stevasaurus 23,292 #26 Posted January 29, 2015 boovus...after reading this...I do not feel any better...but I know misery loves company...it is good to know I am not alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MalMac 1,332 #27 Posted January 29, 2015 Nothing worse than you can't find that small item till you go to get undressed and there it is caught in your wasteline or hung up on your belt or managed to make it in a pocket. With my very round wasteline I have yet to figure out how items get caught there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wheel-mule 46 #28 Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Where I used to work the boss always called them Jesus clips,Because when they flew away he'd say Jesus where did that thing go.I have used the term on many occasions my self. Edited January 29, 2015 by wheel-mule 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lagersolut 743 #29 Posted January 30, 2015 I'm good at losing things - I forget where I laid a tool 2 minutes after it was used, put things places figuring that's the best place for it until I go for it and forget what I did with it . Think my best one is a pair of glasses, ( my prescription glasses ) about 5 years ago I put or laid those things somewhere, when I got up for work they weren't on the kitchen table where I always put them. Wife and I tore this house apart, every cupboard , closet, trash you name it . My $500 glasses were never found to this day- lost another pair fixing the leader on my fishing line in the middle of the Sinnemahoning Creek because I was too stubborn or cheap to buy a lanyard Least I know where that pair is ( about ) wife was none to happy with that one . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 67,012 #30 Posted January 30, 2015 well I'm really glad this group therapy session is getting somewhere! I always get to the point that I'll think to grab another similar sized object and drop it in the same place to see where it went... only to be looking for 2 for another 10 minutes 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dcrage 630 #31 Posted January 30, 2015 I hate how I have some item stored in some really bizarre location but refuse to move it to the more logical place, BECAUSE I know that as soon as I do I will NEVER remember the new location. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowtieguy 334 #32 Posted January 30, 2015 I have a points file hidden in about 6 locations...never could find a file when I needed one to tune up the ole Kohler!...now where did I put the last one? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 18,707 #33 Posted January 30, 2015 This thread is fantastic. I spend at least 20% of my shop time looking for something...or trying to remember why I walked to the tool chest. It is amazing how far things can bounce and roll on concrete. I don't even bother looking for many things just slap on a replacement. (Like the detent ball in the stick shift tranny's. I bought a bag of 100 from McMaster and I haven't looked for one since. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forest Road 594 #34 Posted February 2, 2015 Sooo I was changing a fuel pump on a k-341..... Somehow I managed to drop one of the screws. As if it were played out in slow motion it went right into the engine via the fuel pump hole. I drained the oil picked the rear of the tractor up w an engine lift. Nothing! Finally I went to a friend w my tail between my legs and borrowed his Snap On scope. After he finished laughing there was no hesitation in loaning it out. Pulled the cam gear cover inserted scope and found it almost immediately. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 16,344 #35 Posted February 2, 2015 So it's not my fingers? Glad to know there are more folks out there that have my same affliction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAH 50 #36 Posted February 9, 2015 This is the norm at work we call it "fishin". Chances are if there is a drain pan of coolant lying on the floor, whatever you dropped will find it's way to the bottom. If there is not a drain pan then chances are it will fall into a black hole and may never be seen again. Usually the first tool of use is a flashlight, if the light doesn't find it the fingers sometimes help feel things out. Then there is the nice small magnet on a bendy wire (this is where the fishin part comes in, or poke and hope method) just keep jamming it carefully in the general area where you think it may be. Lastly an air nozzle (preferably one with about a 10" thin nozzle), quick blasts sometimes will jostle things unto the floor. If not the floor you may hear them rolling around. If that doesn't work all hope is lost and it found a happy home in the land of unobtainium. go buy a new one. One thing to remember is to keep holes covered when working, especially ones that lead to engine internals. Lost things there are usually expensive if not found. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
