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Post by Lesterstrat on Apr 21, 2023 9:00:58 GMT -5
Who did the dumbest thing yesterday? I nominate myself and am almost certain I'll win!
Mrs. L has MS and has to use a mobility scooter. She can normally get two days out of a charge, but recently she's been having to charge it by mid afternoon, after charging overnight. I pulled out the battery compartment (it's removable from the scooter), opened it up and sure enough, the batteries (two 12 volt motorcycle looking batteries) were swollen on the sides so I ordered a couple of new ones off Amazon. They came in yesterday so I got out my battery charger and charged them. Surprisingly, they were charged and ready to go so I took apart the battery compartment again and commenced to replacing the old with the new. Here comes the stupid moment of the day.
I pulled out the first one, put the new one in and re-attached the cables. Moved on to the second and started to button the battery compartment back up and then I glanced over to the counter and saw a battery. It was one of the new batteries. Then, I realized what I did and the following blurted out of my mouth: "You stupid SOB!"
Yes, I put the old battery I took out back in where the second old battery was and left the second new battery on the counter. Had to take the thing back apart. Oh, did I mention there's only about 5000 screws holding that compartment together! Actually, there's only eight, but...
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 21, 2023 9:28:27 GMT -5
Take comfort in knowing you're not the only stupid SOB around here.
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Post by Ricketi on Apr 21, 2023 9:30:03 GMT -5
Well I spent a half hour looking for a set Starrett punches I knew I had. Looked in the basement shop tool box, in both garage tool boxes, and repeated a couple of times. The whole time it was right there in the basement shop tool box . The Starrett punch box looked like a Starrett micrometer box. Ill I had to do was lift the cover and look. Here I am b****ing to the wife someone stole my punches before I brought my tool box home from work when I retired. Duh!
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 21, 2023 10:06:35 GMT -5
Here I am b****ing to the wife someone stole my punches before I brought my tool box home from work when I retired. The older I get, the more often "someone steals my stuff". To add insult to injury, they usually sneak into the house and "put it back, in plain sight" for me to find several hours after I start looking for it.
What a dirty trick.
I wonder if the same guy is stealing Ricketi's stuff...
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Post by gato on Apr 21, 2023 10:52:03 GMT -5
Try looking for your flashlight in the dark. With your flashlight.
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Post by K4 on Apr 21, 2023 11:13:05 GMT -5
I lost my hat, couldn't figure why my grand daughter thought it was so funny. After several minuets of not so friendly words coming out of my mouth, which made her laugh harder, and made me get more frustrated, that is when I looked in a mirror....yep it was on my head.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 21, 2023 11:27:03 GMT -5
Try looking for your flashlight in the dark. With your flashlight.
Kind of like when you need to put on your glasses so you can see well enough to find your glasses...which you've misplaced.
Un-less...that goll-durn tool thief took those, too!
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Post by michael on Apr 21, 2023 11:49:31 GMT -5
i'm good at doing things like that... all my life. i always joke and say well now i know YET ANOTHER way to NOT DO THIS! in a way it a good thing because if/when i have to help someone i know ahead of time what's wrong, cause i've already done it.
most of my problem though is caused by my hatred of reading manuals... i look at it and thnk I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT! sometimes i do, but NOT the way its SUPPOSED to be  |
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Post by Larry Madsen on Apr 21, 2023 12:14:51 GMT -5
Yesterday Queenie told me she submitted her bill for new glasses to the “basic” coverage. An account were they deduct from my paycheck (pre tax) and we use the money in the account for medical bill payments.
Anyway, I asked if she submitted the bill for my recent dental visit.
Queenie looks at me and says, “ you told me they did not charge you for the visit because insurance paid the whole bill.”
I’m sat there like an idiot quietly responding, “ oh yes … I think I remember that”. 🫤
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 21, 2023 12:25:15 GMT -5
More than once, I've picked up my iPhone and tried to dial a number...
...on my calculator.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 21, 2023 12:35:09 GMT -5
I have a short memory for these sorts of things. Let me ask my wife and get back to you folks.
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Post by Ricketi on Apr 21, 2023 14:53:04 GMT -5
My 87 yr old mother is always complaining that somebody took this and that from her and she says she wants to call the police thinking the lady down the road is stealing from her. I tell her she has no proof and most likely she misplaced it. Most of the time she finds it. One time she blamed my wife for taking her tea pot. Next visit she says she found it. No apology .
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Post by Lesterstrat on Apr 21, 2023 15:02:05 GMT -5
Here I am b****ing to the wife someone stole my punches before I brought my tool box home from work when I retired. The older I get, the more often "someone steals my stuff". To add insult to injury, they usually sneak into the house and "put it back, in plain sight" for me to find several hours after I start looking for it.
