Have you ever looked for something and can’t find it?

[transit]

I have a down spout to repair and I’ve been looking for my pop rivet gun, found everything else, boxes of pop rivets, no gun. A few weeks ago there was a tread asking about shop layouts, I just found the book. Shop Tips by Rodale Press, 296 pages of tips, mostly for wood work. But tips are tips.

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?cm_sp=narrow*middle*go


sorry you'll have to enter the look-up info
The title is Shop Tips

ISBN is 0-87596-591-1

[steve45]

I've found the best way to find something that I've misplaced is to go out and buy a new one!

[scott brunsdon]

My wife is always losing stuff and I laugh at her.
I lost my trolley last week. It's nothing special, but handy for moving heavy things around the place.
I reckon I looked for it for at least half an hour. I searched everywhere and decided someone must have borrowed it.
Found it the next day. I reckon in my search I must have walked past it 10 times. It wasn't even hidden.
I didn't tell my wife about the whole episode.

[MarkBall2]

You will always find what you are looking for in the last place possible.

Ever wonder about that? It's because once you find it, you quit looking!!!!

[dellwas]

Lose stuff all the time, and it's usually right there in front of me :)

Sometimes, though the wife "hides" stuff and it takes days for me to find it. To top it off I ask where she put it and she doesn't have a clue!

[mrmikey]

Years co-worker and I took apart a steering motor to change the end housing as the fitting were different on the replacement motor. We hooked it up and the harder you tried to turn it the harder it turned back and fought you. So we figured we screwed up, which we did, and somehow got the valving inside screwed so it was out of time.
We spent the best part of 2 hours retracing our steps looking for the paper that came with the new one.
Just ready to give up and go home as it was a Saturday so no place open and I happened to look over at my buddy as he was untying his boots. I noticed a piece of paper in his coveralls...the instructions that came with it, four man hours screwed :blush: ....Mike

[transit]

Pros don’t need no stink’s instructions that are for everyone else.


My farther had a new front door installed by a pro. Three doors later I installed the lock set that the pro chewed through, two doors, couldn’t do it, and the lockset comes with templates for drilling guides. :realmad:

[mrmikey]

My farther had a new front door installed by a pro
Ever cut the top off a door instead of the bottom? Done that not once but twice when I put down ceramic tile in the bathroom and kitchen. Brings back the old saying "measure twice and cut once" --or-- "I cut it twice and it's still too short" <G>....Mike

[transit]

Ever cut the top off a door instead of the bottom? Done that not once but twice when I put down ceramic tile in the bathroom and kitchen. Brings back the old saying "measure twice and cut once" --or-- "I cut it twice and it's still too short" <G>....Mike

That’s very easy to do if you use the wrong side of the saw.

[scott brunsdon]

Mike, I'm wondering whether you and I have the same buddy.

My dopey mate Matthew was packing his car to go somewhere and lost his keys. He searched everywhere for them. Un packed the car. Turned the house upside down.

I noticed his distress eventually and said, 'Hey Matthew, are those your keys clenched between your teeth?

But I once did something probably equally as dumb twenty years ago. I went into the city shopping one Saturday. Came home by train and when I walked into my street, my car was gone. I went down to the cop station and reported it stolen. Walking back home I realised that I had driven in to town that morning in the car and caught the train home.

[mrmikey]

Mike, I'm wondering whether you and I have the same buddy
LOL. saying that, we got along great as we were both scatterbrained, it could have been my pocket just as easy as his, saying that:
......are those your keys clenched between your teeth?
Not too awful long ago at work I was looking for my trysquare, looked on the floor under my bench, everyware. Cursed, to myself the sob that borrowed it, where was it....in my hand. Old age sucks <G>.....Mike

[MrLeadMan]

My wife lost her glasses once.


They were on her face!

She's a blonde.

[Knotbored]

Three indikations off old age
1. Your tyyping gets bad
3. Your memory fades
umm I forget the third thing

[kenklingerman]

once, I ran to 7-11 real quick for ice cream, I was younger and I hate to admit it but I was pretty effected by the weed I just smoked. when I walked outside it was horribly cold and usually I just walked the 300 feet to 7-11. but because of the cold I made a snap decision to drive my car.

I got my ice cream and left in a dash.

3 hours later the cops show up at my door, apartment wreaking of weed, they didn't say a word. Some cops around here just don't give a crap about it. anyway they asked me if I knew where my car was and I said yeah, right outside the door. They said no, it's at 7-11 in the parking lot and they had the keys. ????? what the hell, some one stole my car. my stoned *** must have left the keys in it. I got the keys, confused. the my wife started cracking up after the cops left. She asked if I drove to 7-11, And I said yeah and then suddenly remembered the walk home:blush2: And I never shut the car off, three hours idleing in the 7-11 parking lot with a radiator fan with a bad sensor. The employees at 7-11 called the cops because of all the steam and smoke.

Ultimate forgetting where you left your car! And a good reason to grow and leave the weed behind in life!

