"Greg Guarino" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>On 6/29/2013 7:39 PM, Gramp's shop wrote:
>> Of course, it will turn up next week.
>Nope. Not until you buy a new one.
When I was a kid, after not being able to find a tool my father often bought
hand tools such as tape measures, hammers, screw drivers, etc. 2 or more at
a time so that one could be found when needed... After major cleanups the
tool chests were over flowing with same... the missing and newly bought
combined! Me... after that experience it is a rarity that I don't put a tool
away!
John
On 6/29/2013 4:39 PM, Gramp's shop wrote:
> So I bought a 3" engineer's square for tool set-up. Used it a couple of weeks ago. Needed it today, but damn if the box isn't empty. Must have set it down someplace (as usual) and can't find. Of course, it will turn up next week.
>
> Larry
>
All tools need a mate. That's why the minute you buy the replacement,
the original will show up. Aging ain't for sissies. Sigh.
mahalo,
jo4hn
On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:09:41 -0400, Greg Guarino <[email protected]>
>> Of course, it will turn up next week.
>Nope. Not until you buy a new one.
And there's a corollary to buying a new one. It states that as long as
you save the receipt so you can return the second one unused when you
find the first one ~ you'll never find the first one.
In other words, you have to ding, dent and scrape the second one
before you'll ever have a chance to find the first one.
"Gramp's shop" wrote:
> So I bought a 3" engineer's square for tool set-up. Used it a
> couple of weeks ago. Needed it today, but damn if the box isn't
> empty. Must have set it down someplace (as usual) and can't find.
> Of course, it will turn up next week.
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There was a time in my life that I passed out small screwdrivers that
also had a small magnet on one end, screwdriver on the other to
customers.
I advised the customer that each screwdriver was also supplied with a
pair of invisible legs that allowed the screwdrivers to disappear.
This happened frequently.
Maybe your square also has a similar set of legs.
Lew
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> I always find things in the last place that I looked for them. That's
> not what pisses me off though, what pisses me off is the times that I
> had already looked there...
>
My personal theory is that scientists have developed invisibility/cloaking
technology, but they're not very good at aiming it yet. That's why you can
look in the same place 3 times and not see the thing you're looking for.
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
basilisk <[email protected]> wrote in news:EmKzt.82120$pt1.27949@en-
nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com:
>
> You know that it is hiding in plain sight, probably mocking your
> inability to see it.
>
> These days I lose stuff in arms reach.
>
> basilisk
I've been doing that since I was very young. I put something down and have
to look for it a few minutes later. It usually hasn't gone anywhere, I
just can't find it.
It's something you don't grow out of...
Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:39:21 -0700, Gramp's shop wrote:
> So I bought a 3" engineer's square for tool set-up. Used it a couple of
> weeks ago. Needed it today, but damn if the box isn't empty. Must have
> set it down someplace (as usual) and can't find. Of course, it will
> turn up next week.
>
> Larry
You know that it is hiding in plain sight, probably mocking your
inability to see it.
These days I lose stuff in arms reach.
basilisk
On 6/29/2013 8:29 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
> "Mike Marlow"<[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>> I always find things in the last place that I looked for them. That's
>> not what pisses me off though, what pisses me off is the times that I
>> had already looked there...
>>
>
> My personal theory is that scientists have developed invisibility/cloaking
> technology, but they're not very good at aiming it yet. That's why you can
> look in the same place 3 times and not see the thing you're looking for.
>
> Puckdropper
Nah. It's just the perversity of inanimate objects.
Hum -
The Sun spit out three massive blasts in one day! It is sliding into a
different mode ???? Hope not as the extra heat from it we don't need.
Since the blasts were filled with massive amounts of all sorts of
particles - wonder if a space rift didn't open it up and suck in your
square and lots of other stuff.
Martin
On 6/29/2013 6:39 PM, Gramp's shop wrote:
> So I bought a 3" engineer's square for tool set-up. Used it a couple of weeks ago. Needed it today, but damn if the box isn't empty. Must have set it down someplace (as usual) and can't find. Of course, it will turn up next week.
>
> Larry
>
basilisk wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:39:21 -0700, Gramp's shop wrote:
>
>> So I bought a 3" engineer's square for tool set-up. Used it a
>> couple of weeks ago. Needed it today, but damn if the box isn't
>> empty. Must have set it down someplace (as usual) and can't find.
>> Of course, it will turn up next week.
>>
>> Larry
>
> You know that it is hiding in plain sight, probably mocking your
> inability to see it.
>
> These days I lose stuff in arms reach.
>
I always find things in the last place that I looked for them. That's not
what pisses me off though, what pisses me off is the times that I had
already looked there...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]>,
Mike M <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 30 Jun 2013 01:29:35 GMT, Puckdropper
><puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>
>>>
>>> I always find things in the last place that I looked for them. That's
>>> not what pisses me off though, what pisses me off is the times that I
>>> had already looked there...
>>>
>>
>>My personal theory is that scientists have developed invisibility/cloaking
>>technology, but they're not very good at aiming it yet. That's why you can
>>look in the same place 3 times and not see the thing you're looking for.
>>
>>Puckdropper
>
>Glad it's not just me. I thought that's why you had 2 or 3 of every
>thing. It started with me when I had everything in storage. It was
>easier to buy another then find it. No were not talking table saws I
>can always find it.
>
>Mike M
Also remember that modern science has never abolutely proven that things
cannot just disappear...
--
There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat,
plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)
Larry W. - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org
On 30 Jun 2013 01:29:35 GMT, Puckdropper
<puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>> I always find things in the last place that I looked for them. That's
>> not what pisses me off though, what pisses me off is the times that I
>> had already looked there...
>>
>
>My personal theory is that scientists have developed invisibility/cloaking
>technology, but they're not very good at aiming it yet. That's why you can
>look in the same place 3 times and not see the thing you're looking for.
>
>Puckdropper
Glad it's not just me. I thought that's why you had 2 or 3 of every
thing. It started with me when I had everything in storage. It was
easier to buy another then find it. No were not talking table saws I
can always find it.
Mike M