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Do you do any daft things?

I have recently become aware of one daft thing that I do. I get up and after a quick shuftie on the computer, get my breakfast, take my pills and then head for the washroom.

I clean my teeth and in doing so my hands and face get wet. I then dry my hands and face and step into the shower. Daft or what?

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You are not alone jambutty, my foible is leaving home, getting a hundred yards down the road, then returning to check that I have locked the front door. This is one of many daft things I do, it must have something to do with the ageing process.

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just done one now lol which i,m always doing, took oscar for a walk up owd bobs got out a fag and had left my lighter at home, not a soul around so gasped until i got back home. i call it a senior moment:D

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Walking from room to room trying to remember what you got up for in the first place.!

Finding your mobile in the fridge !

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i get out the wrong side of the bed sometimes not realising i have to walk all the way round the bed to get out of my bedroom instead of just getting out of it right next to the door :(

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Only 'sometimes' is a great achievement for a woman, you should be proud of it :D

My daft thing is that I tend to drive with my hand on the the gearstick... it's an automatic :)

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well now who's the spaz??? ;)

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Now I dont feel to bad know as I am as bad. :o

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Always try to turn those taps off that switch themselves off automatically in public toilets.

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Nope nothing stupid I'm quite simply 'perfect' :)













........ believe that and you'll believe owt! :D

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You can actually get them to work.!!! I am shocked as it takes me to move some water out of it. Always seemed to set the drier off first. :o

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Same here tinks im the same - perfect!!! :D

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Please define "perfect" for us who aint sure please. ;) :D

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It's easy really Spug ;)

Perfect = MEEEEEE!!!! :D

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Gosh jambutty, do we only get to name one? (in response to the one about public toilets, while "standing" in fornt of an automatic urinal, I'll see how far I have to lean to get it to flush, while still managing to hold a good aim!:D )

Okay, I'll just go with my latest: Yesterda, hopped on a horse for a bit of trail-riding. As I haven't ridden in around 10 years, was daft enough to think I could handle a gallop. Well. mid gallop, the horse got spooked by my dog chasing her, she did a bunch of bucking until I was thrown over her head, landing down a hill on mostly my shoulder but also on a bit of me head.

Luckily the field was quite soft and the horse didn't stomp on my face. My friend who was practicing her dressage stuff commented that, as a granddaughter of Secretariat (the triple crown winner), "that horse does get up a pretty quick gallop"!

Yes pretty daft indeed. jambutty, I could have a daft moment of the day the way I go about this here life!:rolleyes:

Brian

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My missis is just like you willow , with her it's her purse, the places we have eventually found it are quite funny, she once 'lost' it with the utility cards in it, searching in the dark is not easy in winter time, the oddest place is in the folds of the open curtains. :D.

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I've recently found myself saying"theres something you don't hear everyday" everytime ihear a police siren:rolleyes:

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I think of this thread now when im rocking the push chair or shopping trolley whilst im chattin to someone when jacks not in it:rolleyes:
anyone else do this?

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I used to find myself rocking the shopping trolly when my girls were little - I think you just get so used to doing that don't you?:D

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I use my hands to illustrate my point, whilst using the phone.

An example.

Talking to my friends in Scotland about the Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. They were saying that she could use her skills as an actress to control a situation. I disagreed, and said that she wasn't Dame Judi Dench, and her skills as an actress mainly involved doing this......

See I've done it again.

Strange thing is, they know me so well they knew what I was doing.:D

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I always undo my seatbelt when I'm ~1/2 mile from my destination.

Brian

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Yeah like don't believe that she usually puts a lit cigarette down like she would a pen when she is doing something.


Or don't believe that anything in her kitchen with a label has to be facing forward ( which I very much enjoy turning everything round when I go to hers) :D

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Lmao I used to find that funny. Or standing there having a conversation and swaying like you have a baby in your arms when you dont lol

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Mine too - what's wrong with that? :confused:

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Because i like destroying people's obsessions. :D:D

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Hope you don't bump into something at 1/4 mile then.............. tut tut :mad:

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Speaking of which I did try to drive away today in my automatic using both feet .. yep, you got it, wondered why it wouldn't move .. left foot on the brake of course :rolleyes:

Oh and tonight in the Co-op wondered why the the assistant disappeared for a while and came back announcing that it was not a winner ? Gave her my lottery ticket instead of £ 10 note.

What bothers me is that there is summat new everyday, no pattern .. excitin' innit ?

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Aye Mickmc, that's why it's so daft. I'm always getting told to put it back on by the family. Which I do. Not really sure why I feel that I've got to get it off before reaching my destination. Daft I tell you, completely daft!

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and modest as well Tinks.....lol

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Yes my dear husband it is daft as you call it so please just stop doing it.