[mla2ofus]

That's why I keep a bumper sticker on my P/U that says" of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most"!!!!
Mike

[burnandreturn]

I stopped to get fuel and as I was getting out of the truck I grabbed some trash to throw away in the trash can. You guessed it, I had my keys in my hand and threw them in the trash also. Of course I didn't realize it and spent twenty minutes looking for my keys inside the store and on the ground outside the store. Then the light came on in my head and I checked the trash. I swear the keys were laughing at me. I know everyone there was laughing at me.

[TozziWelding]

I will go out and buy a new combo square, or framing square, tape, etc....... then find the old one the next day..........grumble..........grumble............. .........

[tankeedog]

Always!!!

[marlindaniel]

My wife is always losing stuff and I laugh at her.
I lost my trolley last week. It's nothing special, but handy for moving heavy things around the place.
I reckon I looked for it for at least half an hour. I searched everywhere and decided someone must have borrowed it.
Found it the next day. I reckon in my search I must have walked past it 10 times. It wasn't even hidden.
I didn't tell my wife about the whole episode.

Hi...Scott. A similar thing happened to me in the same manner. Yesterday evening I found my credit card was lost and searched all my bags and turned out all the things in my room. But I couldn't find it. I couldn't inform to my parents also..as I am afraid of scolding. Today morning I went to the respective bank and blocked my card transactions. You may think what was new here, but here is the twist it really made me to go mad..The thing was my sister has taken to shopping and forget of intimating me. Then I regretted my self for not saying to my parents.

[Bozzza]

Same thing happened to me not to long ago i spent 1 and half hours looking for my cut off wheels here is a pic of were i found them lol :D

(http://img524.imageshack.us/i/025pl.jpg/)

[Ironmower]

My wife lost her glasses once.


They were on her face!

She's a blonde.The ole boy I used to work with, lost all 3 pairs of his safety glasses, one day. He kept blaming me for taking them. It was all i could do, to keep from laughin. They was all on his head.

[transit]

Just goes to show, the best place to hid something is in the open.

[mrmikey]

A bunch of us went for a ride last year and stopped for a coffee. Last in the group so I put on my lid get on the bike and start off. 30 seconds into the ride I realize I never had my sunglasses on so I looked down over my shoulder on top of my saddlebags where I usually slide them under the strap, nope.
S**t I figure they're toast and squinted for the next hour or so 'till we stopped again at which point I started cursing to no-one in particular about losing them. One of the group proceeded to reach on top of my head and handed me my glasses. Believe it or not I rode for an hour with sunglasses on top of my head and my lid on top of that. People tell me I have a thick head but geesh now I believe them......Mike

[William McCormick Jr]

I heard about this one guy that was looking for his welding helmet and he was wearing it. Ha-ha. Bill McC something or other. Ha-ha.


Sincerely,


William McCormick

[William McCormick Jr]

All the gas stations right by my house are full serve. You get used to it. Usually I go into the convenience store of the station while they are filling up my truck. I get a coffee, bull **** for a while I know everyone.

Then one day on the road far from home. I stop at a station, it is a self serve. I go in pay for the gas, get my coffee, realize I am behind schedule, jump in the truck and go. No gas. Boy I came back quick.

I don't think anyone even knew what happened. Ha-ha.

Sincerely,


William McCormick

[pilebuck]

If half you guy's are like me this has potential to be the longest thread ever.:dizzy:
I try not to lose my temper anymore when I cant find something, aside from looking like an idiot it usually ends up being found right where I left it:)One funny thing I have done a couple of times is when I cant find my safety glasses I'll break out a new pair and put them on. Then after walking around the jobsite or wherever for a while I'll undoubtably walk by something where I can see my reflection and realize my missing pair was on my ball cap the whole time.

[4on12]

On a job sight several years ago, I was building some small brackets for the electricians and dropped one.
I was looking all over for it, couldn't find it.
One of the electricians comes up to me and says "Did you lose something?"
I nonchalantly reply "Yeah, my sanity, wanna help me look for it?"
He puts down his conduit and starts looking on the floor, just playing along with the gag.
Two seconds later the Project Manager walks up, "What you guys lookin for?"
Intently looking under a gangbox with his flashlight, Darren says "Will's sanity"
PM walks away shaking his head, "F**king welders"







.

[PapaLion]

I start cleaning the shop, it always needs that anyways, then 1/2 way through the job I find the missing tool, voila! Now I can quit cleaning the shop, yea, I was tired of it by now... and go to using the found tool.

[farmersamm]

Been there done that............sunglasses on top of my noggin :realmad::laugh:

[PapaLion]

Tozzie: So UR saying U pretty much have at least two of darned near everything.? Sheesh.

[mudbugone]

Man! You guys make me feel more sane...I was beginning to think it was just me...I'm still looking for the 8" spool adapter for my Hobart (3 days and counting) and a dozen other tools.

It's called the "Hereafter" .... You walk into the room...scratch your head.... & wonder...WHAT AM I HERE AFTER....:dizzy: