walking away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers
came back to me.
Puckdropper wrote:
> "Charlie M. 1958" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>
>> Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least
>> once a week for the last 11 years. I could remember the first and the
>> last of the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took about 30 minutes
>> of walking away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers
>> came back to me.
>
> You probably ought to write those numbers down somewhere where you won't
> forget them. I'll tell you what... You post your home address and safe
> combination to the wRECk, and you'll always be able to find them and
> make sure it's yours (that's where your home address comes in.) ;-)
>
> Puckdropper
LOL!
A. The safe is at the office.
B. There is nothing in it except our weekly computer back-up cd's and a
few bucks petty cash.
C. There are 2 other guys I could have asked for the combination had my
pride allowed it. :-)
user wrote:
> Puckdropper wrote:
>> user <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>> Renata wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:43:51 -0500, user <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Renata wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it"
>>>>>>> principle.
>>>>>> Unless...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
>>>>>> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
>>>>>> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
>>>>>> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually
>>>>>> did.
>>>>>> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I
>>>>>> was doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it
>>>>>> (besides my whole house that I've gone over twice).
>>>>>> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Renata
>>>>> I know where your can of turp is! And why is it sitting on the
>>>>> tank of our toilet in the half bath? It's been there for about
>>>>> 2 years.
>>>>> Maybe I'll just ask the wife.
>>>> If you 'd be so kind as to share the location as soon as she tells
>>>> you, I'd surely appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Renata
>>>>
>>> Location of what? The turp? It's on the toilet tank in the
>>> half bath. But why? Why is the turp sitting on the toilet tank? *that*
>>> is *your* turp, isn't it?
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>
>> This is getting forwarded to alt.humor.best-of-usenet
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Puckdropper
>
> I am the "go to" guy at work when it comes to computer repair.
> A lady brought in her computer that needed XP installed on it. It worked
> when it left my house. A couple weeks later when she finally had time to
> hook it all up, it didn't work.
> She complains to a co-worker, "I don't think Fud Pucker knows what
> he is doing!" The co-worker tells me about it. She later comes to me and
> tells me, "Fud, it's not working. There is an error on my screen about
> no signal, and the screws on the back won't let me put the plug in,
> blah, blah, blah..."
> "Well, it sounds like you are trying to plug the monitor cable in
> upside down!"
> She replies with, "Hey, I'm not stupid. Remember me telling you
> several weeks ago in the break room about me taking computer classes in
> school? I have my CNA certification. Anyhow, <name of co-worker> is
> coming over tonight to look at it!"
> I looked her straight in the eye and said, "Well, he knows a whole
> lot more about computers than I do. He's good"
> I went out to the co-worker and told him it sounds like she is trying
> to plug the monitor cable in upside down, told him what to look for.
> I was at home eating supper later that night and the phone rings. It
> was the co-worker laughing and telling me I was right...it was the cable
> upside down.
> Yes, she is blond.
>
>
He fixed it ... it's HIS problem now. ;-)
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On 2007-08-21 11:15:27 -0700, "Dave in Houston" <[email protected]> said:
>
> "Charlie M. 1958" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least
>> once a week for the last 11 years. I could remember the first and the
>> last of the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took about 30 minutes
>> of walking away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers
>> came back to me.
>
> I shouldn't laugh; I worry about that very thing every time I step
> touch the combination dial. But I DO have it written down and kept in
> a SAFE place. Uh, that probably won't help.
I hope it's not in the safe.
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Tue, Aug 21, 2007, 7:57am (EDT-3) [email protected] ([email protected])
doth lament thusly:
<snip> And I spend far too many hours searching for things I know I
have, only to have them turn up months later... <snip>
No prob. I've got it all figured out. When I was younger I could
concentrate on half dozen for more projects at a time, switching from
one to another, with no problem. But, now that I'm older, my
concentration has greatly increased. I think of it along the lines of a
dozen or more railroad tracks, side by side. There I am, zipping along
in an engine, concentrating on something, and disregarding all else.
Then something comes along and distracts me, someone asking something
like, "Are you busy?", springs to mind. Then, because the concentration
is so intense, the sudden reaction is like jumping to another track
entiredly. Your train of thought is lost. Then no matter how hard you
try, you may not get a branch line taking you back to your original
track for days, weeks, months, and on occassion, never. So you can stop
blaming it on old age, and now you can blame it on your intense
concentration. Simple. No prob. What was I talking about?
JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso
"Charlie M. 1958" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least once
> a week for the last 11 years. I could remember the first and the last of
> the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took about 30 minutes of walking
> away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers came back to me.
I shouldn't laugh; I worry about that very thing every time I step touch
the combination dial. But I DO have it written down and kept in a SAFE
place. Uh, that probably won't help.
--
NuWave Dave in Houston
[email protected] wrote:
| I guess I should clean up my shop.
Me too - as soon as I can find my glasses and a broom...
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
"Charlie M. 1958" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least
> once a week for the last 11 years. I could remember the first and the
> last of the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took about 30 minutes
> of walking away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers
> came back to me.
You probably ought to write those numbers down somewhere where you won't
forget them. I'll tell you what... You post your home address and safe
combination to the wRECk, and you'll always be able to find them and
make sure it's yours (that's where your home address comes in.) ;-)
Puckdropper
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
*snip*
> It's not a tool, but I bought a lawn sprinker to replace one that
> broke. Two days later I found the even better lawn sprinkler I'd
> bought last year on sale, to be prepared for when one broke....
>
> It goes on and on...
>
> I guess I should clean up my shop.
>
We have a saying around here:
"You always find it after you buy (or make) a new one."
If you're building, you usually find what you're looking for when the
project's 90% complete. Happened the other day with a bench hook...
Puckdropper
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> An experience I have all too frequently is buying something I already
> own. And using it before I discover that I had it already. And I spend
> far too many hours searching for things I know I have, only to have
> them turn up months later...
>
> The other day I was looking for something (I forget what) and I came
> upon a heavy duty two-prong plug. A few ago I went to several hardware
> stores looking for a heavy-duty two-prong (no ground) plug to replace
> a broken plug on a vacuum cleaner. I ended up buying a three-prong
> plug and sticking an adapter on it. On Saturday I was looking through
> my shop for something else (I forget what) and I found a never-used
> heavy-duty two-prong plug.
>
> A few weeks ago I used a self-centering drill bit (a Vix bit) that I'd
> had for years in a clear plastic case. When I was done, I couldn't
> find the case--even though I had had it just an hour before. A few
> days later I found the case and now I can't find the bit. I've turned
> my shop over looking for it. Still no bit. I had to buy a new one.
>
> A few months before that I'd been using a porter-cable orbital sander
> hooked up to a vacuum cleaner for dust collection. When I went to put
> the built-in dust collector back on the sander, I couldn't find it. A
> few weeks later I found the dust collector, and now I can't find the
> sander. This is the first time I've mislaid something that big.
>
> It's not a tool, but I bought a lawn sprinker to replace one that
> broke. Two days later I found the even better lawn sprinkler I'd
> bought last year on sale, to be prepared for when one broke....
>
> It goes on and on...
>
> I guess I should clean up my shop.
>
Sounds like an infection by the C-Nile virus ;-)
"Charlie M. 1958" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> skeez wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:52:10 -0000, GROVER <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I guess I should clean up my shop.
>>> Recently, I was at the Borg, looking for a replacement bulb. I
>>> couldn't seem to remember the word Halogen. The associate said I had a
>>> case of CRS. ( Can't Remember Sh_t). Gray hair will do that to you.
>>> Joe G
>>
>>
>> dont worry! soon it will advance to craft ! cant remember a F#$KIN
>> THING! :-]>
>>
>> SKEEZ
>
> Just the other day I went to open a safe that I have opened at least once a week for the last 11
> years. I could remember the first and the last of the 4 numbers to the combination, but it took
> about 30 minutes of walking away and doing something else before the middle 2 numbers came back to
> me.
A post-it stuck on the door should help.
Oh!
"Renata" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Joe wrote:
>>
>>
>>I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
>
> Unless...
>
> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually did.
>
> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I was
> doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it (besides my
> whole house that I've gone over twice).
>
> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>
> Renata
I have a variant of this. Whenever I tidy up (get someone old to explain what this means ;-)) and
throw stuff out (again...), I always, always, need something I have thrown out, usually within a week.
Often its wood scraps, sometimes its a 10-year-old tin of paint with an inch in the bottom, or some
useful metal bracket thats been sitting around gathering dust for 15 years. Within a week of throwing
it, I will realise it was perfect for the project I am doing.
C-Nile virus again maybe.
