What's the dumbest thing you've done?

applecruncher said:
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Linda, I'm confused. What did you do with the foundation that was dumb?
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I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear there, I was really tired when I wrote that. When we got to a certain point there we were told to put everything liq over a certain weight (I forget what it was, but it wasn't much) out on a counter or table and put it in a clear plastic bag. We were then suppose to take the clear plastic bag or bags along through customs and "declare" them. So I assumed they were going to take it away from me, and I think it was "dumb" to try and smuggle the foundation through customs as I should have known their xray equipment would see it in my tote bag. And that wasn't the dumbest thing I ever did by a long shot, but it was the first thing I thought of when I read your post.
 

Thanks Shali. Cannot believe I did that. They just brought it a very senile roomate. She is moaning and rambling. I have enough trouble keeping my mind on track without this new distraction :rolleyes:
 
I was so happy that the previous one was sent to a nursing home...she was claustraphobic, with a anxiety disorder and had copd, insisting that the room temp remain at 68. TV and all the lights on all night. This one is worse...she is now trying to get out of bed. Bless the aide, she is so very patient with her. Cest la vie.....but, please shoot me if I get like that. Sorry, hijacking this thread.
 
That last one just happened. I came out of Rite Aid, got in my car, but the key didn't work. Then I noticed a woman sitting in the passenger seat. Ya see, I drove in alone. I had gotten in the wrong car. And it wasn't the same make or color as mine????? The woman didn't yell or anything. I excused myself and got in my OWN car.
 
After some considerable thought I think this was one of mydumbest…
In my teens a handful of friends and I went to a house partthat was near an outdoor public swimming pool. Here in my city these are few because we have insane long winters. Anyhooo, after said party we decided becauseit was such a hot night out we would walk over to the pool and climb the chainlink fence and go for a skinny dip. Wellall was fun until the local police showed up. Nothing dumb about this yet. However…. They came right up to the fence and told us to get out of thepool. Then told us to come over to thefence so they could talk to us. Us beingthe very naïve teens that we were, we obeyed. Back in the day, we did exactly what any authority told us. Looking back how dumb were we…. Those copsjust wanted to a free look at a handful of nude teens. Looking back I did havethe right to put my clothing back on me thinks. Dumb Dumb Dumb. .... and embarassing
 
Not the dumbest thing I've ever done, but still, not paying attention when I got off the elevator at the wrong floor and proceeded to try my key in a lock that was not mine, which of course didn't work. I was glad no one was watching.
 
After having thought about this for a few days, I have to amend my response. The single dumbest thing I've ever done was to retire again. I had the idea that even though I've already retired three times, this time would be different. It's not. I hate it.

If there's anybody reading this who is a sitter-arounder, think long and hard about retiring. Maybe work part-time instead of full-time? Unless you have a plan in place to occupy the time that you work now, don't retire.

The loss of income is nothing compared to the loss of activity.

I'm not a joiner sort of person nor a volunteer sort of person. The one thing that I'd have liked to do would be to volunteer at the library. Unfortunately, with taxes having been cut and cut and then cut more, places like our library have had to cut, too. Their hours have been shortened so much and so often, that they don't even have things for their volunteers to do anymore. When I inquired, they said they have a waiting list.
 
Maybe not the dumbest, but most current...today. :eek: My old flip cellphone was low on charge, so yesterday I plugged it into a power strip in my computer room like I always do. Today when I went to take it off, it hadn't charged. It's an old phone, and I thought the battery was shot, even though I rarely use it.

So, called my husband in to look at it, as I thought the charger piece wasn't going into the phone deep enough for some reason. Hubby checked it out, looked at the strip and told me the power to it was off. Before we went on vacation, I clicked the power off and forgot all about it, didn't use that strip for anything else. Pretty dumb, but it's charged now. :D
 

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