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fuzzybuddy

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A plastic part on the cat's litter box broke, so I went to get my trusty bottle of Gorilla Glue. It wasn't there. Looked all over for an hour, and not a drop in the house. Bought some more and glued the part. I put the glue away so that I will always know where it will be- right next to the four other bottles of glue.
I swear somebody stole them and put them back. And they're doing it more often, now.
 

Happens to me too Fuzzy, look for something you think you have, can't find it, go out and buy another and presto! There's the one you were looking for! :eek:hwell:
 

Hangers in my closet disappear. I'm not buying any more clothes but after I do the wash I come up short on hangers. Checked the hubby's side of the closet and everything seems in order. Can't figure it out.
 
Oh yeah, I know that place. The secret hiding place that's so secret that even I can't find it.

i do that with tea in the pantry. I end up buying more all the time. So now I have just about every flavor of herbal tea known to man.
 
I had to laugh. I do this with grocery items and other things. I know I need something so I make a "mental note". Pick it up at the store and when I go to put it away find that I have already bought it--this can happen more than once, especially with items I rarely buy. You don't seem to be alone with this!
 
I'm perpetually trying to find my hairspray....my lipstick...my face cream..... I'll tear the bathroom apart looking for it and it's sitting right there in plain sight the whole time.

My theory: in my mind (what's left of it), I'm looking for a red can, a black tube, a white jar and, instead, it's in a blue can, a white tube, a green jar. My mind has itself so made up what this item is going to look like that it won't even register anything that isn't colored right. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it.... Otherwise, I'd have to admit that I'm going senile.
 
jujube said:
I'm perpetually trying to find my hairspray....my lipstick...my face cream..... I'll tear the bathroom apart looking for it and it's sitting right there in plain sight the whole time.

My theory: in my mind (what's left of it), I'm looking for a red can, a black tube, a white jar and, instead, it's in a blue can, a white tube, a green jar. My mind has itself so made up what this item is going to look like that it won't even register anything that isn't colored right. Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it.... Otherwise, I'd have to admit that I'm going senile.
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Seems reasonable to me. I'll buy into your theory!
 
BlondieBoomer said:
Oh yeah, I know that place. The secret hiding place that's so secret that even I can't find it.

i do that with tea in the pantry. I end up buying more all the time. So now I have just about every flavor of herbal tea known to man.
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I have one of those places, too. It drives me nuts, but I do it anyway. I've done it all my life. And I also do the thing with tearing the house up looking for something, go buy another one, and come home and find the 4 other ones I already have. I did that just last week with baking powder!
 
fuzzybuddy said:
A plastic part on the cat's litter box broke, so I went to get my trusty bottle of Gorilla Glue. It wasn't there. Looked all over for an hour, and not a drop in the house. Bought some more and glued the part. I put the glue away so that I will always know where it will be- right next to the four other bottles of glue.
I swear somebody stole them and put them back. And they're doing it more often, now.
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I've noticed that things you can't find are always in the last place you look.

As for those four bottles of Gorilla Glue... they were probably hardened up by then anyway.
 
And then there's the "forever" syndrome. You somehow have five large bottles of ketchup in the pantry so you figure you'll never run out of ketchup again.......until one day you need ketchup and there won't be any left. BUT HOW COULD I BE OUT OF KETCHUP????? I HAD ENOUGH KETCHUP TO LAST FOREVER!!!!
 
About that "secret hiding place", where you'll never forget where it is. Way back in the 70s, supermarkets would sell a encyclopedia volume a week for a $1. I bought all 26 of 'em. I hid a $37.00 check in one volume. That was 30-40 years ago. Still haven't found that &+#@$^*& check.
 
I had a favorite pr of scissors that I put in a place where I would be sure to find them again. I never found them again, we moved and I never found them while packing . I have no clue what happened to them.
 
Reading this thread makes me feel less alone! We could start a club! Betty White (in her early 80's at the time) responded to a question about how she kept so trim and fit. She lived in a two story house and was up and down the stairs often--looking for things she couldn't find when needed.
 
Well the gremlins in this house are always moving stuff I thought I knew for sure I put (somewhere). And a lot of times I'll search and search and when I go back to the original spot...the item(s) are there! WTH! My sister says it happens to her too.
 
Aha Ken N TX, you fessed up.:) That neat junk drawer isn't yours. I should have known, where are the broken parts to stuff you haven't had in years. Why isn't there twine wrapped around everything. And none of that stuff looks sticky. These are all hallmarks of a true junk drawer.
And for Victor Meldrew. Yup, you're right. The Gorilla is starting to harden, but only at the pouring tip. There it's like case hardened steel. The totally hardened bottles go in the junk drawer.
 

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