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Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:26 pm
by Blast
I am admittedly extremely distractable and forgetful. I don't lock my car often because of the number of times I've left the keys in the ignition, and I often have to turn around to get shit that I have forgotten. At the office it takes three attempts for me to get out the door to make customer visits or pickup told from the store. Yes it's my ADD, but now I've gotten the attorney so distracted when I'm around her or she's on the phone with me that she has now, twice in the last week, misplaced her keys. Claims she never was like that before me. Anyway I've pumped enough loads into into her that I guess I'm curious as to whether ADD can be sexually transmitted at this point. What's my point here? Uhhhh, damnit. Ohh hey Down with the Sickness just came on, sweet.
Anything new in the boobs thread?

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:39 pm
by Reservoir Dog
Whenever Mrs. RD leaves the house I start a silent countdown in my head because I KNOW she's coming back for something. And she does almost every time! :lol:

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:48 pm
by QillerDaemon
I've always been a bit forgetful, and I'm terrible at remembering names. But it does seem to be getting worse lately. I'm 58 now, and I really have to get myself into a known routine not to leave half my shit behind in getting to work or while at work.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:06 pm
by Reservoir Dog
QillerDaemon wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:48 pm I'm terrible at remembering names.
I hear ya, brother. I've been like that my entire life.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:14 pm
by megman
I suck at names and languages. I rock with numbers and sciences.

Everybody has their niche.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:40 pm
by JCW
I'm kinda the opposite. I have clients who message me asking if I remember where something is in THEIR house, that always makes me laugh. I'm curious if that will change as I age.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:23 pm
by FreakShowFanatic
Keep your wallet, with relevant things like your license, credit cards, ATM card etc. in your front pocket. Always pat it to make sure it's still there, even when you sleep at night. Put your car keys in your other front pocket always. My point is that if you're absent minded or tend to lose things easily there are precautionary steps you can take to prevent that.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:34 pm
by JCW
Sleeping with your keys in your pocket sounds awful. Why not just put them on a shelf by the door or something?

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:35 pm
by WestTexasCrude
I'm the opposite of OP. Maybe guilty occasionally of forgetting names, etc but always have all the details in focus everyday/ week before I set out on the day's journey. Maybe it's because I live in a secluded area that is not forgiving of forgetfulness. No stores around the corner to bail you out.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:39 pm
by megman
WestTexasCrude wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:35 pm I'm the opposite of OP. Maybe guilty occasionally of forgetting names, etc but always have all the details in focus everyday/ week before I set out on the day's journey. Maybe it's because I live in a secluded area that is not forgiving of forgetfulness. No stores around the corner to bail you out.
I don't care who you are, but that right there is funny! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:42 pm
by Homebrew
Reservoir Dog wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:39 pm Whenever Mrs. RD leaves the house I start a silent countdown in my head because I KNOW she's coming back for something. And she does almost every time! :lol:
Exact same with Mrs. Brew, drives me nuts. Loading up for any kind of vacation trip is just a cluster fuck that usually ends with her sitting in the car while I find whatever she forgot "this time".

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:55 pm
by WestTexasCrude
megman wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:39 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:35 pm I'm the opposite of OP. Maybe guilty occasionally of forgetting names, etc but always have all the details in focus everyday/ week before I set out on the day's journey. Maybe it's because I live in a secluded area that is not forgiving of forgetfulness. No stores around the corner to bail you out.
I don't care who you are, but that right there is funny! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Nah, actually it makes perfect sense around here. I'm descended from families that lived on the frontiers. 100+ years ago, they would spend days to take their wagons to the nearest large towns to load up on supplies for the next few months. Everything would be calculated to the nth degree. Nothing could be overlooked . No going back for something you forgot. Wired DNA, I think.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:59 pm
by Reservoir Dog
Homebrew wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:42 pm
Reservoir Dog wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:39 pm Whenever Mrs. RD leaves the house I start a silent countdown in my head because I KNOW she's coming back for something. And she does almost every time! :lol:
Exact same with Mrs. Brew, drives me nuts. Loading up for any kind of vacation trip is just a cluster fuck that usually ends with her sitting in the car while I find whatever she forgot "this time".
I bought the wifey a new car three years ago and I went out of my way to make sure it was a car that wouldn't allow the doors to lock if the keys were still in the ignition.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:03 pm
by Reservoir Dog
megman wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:39 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:35 pm I'm the opposite of OP. Maybe guilty occasionally of forgetting names, etc but always have all the details in focus everyday/ week before I set out on the day's journey. Maybe it's because I live in a secluded area that is not forgiving of forgetfulness. No stores around the corner to bail you out.
I don't care who you are, but that right there is funny! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
But he can't remember what he said in a post he put up the day before. :lol:

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:20 pm
by Animal
WestTexasCrude wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:55 pm
Nah, actually it makes perfect sense around here. I'm descended from families that lived on the frontiers. 100+ years ago, they would spend days to take their wagons to the nearest large towns to load up on supplies for the next few months. Everything would be calculated to the nth degree. Nothing could be overlooked . No going back for something you forgot. Wired DNA, I think.
I never really thought about it, but I'm the same way. And the older I get the better I am at organizing and never forgetting anything. My parents were like that. They both grew up on farms and very poor. And where I grew up we lived out in the country. So, going to the store for something was a planned out trip, so to speak. That could be where I get it.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:37 pm
by WestTexasCrude
Flumper wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:20 pm
WestTexasCrude wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:55 pm
Nah, actually it makes perfect sense around here. I'm descended from families that lived on the frontiers. 100+ years ago, they would spend days to take their wagons to the nearest large towns to load up on supplies for the next few months. Everything would be calculated to the nth degree. Nothing could be overlooked . No going back for something you forgot. Wired DNA, I think.
I never really thought about it, but I'm the same way. And the older I get the better I am at organizing and never forgetting anything. My parents were like that. They both grew up on farms and very poor. And where I grew up we lived out in the country. So, going to the store for something was a planned out trip, so to speak. That could be where I get it.
Pretty sure that's why it's wired. I guess if you miscalculated the amount of say flour you needed for the next 3 months, you could compensate with other things, but some things forgotten could be life or death. No drug store around the corner.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:46 pm
by Reservoir Dog
WestTexasCrude wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:35 pm I'm the opposite of OP. Maybe guilty occasionally of forgetting names, etc but always have all the details in focus everyday/ week before I set out on the day's journey. Maybe it's because I live in a secluded area that is not forgiving of forgetfulness. No stores around the corner to bail you out.
Hey, remember that story you told us about forgetting to pick up your Dad's six-pack half an hour after he asked you to and you got asked for ID?

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:22 am
by s.murph
JCW wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:34 pm Sleeping with your keys in your pocket sounds awful. Why not just put them on a shelf by the door or something?
Who the hell sleeps with pockets???..unless you're passed out drunk?

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:42 am
by FreakShowFanatic
s.murph wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:22 am
JCW wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:34 pm Sleeping with your keys in your pocket sounds awful. Why not just put them on a shelf by the door or something?
Who the hell sleeps with pockets???..unless you're passed out drunk?
I have about 10 pairs of fluffy cotton sweatpants that I like to sleep in and they have pockets.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:54 pm
by Blast
FreakShowFanatic wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:42 am
s.murph wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:22 am
JCW wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:34 pm Sleeping with your keys in your pocket sounds awful. Why not just put them on a shelf by the door or something?
Who the hell sleeps with pockets???..unless you're passed out drunk?
I have about 10 pairs of fluffy cotton sweatpants that I like to sleep in and they have pockets.
How do you sleep with 10 pairs of fluffy sweatpants on at once and which pair has your keys in them?

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:03 pm
by FSchmertz
I've finally figured out that, if I don't remember doing something, I probably didn't do it.

Today it was the office alarm that I didn't remember turning on. :oops:

P.S. Fortunately, there's still some stuff here.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:08 pm
by Blast
FSchmertz wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:03 pm I've finally figured out that, if I don't remember doing something, I probably didn't do it.

Today it was the office alarm that I didn't remember turning on. :oops:

P.S. Fortunately, there's still some stuff here.
I left a damn garage door open for the weekend a couple months back. Probably how we got a squirrel in the office.

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:14 pm
by megman
FSchmertz wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:03 pm I've finally figured out that, if I don't remember doing something, I probably didn't do it.

Today it was the office alarm that I didn't remember turning on. :oops:

P.S. Fortunately, there's still some stuff here.
I have a shirt that says "If I don't remember it didn't happen." :lol:

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:24 pm
by Reservoir Dog
megman wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:14 pm I have a shirt that says "If I don't remember it didn't happen." :lol:
About 10 years ago Mrs. RD gave me a custom T-shirt with the cover of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone" on it with the words... "I won't remember your name. Don't take it personally".

Re: Who here is absent minded?

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:03 pm
by megman
Reservoir Dog wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:24 pm
megman wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:14 pm I have a shirt that says "If I don't remember it didn't happen." :lol:
About 10 years ago Mrs. RD gave me a custom T-shirt with the cover of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone" on it with the words... "I won't remember your name. Don't take it personally".
I had a shirt made that says "Wasn't me".

I have to finish it on the back so it says " If it was me, I was drunk." :lol: