My Faults That Irritate Me. What Are Yours?

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Lon

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I probably have quite a few but forgetting to turn off the kitchen or bathroom faucet drives me batty. I am pretty good with the Gas on the stove and very seldom forget to turn it off after boiling something.
 

I never forget anything like that, in fact I seldom forget anything...I'm too OCD.

Those things would irritate me in someone else though...that's why I live alone. :)


Was replying to Lon, should have quoted him.
 

I keep forgetting to turn off lights, then I notice them when I'm in bed. I'm scheduled for cataract surgery, so I'm trying to convince myself that's the reason.
 
My worst fault is my smoking. I love to smoke. I've quit several times. The longest I went was about 5 months. I've cut down, but will still smoke well over a pack in one day when I have a rough night (insomnia).
 
Lon said:
I probably have quite a few but forgetting to turn off the kitchen or bathroom faucet drives me batty. I am pretty good with the Gas on the stove and very seldom forget to turn it off after boiling something.
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I really miss my old stove and I don't understand why it's not incorporated into new stoves.

I had one element that was timed. So you could put a pot on that element and set it for a specific length of time and then it would shut off.
 
Smiling Jane said:
I keep forgetting to turn off lights, then I notice them when I'm in bed. I'm scheduled for cataract surgery, so I'm trying to convince myself that's the reason.
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If I had my way all the lights in my apartment would be motion controlled and would shut off when you left the room.

In my bedroom I installed a timer switch. Now I can go to bed in the light and get into bed and the light will shut off by itself. No more fumbling in the dark.
Getting up in the dark is the night light on.
 
Why continue with faults if they irritate you? If you like your faults, they're hardly considered faults.

My main fault is that I'm too anal about simple things.

Like CC, my OCD is stupid! Did I lock the front door? Yes I did, but I had better check it again to make sure.

( Have to jump right into bed or I'll hafta check that damned front door again. UGH ! )
 
In the same vein, Falcon, I wouldn't actually call forgetfulness a fault. I would call it a difficulty. Forgetfulness happens to us old folks, and there's a cause, so it's not our fault.
 
CeeCee said:
I need cataract surgery also according to my dr. but I think I see fine.
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Not me. I'm almost blind sometimes, especially in bright sunlight; at night, lights have twinkly halos surrounding them. My Kindle is at the next to the largest setting. I have always had very limited vision in one eye, so naturally my good eye got the worse cataract.
 
I'm similar with the OCD, I have to check several things, often more than once, when I leave the house. I also have a problem with leaving the tea kettle on the stove and getting sidetracked. It is a whistling kettle but all of the walls in my apartment are made of steel reinforced concrete with a plaster coating and I can't hear a thing from one room to another.

The good news is that I live in a concrete building with no risk of fire.

I'm sure it won't be long before we have apps to help us with most of these issues.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I'm similar with the OCD, I have to check several things, often more than once, when I leave the house. I also have a problem with leaving the tea kettle on the stove and getting sidetracked. It is a whistling kettle but all of the walls in my apartment are made of steel reinforced concrete with a plaster coating and I can't hear a thing from one room to another.

The good news is that I live in a concrete building with no risk of fire.

I'm sure it won't be long before we have apps to help us with most of these issues.
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Would you be able to trust the apps, or would they be something else to check?
 
Smiling Jane said:
Not me. I'm almost blind sometimes, especially in bright sunlight; at night, lights have twinkly halos surrounding them. My Kindle is at the next to the largest setting. I have always had very limited vision in one eye, so naturally my good eye got the worse cataract.
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Don't want to go off topic but yes, bright sunlight blinds me and driving at night is bad but it always has been for me...before cataracts.

I can read small print but do have glasses for that.

Thanks! :)....and let me know after you get it done, please. I'm scared.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I'm sure it won't be long before we have apps to help us with most of these issues.
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It's called Siri. Not an app, but a "personal assistant device". My older brother has one in his home. He's very frustrated with it because he hasn't quite figured out how to program it to 'assist' as advertised.
 
Camper6 said:
I really miss my old stove and I don't understand why it's not incorporated into new stoves.

I had one element that was timed. So you could put a pot on that element and set it for a specific length of time and then it would shut off.
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Now *that* is just what I would like---a stove with a timed burner. My most forgetful thing---going upstairs and forgetting something on the stove downstairs. Takes a while for the burn smell to waft it's way up there. Ha!
 
What irritates me the most are ridiculous habits I have had forever. Checking the lights, door, stove, locks etc. before going to bed. I can live with those things but I can't stand my newest habit. I look at the clock before laying down in bed. If the numbers in any way relate to the family I can't lay down. For example if it is 3:07 (my husbands birthday) I can't lay down. It started with Birthdays and now it has even started with special numbers (like Anniversary's ) etc. It's official now I am really crazy !
 
What drives me up the wall is doing things automatically but not remembering later if I did it. For example, I will come into my basement from walking and then I will lock my door but I will have my mind on something else and won't remember later if I locked it. It will bug me until I go back downstairs to check the door and yes, it will be locked every time but I can't remember doing it each time.
 
I procrastinate doing boring stuff like house cleaning chores. I do them, but they're usually at the bottom of my list of priorities.
 
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