...Just now, I realized the odd flavor in THIS mug of coffee is orange juice....
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applestar
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Share your "Oh Duh!" Moment
I "park" my mug on the Keurig when I walk away. This way, when I come back, I could just brew another mugful. Sometimes I'm NOT drinking coffee out of the mug, and sometimes I didn't finish drinking it. I've often ended up with watery lukewarm coffee and even overflowed a mug once when I forgot there was some water left in the mug.
...Just now, I realized the odd flavor in THIS mug of coffee is orange juice....
...Just now, I realized the odd flavor in THIS mug of coffee is orange juice....
I don't know if this is an "Oh Duh" or just senior moments.
Sometimes I can't find my keys, usually because it is still in the ignition switch or on the door.
Can't find my package, it is probably in the refrigerator. I automatically stuff packages I bring home in the frig even when they don't need to be there.
Eating my dinner in front of the computer. I go to the kitchen and forget to bring my empty plate back.
I am working in the garden and I put down my hoe mattock or pruners and can't remember where I left them.
I stopped buying weeders unless they come in the tool packs. They keep ending up in the garbage can and I don't like to use them, so I don't really miss them much, so they end up going out with the trash.
I have a 5 gallon weed bucket and a 5 gallon tool bucket in the garden. Sometimes, I don't pay attention and throw the weeds into the tool bucket instead.
If I am not careful when I sit on my garden stool, I end up falling over. The stool has a front and back side and cannot be reversed.
Sometimes I can't find my keys, usually because it is still in the ignition switch or on the door.
Can't find my package, it is probably in the refrigerator. I automatically stuff packages I bring home in the frig even when they don't need to be there.
Eating my dinner in front of the computer. I go to the kitchen and forget to bring my empty plate back.
I am working in the garden and I put down my hoe mattock or pruners and can't remember where I left them.
I stopped buying weeders unless they come in the tool packs. They keep ending up in the garbage can and I don't like to use them, so I don't really miss them much, so they end up going out with the trash.
I have a 5 gallon weed bucket and a 5 gallon tool bucket in the garden. Sometimes, I don't pay attention and throw the weeds into the tool bucket instead.
If I am not careful when I sit on my garden stool, I end up falling over. The stool has a front and back side and cannot be reversed.
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applestar
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I hate forgetting and leaving my good ones with wooden handles out in the rain! 
In terms of forgotten gardening tools, my most shocking "oh duH!" Item was the cheap 10" chef's knife (with really hard to see in the dirt background black plastic handle) which had been downgraded to garden use because it was useless in the kitchen.
I had forgotten it stuck point down in the ground. It was kind of creepy to find it like that a few days later. (I forgot I left it out in the garden, and couldn't find it anywhere in the house, garage, shed... then when I thought about possibly forgetting it outside, I couldn't remember WHICH garden bed....)
My most slap myself really hard forgotten item was my good Japanese hand sickle -- wooden handle, rustable and rustED folded forged steel (used to be) super sharp edge....
In terms of forgotten gardening tools, my most shocking "oh duH!" Item was the cheap 10" chef's knife (with really hard to see in the dirt background black plastic handle) which had been downgraded to garden use because it was useless in the kitchen.
I had forgotten it stuck point down in the ground. It was kind of creepy to find it like that a few days later. (I forgot I left it out in the garden, and couldn't find it anywhere in the house, garage, shed... then when I thought about possibly forgetting it outside, I couldn't remember WHICH garden bed....)
My most slap myself really hard forgotten item was my good Japanese hand sickle -- wooden handle, rustable and rustED folded forged steel (used to be) super sharp edge....
Getting a bit off original, I use tape, not paint to mark hand tools. This is for clippers-pruners, scissors (those black Chinese scissors), anything else not already red/orange. Get a small roll of bright orange electrical tape (box store), wrap a couple of places and leave tabs. I still lose, just not as bad!
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sweetiepie
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I'm not very mechanically minded. My father used to tell me, "Wait a minute, Wait a minute!" When he saw me working on something. I learned that meant, "Get outta the way and let me do it before you break it!"
I was just replacing some outside water valves and wrapping the threads with Teflon tape. Years past, I learned which direction you wrap that tape but there for awhile, I had about a 50:50 chance of peeling the tape off as I put a pipe fitting on! Oh duh! You wrap it the same way as you tighten the fitting ...
Now, I predate Teflon. In fact, when I was a kid, the only plastics in the house were the "bakelite" plugs in the wall outlets. Even the electrical wires were covered with fabric, not plastic ... there was rubber!
Now in my late 60's, we no longer have Oh Duh moments. No, we call them Senior Moments ... but, my first experience with Teflon tape was when I worked at a greenhouse, in my 20's.
There are lots of pipes in a greenhouse - spray system pipe, water pipe, steam pipe, etc. I started off with a putty for the pipe threads; we called it "pipe dope." Then, Teflon tape came out! I was determined to learn how to use it. I mean, use it so that it wouldn't just peel off when I put a fitting on, when I'd feel like an idiot, and like I shoulda just used the dope, instead.
It took me the longest time to come up with the formula. Self-taught, you know ...
Steve
I was just replacing some outside water valves and wrapping the threads with Teflon tape. Years past, I learned which direction you wrap that tape but there for awhile, I had about a 50:50 chance of peeling the tape off as I put a pipe fitting on! Oh duh! You wrap it the same way as you tighten the fitting ...
Now, I predate Teflon. In fact, when I was a kid, the only plastics in the house were the "bakelite" plugs in the wall outlets. Even the electrical wires were covered with fabric, not plastic ... there was rubber!
Now in my late 60's, we no longer have Oh Duh moments. No, we call them Senior Moments ... but, my first experience with Teflon tape was when I worked at a greenhouse, in my 20's.
There are lots of pipes in a greenhouse - spray system pipe, water pipe, steam pipe, etc. I started off with a putty for the pipe threads; we called it "pipe dope." Then, Teflon tape came out! I was determined to learn how to use it. I mean, use it so that it wouldn't just peel off when I put a fitting on, when I'd feel like an idiot, and like I shoulda just used the dope, instead.
It took me the longest time to come up with the formula. Self-taught, you know ...
Steve