What a dirty trick.
I wonder if the same guy is stealing Ricketi's stuff...
That's happened to me too! I had to re-locate numerous times over the years while at Boeing. On one move, I couldn't find a VERY expensive motorcycle helmet I had. I swore up and down the movers stole it. I found it while we were preparing for another a transfer move a couple of years later. lol |
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Post by Leftee on Apr 21, 2023 15:57:52 GMT -5
My wife dug out a notepad.
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Post by oldnjplayer on Apr 22, 2023 6:20:36 GMT -5
I'm OK as long as I have a wall calendar to write things down and stickys to put on the front door to remind me things to take with me or do.
One of the dumbest things I've done was spray paint some metal lawn chairs on a windy day near my Mustang. White paint speck covered the Black car. Took several hours to get the oil based paint off of the car and windows.
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Post by LTB on Apr 22, 2023 7:00:37 GMT -5
The older I get, the more often "someone steals my stuff". To add insult to injury, they usually sneak into the house and "put it back, in plain sight" for me to find several hours after I start looking for it.
What a dirty trick.
I wonder if the same guy is stealing Ricketi's stuff...
That happens to me a lot! Also looking for something that I have in my hand, iphone, pens, you name it! |
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 22, 2023 8:50:59 GMT -5
I couldn’t find a brand new heating pad and I suspected my fiancé misplaced it. I found it several weeks later on my filing cabinet. Why in the heck did I put it there?
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Apr 22, 2023 10:26:38 GMT -5
Filed under H for heat.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 22, 2023 11:21:40 GMT -5
Or P for pad.
Or L for lost.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 22, 2023 19:59:16 GMT -5
Okay boys, just hand me the trophy. This can't be beat...
I had carpal tunnel surgery last Thursday on my right hand. I took of the soft cast today and put on a small bandage. There are four stitches in my lower palm. As soon as I'd finished replacing the bandage, there was a gnat in my face. Instinctively (ie, without thinking), I clapped both hands as fast as I could. Instantly, I knew it was a HUGE mistake.
I did get the gnat, though.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 22, 2023 20:50:44 GMT -5
Okay boys, just hand me the trophy. This can't be beat... I had carpal tunnel surgery last Thursday on my right hand. I took of the soft cast today and put on a small bandage. There are four stitches in my lower palm. As soon as I'd finished replacing the bandage, there was a gnat in my face. Instinctively (ie, without thinking), I clapped both hands as fast as I could. Instantly, I knew it was a HUGE mistake. I did get the gnat, though. 🏆 |
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Post by Ricketi on Apr 23, 2023 7:16:43 GMT -5
That's gnat funny!
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Post by rickyguitar on Apr 23, 2023 7:41:20 GMT -5
Okay boys, just hand me the trophy. This can't be beat... I had carpal tunnel surgery last Thursday on my right hand. I took of the soft cast today and put on a small bandage. There are four stitches in my lower palm. As soon as I'd finished replacing the bandage, there was a gnat in my face. Instinctively (ie, without thinking), I clapped both hands as fast as I could. Instantly, I knew it was a HUGE mistake. I did get the gnat, though. Ow! |
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Post by Lesterstrat on Apr 23, 2023 8:43:33 GMT -5
Okay boys, just hand me the trophy. This can't be beat... I had carpal tunnel surgery last Thursday on my right hand. I took of the soft cast today and put on a small bandage. There are four stitches in my lower palm. As soon as I'd finished replacing the bandage, there was a gnat in my face. Instinctively (ie, without thinking), I clapped both hands as fast as I could. Instantly, I knew it was a HUGE mistake. I did get the gnat, though. Did ya holler “You stupid SOB!”? |
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 24, 2023 9:07:22 GMT -5
Did ya holler “You stupid SOB!”? Something like that. lol! |
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Post by Leftee on Apr 24, 2023 10:23:00 GMT -5
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Apr 24, 2023 10:28:42 GMT -5
I have a habit of patting my thigh to verify that my phone is there as I've misplaced it more than once (once had to drive 3 hours round trip after I left it under a menu at a brewery on a road trip).
I was talking to my wife and patted my thigh...oh crap...no phone! I say to my wife I need to find my phone. "you're talking on it you idiot".
She, on the other hand, heard me get up in the middle of the night a couple weeks ago (cat getting into jar of Qtips). She asks what I'm doing, I respond and she says "What?". I respond again, but louder and she says "I can't hear you...I don't have my glasses on".
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Post by Ricketi on Apr 24, 2023 12:58:28 GMT -5
^Lol
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