Love,

Cindy Rose

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I drive mine with both feet pretty much all the time. Left foot for braking, right for accelerating. Never a problem to me. Mind you, I learnt how to left foot brake whislt driving manual cars when I did some rallying years ago(You need to do it to keep teh power on and just use the left foot to scrub enough speed off to get it round the corners)

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No doubt that this will give some people some ammunition to confirm their mistaken belief that I am old fool, a stupid old goat, lacking in mental faculties or some other derogatory remark but I asked the question in the first place. I did so to try and make people aware that we all make silly mistakes not just the once but the same silly mistake many times. However, if we are aware of it we can take corrective action if we choose to.

Returning home from the Post Office, after collecting what our government laughingly calls a pension, the milk was brought indoors and replaced with empties, the coat was hung up, the shoes were exchanged for slippers, the milk was poured into a saucepan to heat up for my morning coffee whilst the breakfast things were washed, dried and put away.

I prepared my mug to receive the hot milk and a split second before pouring it I became aware that the mug contained not only the sugar and coffee but also a tea bag and managed to stop myself from pouring the milk. I have absolutely no recollection of putting the tea bag into the mug but I am aware of spooning in the sugar and coffee. I don’t believe in mischievous fairies, poltergeists and other sundry non-earthly creatures. So I must have done it myself not only today but also once a few weeks ago.

I’m not sure what teaffee would taste like but I do know that tea and cocoa isn’t all that bad.

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There, there Jambutty, it's Ok ... today, I sprinkled pepper into my glass of water instead of cup a soup, and this morning Sweetex tablets onto my bowl of cereal. Thought you might feel better if you realised that you are not the only one that is a 'doddering old fool' ....:D x

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Why thank you katex!

I AM NOT ALONE!!!

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Nope, you're not alone jambutty. I more often then I'd care to admit poor my lunchtime coffee in the same mug I had my morning tea in. Actually adds an interesting flavor to it but would have to mark it up to a bit of daftness. Though not too serious.

Brian

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See Jambutty, and Lyy just a young sprogg yet .. :eek:

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Now kate, I may be "young" in your eyes but I can be as daft as any of the more elderly generation.:D I believe my brain acts about 70 years old as does my deteriorating body's joint system:rolleyes:

Very odd cause many folks think I look, and certainly act, more like 25 - 35. All a case of misdirection I suppose!:p

Brian

Sorry for the thread wander, carry on mates!

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I was going to post something but I’ve forgotten what I was going to say.:confused:

I’ve just caught a glimpse of me in the mirror and the thought flashed through my mind, “Who’s that?”;)

I think that it is time that I went to er… now where was I going to go?:eek:

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Very good jambutty:D . . . it was jambutty who made that funny comment right Brian . . . who are you calling Brian . . .

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Thats probably why its safe, you can't get your paws on it! ;)

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Actually, Brian .. I believe we do all these 'daft' things when we are young, just that we get more hung up on it when we get older, blaming it on age!!


You know, the common problem of going upstairs and wondering why you did it in the first place. Did that in my teens, but just laughed it off ... but now, wonder if senile dementia is setting in.(wouldn't be compos mentis to worry anyway if it were .. so not that :confused: ). Hope I am making sense. Think it is that your thoughts go elsewhere as you are climbing the dancers and that's why you drift.

That's my analysis anyway, and I am sticking to it.

P.S. Cod liver oil tablets good for those joints.

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I need to shut my eyes whilst I'm on the phone or I get distracted easily and forget what I'm saying!

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The problem is that if you return to the room that you left to try and remember why you left it and where for and then you forget why you went back to that room life could get rather complicated. Now my brain hurts!

A lot of people talk with their hands when they are on the phone.

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:D I do that too.

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So we are all agreed then that we are stark staring bonkers.

OK! Nurse I’ll put that jacket on now if you insist just don’t pull the strap so tight underneath. I don’t want to be a soprano.

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Speak for yourselves.

I claim exemption.:D

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Knickers we know you.:D

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This is a daft thing Americans do at least in this area. One of the biggest building projects I've been seeing around here are these self-storage units. They build like 100 - 200 of these units (which are the size of a garage). People then rent out and fill them up with all the junk they can't fit in their own homes.

I would estimate that there are close to 20 - 30 of these facilities within a 30 mile radius. Is that plain crazy or what? Does England have such things? Other Americans, are these as prevelant in your areas of the country?

Brian

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Well we do have them but it's not such a big business over here. People use them when they're selling they're houses and they move everything out first to sell it then move everything into their new house.

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I use a Skip, Brian I do not know the translation for it, this is carted off to the nearest landfill, after storing stuff in a gloryfied tin hut for any length of time in our Lancashire climate, the local tip is all it's usually fit for. I had one last week cost about £100,00, 30 years of rubbish, worked out at about 1pence per item, the only problem with them is getting your stuff in before everyone else, of course you can always post an armed guard on it 'over there'.:D

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Yes they are protected by security guys as well as chain link fencing. I guess it's alot of extra funiture, "keepsakes," and other stuff. It just kinda boggles my mind that folks would feel the need to keep all this stuff and pay a sizable rental fee to keep it in there.