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When I am up and about I usually put my cell phone in my left back pocket, it fits there very well.
I got up the other day and did my usual morning things. I turned on the computer, put water on to
heat for coffee, arranged the breakfast bar and sat down to read the online news.
After a bit I found something I needed to research so I reached for my cell phone which normally
lays on the desk. It was not where I usually put it. oops, must have left it some where else.
Looked over by the couch where I had spent the night, not on the chair so maybe I left it
in the back bedroom, so went to look, nope not there and not on the kitchen top either.

well, just call it and when it rings I will hear it and find it.....dial phone and ring,ring, I hear
it and start looking for where I hear the sound...It is very close. Look under the blanket on
the couch,nope. I look under the couch, nope. I can still hear the ringing and it is still
very close, I look under all the papers piled on the desk,nope. I look under the desk
and under the chair and inbetween the piles of wire and computer accessories, nope.

I don't use the vibrate thingy cause one time I had a pager that vibrated and the first
time it did that I like to rip my clothes off trying to get rid of whatever that buzzing
thing was on me.
But I finally found my cell phone.
.....it was not in my left back pocket where I normally keep it.....
it was in my right back pocket.......duh
 

back pocket mobile is worst place!!!!
Really Loosing your mobile is a huge pain and security risk.
Apple afficiaidos have the " find my phone" app and tracks use and location on icloud.
perhaps similair existe for Android phones?

The back pocket is Easy for pickpockets, easy for,phones to fall out, and you can forget and sit on it.
I use a soft case , always in Q charger or caeey in jacket pocket or backpack

Jon
 
I have never lost my phone but I have misplaced my eye glasses. It's very hard to find them again as my eye sight isn't the best without my glasses. I have learned to always put them in the same place and that solves the problem.
 

Left & right issues: about 20-25 yrs ago I was doing agility training in a class with my dog. If anyone is familiar, or saw trials on TV, the dog responds to hand signals.

My dog would get frustrated with me giving him inconsistent commands and would jump up and nip me.

The instructor got a black marker and put a big L on my left hand and a big R on my right one.
 
Pepper said:
Is this new for you? I started having this problem recently, although I remember over 20 years ago driving in a traffic circle and getting all confused. My son said "Go right" and I started to go left and he yelled "NO! Your other right!" and I went the right right.
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Not new. In fact, I'm much better than I used to be. I've learned all kinds of mnemonic tricks, like remembering that I "write" with my "right" hand.

Never had a problem with left-right while driving. Maybe because the differences are obvious (to me). For example, we drive on the right side of the road, and I hate left turns.
 
Packerjohn said:
I have never lost my phone but I have misplaced my eye glasses. It's very hard to find them again as my eye sight isn't the best without my glasses. I have learned to always put them in the same place and that solves the problem.
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That was what I thought of first, misplacing my glasses.
I must admit there were a few times when I “found” them,
right where I’d left them, atop my head! 🤭
 
I got rid of my land line, and only have my cell phone. But I have an Amazon Echo device which is incredibly useful. One thing I use it for is, when I can't find my phone immediately, I say, "Alexa, where is my phone? and the phone immediately rings. If I don't hear it ringing, I know I have left it in the car, and immediately run down and get it.
 
Sunny said:
I got rid of my land line, and only have my cell phone. But I have an Amazon Echo device which is incredibly useful. One thing I use it for is, when I can't find my phone immediately, I say, "Alexa, where is my phone? and the phone immediately rings. If I don't hear it ringing, I know I have left it in the car, and immediately run down and get it.
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Sunny! I didn’t know Alexa did that.

IT WORKS IMMEDIATELY!!!

Thank you!
 
Pepper said:
Is this new for you? I started having this problem recently, although I remember over 20 years ago driving in a traffic circle and getting all confused. My son said "Go right" and I started to go left and he yelled "NO! Your other right!" and I went the right right.
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This reminded me of the times my dad tried to teach my sister to drive. He would say, "Turn right at the corner", and she would turn left. He would ask her why she turned left, and she would say "because you can't order me around." He finally paid for her to go to driving school. :)
 
Kika said:
Left & right issues: about 20-25 yrs ago I was doing agility training in a class with my dog. If anyone is familiar, or saw trials on TV, the dog responds to hand signals.

My dog would get frustrated with me giving him inconsistent commands and would jump up and nip me.

The instructor got a black marker and put a big L on my left hand and a big R on my right one.
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IIRC, in Donald McCaig's Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men, a Border Collie at a sheepdog trial became so frustrated, at what it considered incorrect commands, that the dog refused to acknowledge the handler at the end of their segment.
 
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Nemo2 said:
IIRC, in Donald McCaig's Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men, a Border Collie at a sheepdog trial became so frustrated, at what it considered incorrect commands, that the dog refused to acknowledge the handler at the end of their segment.
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I can certainly believe that really happened. I attended herding trials (did not participate, just helped out) but took lessons there. Border collies are super smart, and if the handler is not up to their level, watch out!!
 
Kika said:
I can certainly believe that really happened. I attended herding trials (did not participate, just helped out) but took lessons there. Border collies are super smart, and if the handler is not up to their level, watch out!!
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that is so true. When DD was little we had a Border Collie ( Jess)... she spent all her time trying to round up the children and of course when they refused to be rounded up and carried on running around the garden, Jess nipped them on the skin, drawing blood.. , so I had to have her re-homed to a nearby Farm. The Vet said to us then, that Border collies should not be kept as pets they're intelligent working dogs..
 
Kika said:
I can certainly believe that really happened. I attended herding trials (did not participate, just helped out) but took lessons there. Border collies are super smart, and if the handler is not up to their level, watch out!!
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My Border had his own games..one of which was to have me throw a small child's rubber football into his mouth from a set distance (his set distance).......if my aim was off he wouldn't avoid it or try to catch it.....he'd just let it bounce off his head...and give me that "Don't you know how to play this game?" look.
 


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