"Dave Gordon" <d@p> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> I have a variant of this. Whenever I tidy up (get someone old to
> explain what this means ;-)) and throw stuff out (again...), I always,
> always, need something I have thrown out, usually within a week. Often
> its wood scraps, sometimes its a 10-year-old tin of paint with an inch
> in the bottom, or some useful metal bracket thats been sitting around
> gathering dust for 15 years. Within a week of throwing it, I will
> realise it was perfect for the project I am doing.
>
> C-Nile virus again maybe.
>
*disgusted tone* Oh no! SOMEBODY CLEANED!
It's not that I don't like clean surfaces and all, it's just I like
finding things more. Clutter = busy = happy. :-)
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user <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Renata wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:43:51 -0500, user <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Renata wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it"
>>>>> principle.
>>>> Unless...
>>>>
>>>> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
>>>> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
>>>> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
>>>> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually
>>>> did.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I
>>>> was doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it
>>>> (besides my whole house that I've gone over twice).
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>>>>
>>>> Renata
>>> I know where your can of turp is! And why is it sitting on the
>>> tank
>>> of our toilet in the half bath? It's been there for about 2 years.
>>> Maybe I'll just ask the wife.
>>
>> If you 'd be so kind as to share the location as soon as she tells
>> you, I'd surely appreciate it.
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Renata
>>
>
> Location of what? The turp? It's on the toilet tank in the
> half bath. But why? Why is the turp sitting on the toilet tank? *that*
> is *your* turp, isn't it?
>
>:)
>
This is getting forwarded to alt.humor.best-of-usenet
:-)
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Joe wrote:
>>
>
> Holy cow, you can remember what the first place you looked was???????
>
> I am truly impressed.
>
> jc
>
>
I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
--
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Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
"Mike Patterson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Won't help now, but I've developed a habit - when I can't find
> something, and eventually I _do_ find it, I put it in the first place
> I looked for it.
>
> Over time everything ends up where your subconcious thinks it is, so
> the next time you find it quicker.
>
> FWIW
> Mike
>
Holy cow, you can remember what the first place you looked was???????
I am truly impressed.
jc
"Mike Patterson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Won't help now, but I've developed a habit - when I can't find
> something, and eventually I _do_ find it, I put it in the first place
> I looked for it.
>
> Over time everything ends up where your subconcious thinks it is, so
> the next time you find it quicker.
>
> FWIW
> Mike
>
I usually put it back in the last place that I found it because chances are,
if I found it there once, I'm going to find it there again.
"[email protected]" wrote
>
> I guess I should clean up my shop.
It won't help. It's the inanimate objects. They aren't really inanimate.
I discovered that with extension cords.
No matter how carefully I position them they will become entangled and it
doesn't matter where you put things; they have a way of moving to another
location.
You just have to learn to live with it.
Max
"Renata" wrote in message
> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I was
> doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it (besides my
> whole house that I've gone over twice).
>
> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
I never have trouble finding anything ... when I finally get around to
looking in the place I last left it, that is.
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Last update: 8/8/07
KarlC@ (the obvious)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 21, 7:57 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>....spend far too many hours searching for things I know I
>>have..... I guess I should clean up my shop.
>
>
>
>
>
> you have the perfect opportunity here to build yourself a bunch
> in rolling cabinets with drawers.
Now where did that cabinet go?
FoggyTown <[email protected]> wrote in news:1187783869.671152.106480
@x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
> On Aug 22, 12:40?am, [email protected] (J T) wrote:
>> Tue, Aug 21, 2007, 7:57am (EDT-3) [email protected] ([email protected])
>> doth lament thusly:
>> <snip> And I spend far too many hours searching for things I know I
>> have, only to have them turn up months later... <snip>
>>
<snip> So you can stop
>> blaming it on old age, and now you can blame it on your intense
>> concentration. Simple. No prob. What was I talking about?
>>
>> JOAT
>
> You know you really have a problem when the focus of the intense
> concentration was tying your shoe lace!
>
> FobbyTown
> Most of my projects' best features started out as mistakes!
>
>
We have a well known sportscaster/social commentator here, who claims that
his measure of 'having arrived in life' is not having to tie his
shoelaces...
Patriarch,
barefoot and in shorts...
Wed, Aug 22, 2007, 10:19am (EDT-1) [email protected]
(Patriarch) doth sayeth:
We have a well known sportscaster/social commentator here, who claims
that his measure of 'having arrived in life' is not having to tie his
shoelaces...
Too senile to tie 'em on his own?
JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wed, Aug 22, 2007, 10:19am (EDT-1) [email protected]
> (Patriarch) doth sayeth:
> We have a well known sportscaster/social commentator here, who claims
> that his measure of 'having arrived in life' is not having to tie his
> shoelaces...
>
> Too senile to tie 'em on his own?
He has people to tie them. His people have people.
[email protected] (J T) wrote in news:22422-46CC6915-25@storefull-
3337.bay.webtv.net:
> Wed, Aug 22, 2007, 10:19am (EDT-1) [email protected]
> (Patriarch) doth sayeth:
> We have a well known sportscaster/social commentator here, who claims
> that his measure of 'having arrived in life' is not having to tie his
> shoelaces...
>
> Too senile to tie 'em on his own?
>
Too involved in the rest of life to give a darn. Whether they were tied,
or whether anyone else cared.
Patriarch
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:52:10 -0000, GROVER <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>>
>> I guess I should clean up my shop.
>
>Recently, I was at the Borg, looking for a replacement bulb. I
>couldn't seem to remember the word Halogen. The associate said I had a
>case of CRS. ( Can't Remember Sh_t). Gray hair will do that to you.
>Joe G
dont worry! soon it will advance to craft ! cant remember a F#$KIN
THING! :-]>
SKEEZ
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> An experience I have all too frequently is buying something I already
> own. And using it before I discover that I had it already. And I spend
> far too many hours searching for things I know I have, only to have
> them turn up months later...
>
<snip>
> A few weeks ago I used a self-centering drill bit (a Vix bit) that I'd
> had for years in a clear plastic case. When I was done, I couldn't
> find the case--even though I had had it just an hour before. A few
> days later I found the case and now I can't find the bit. I've turned
> my shop over looking for it. Still no bit. I had to buy a new one.
>
That explains a lot. I found your case behind my router last week.
Couldn't figure
out what in the heck it was for.
Just checked... it's gone again...
Nova wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> Holy cow, you can remember what the first place you looked was???????
>>
>> I am truly impressed.
>>
>> jc
>>
>>
>
> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
>
I usually quit looking after I find it at the last place I look.
I mean, why keep looking after you have found it?
Renata wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Joe wrote:
>>
>>
>> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
>
> Unless...
>
> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually did.
>
> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I was
> doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it (besides my
> whole house that I've gone over twice).
>
> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>
> Renata
I know where your can of turp is! And why is it sitting on the tank
of our toilet in the half bath? It's been there for about 2 years. Maybe
I'll just ask the wife.
Renata wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:43:51 -0500, user <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Renata wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
>>> Unless...
>>>
>>> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
>>> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
>>> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
>>> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually did.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I was
>>> doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it (besides my
>>> whole house that I've gone over twice).
>>>
>>> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>>>
>>> Renata
>> I know where your can of turp is! And why is it sitting on the tank
>> of our toilet in the half bath? It's been there for about 2 years. Maybe
>> I'll just ask the wife.
>
> If you 'd be so kind as to share the location as soon as she tells
> you, I'd surely appreciate it.
>
> ;-)
>
> Renata
>
Location of what? The turp? It's on the toilet tank in the
half bath. But why? Why is the turp sitting on the toilet tank? *that*
is *your* turp, isn't it?
:)
Puckdropper wrote:
> user <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Renata wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:43:51 -0500, user <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Renata wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it"
>>>>>> principle.
>>>>> Unless...
>>>>>
>>>>> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
>>>>> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
>>>>> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
>>>>> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually
>>>>> did.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I
>>>>> was doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it
>>>>> (besides my whole house that I've gone over twice).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Renata
>>>> I know where your can of turp is! And why is it sitting on the
>>>> tank
>>>> of our toilet in the half bath? It's been there for about 2 years.
>>>> Maybe I'll just ask the wife.
>>> If you 'd be so kind as to share the location as soon as she tells
>>> you, I'd surely appreciate it.
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Renata
>>>
>> Location of what? The turp? It's on the toilet tank in the
>> half bath. But why? Why is the turp sitting on the toilet tank? *that*
>> is *your* turp, isn't it?
>>
>> :)
>>
>
> This is getting forwarded to alt.humor.best-of-usenet
>
> :-)
>
> Puckdropper
I am the "go to" guy at work when it comes to computer repair.
A lady brought in her computer that needed XP installed on it. It worked
when it left my house. A couple weeks later when she finally had time to
hook it all up, it didn't work.
She complains to a co-worker, "I don't think Fud Pucker knows what
he is doing!" The co-worker tells me about it. She later comes to me and
tells me, "Fud, it's not working. There is an error on my screen about
no signal, and the screws on the back won't let me put the plug in,
blah, blah, blah..."
"Well, it sounds like you are trying to plug the monitor cable in
upside down!"
She replies with, "Hey, I'm not stupid. Remember me telling you
several weeks ago in the break room about me taking computer classes in
school? I have my CNA certification. Anyhow, <name of co-worker> is
coming over tonight to look at it!"
I looked her straight in the eye and said, "Well, he knows a whole
lot more about computers than I do. He's good"
I went out to the co-worker and told him it sounds like she is
trying to plug the monitor cable in upside down, told him what to look for.
I was at home eating supper later that night and the phone rings.
It was the co-worker laughing and telling me I was right...it was the
cable upside down.
Yes, she is blond.
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>Joe wrote:
>
>
>I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
Unless...
I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually did.
Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I was
doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it (besides my
whole house that I've gone over twice).
I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
Renata
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:43:51 -0500, user <[email protected]> wrote:
>Renata wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:31:30 GMT, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Joe wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I work off the "What was I doing the last time I used it" principle.
>>
>> Unless...
>>
>> I recall looking for something and finding my can of turpentine. I
>> remember thinking, "I wonder if turp would be an acceptable
>> substitute" for whatever it was that I was looking. I remember
>> thinking, 'Nah, I better find the right stuff". And eventually did.
>>
>> Now, I'm looking for the turp, can't find it, can't recall what I was
>> doing in the above scenario to know where to look for it (besides my
>> whole house that I've gone over twice).
>>
>> I'm sure it will pop up - after I've bought another can.
>>
>> Renata
>
> I know where your can of turp is! And why is it sitting on the tank
>of our toilet in the half bath? It's been there for about 2 years. Maybe
>I'll just ask the wife.
If you 'd be so kind as to share the location as soon as she tells
you, I'd surely appreciate it.
;-)
Renata
Won't help now, but I've developed a habit - when I can't find
something, and eventually I _do_ find it, I put it in the first place
I looked for it.
Over time everything ends up where your subconcious thinks it is, so
the next time you find it quicker.
FWIW
Mike
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:57:45 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>An experience I have all too frequently is buying something I already
>own. And using it before I discover that I had it already. And I spend
>far too many hours searching for things I know I have, only to have
>them turn up months later...
>
>The other day I was looking for something (I forget what) and I came
>upon a heavy duty two-prong plug. A few ago I went to several hardware
>stores looking for a heavy-duty two-prong (no ground) plug to replace
>a broken plug on a vacuum cleaner. I ended up buying a three-prong
>plug and sticking an adapter on it. On Saturday I was looking through
>my shop for something else (I forget what) and I found a never-used
>heavy-duty two-prong plug.
>
>A few weeks ago I used a self-centering drill bit (a Vix bit) that I'd
>had for years in a clear plastic case. When I was done, I couldn't
>find the case--even though I had had it just an hour before. A few
>days later I found the case and now I can't find the bit. I've turned
>my shop over looking for it. Still no bit. I had to buy a new one.
>
>A few months before that I'd been using a porter-cable orbital sander
>hooked up to a vacuum cleaner for dust collection. When I went to put
>the built-in dust collector back on the sander, I couldn't find it. A
>few weeks later I found the dust collector, and now I can't find the
>sander. This is the first time I've mislaid something that big.
>
>It's not a tool, but I bought a lawn sprinker to replace one that
>broke. Two days later I found the even better lawn sprinkler I'd
>bought last year on sale, to be prepared for when one broke....
>
>It goes on and on...
>
>I guess I should clean up my shop.
Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:57:45 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> A sad tale of the continuing quest for that thing I just had a few minutes ago...
I'm sorry you have to go through that, and I'm glad I'm not the only
one. Misery does love company.
Seems like every hour I spend in the shop consists of 55 minutes
looking for 'whatever' and 5 minutes doing the job. Everything has a
place and nothing's in it.
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA
"darkon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 21, 7:57 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>....spend far too many hours searching for things I know I
>>>have..... I guess I should clean up my shop.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> you have the perfect opportunity here to build yourself a bunch
>> in rolling cabinets with drawers.
>
> Now where did that cabinet go?
I had some floor space for a cabinet lying around here somewhere.......
jc