things like this drive me nuts

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

So last year I bought a transmission for my dads 502 from a guy on facebook. Afterwords i needed a hitch for it. I knew we had one. Problem is where was it we have 4 sheds where it could be and 2 leantos. I cleaned out one shed a bit and nothing and i could of swore thats where it was. i hunted for 2 weeks for it. and i gave up looking for it. well this past weekend i was redoing my sheds floor so i wanted to organize my shed. so i thought well ill pull 2 cabinates out of parts shed. unloading the one cabinat look what i found. i went through that cabinat over and over thing was i didnt pull out gas tanks. it was behind them lol. now dads 502 will have both hitches on it.

[Blasterdad 3,044]

Happens to me too, will find what I was looking for 3 days later while looking for something else, I chalk it up to a sub-paragraph of Murphy's Law... The lost item loop.  

[Achto 29,413]

When I have issues like, I usually find what ever it was after I buy a different one.

[953 nut 60,302]

The farmer across the road from my parent's farm had a workshop that was a sight to behold, everything was a mess. On occasion I would need to barrow something and he would pick it out of the clutter without hesitation; when I returned it he would toss it wherever it landed. You could go back a month later and ask Bob for that item and he would retrieve it as if he had cataloged the location in his mind; perhaps he had!

[Achto 29,413]

20 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

On occasion I would need to barrow something and he would pick it out of the clutter without hesitation; when I returned it he would toss it wherever it landed. You could go back a month later and ask Bob for that item and he would retrieve it as if he had cataloged the location in his mind; perhaps he had!

Ahh yes, organized chaos. Sounds a lil like my shop. Sept I can't always remember.

Edited April 5, 2017 by Achto

[ericj 1,579]

i hid my own Easter eggs to be discovered later, sometimes much later, I have a new role of 1/4" fuel line, just had it the other week when working on a 520. so now I'm fixing another 520, bringing it back from the dead. repaired the nine pin connector replaced the throttle and choke cables that the previous owner had replaced to put a single kohler on it. ready to fire up but need to replace gas line and mine pulled a Houdini and went mia. Looked in shed and garage but no luck, hopefully it will show up before I have to go buy a new role.

found it hiding in the garage on a shelf under something else lol

 

 

 

 

eric j   

Edited April 6, 2017 by ericj

[stevasaurus 23,297]

I was going to add something to this thread........................but I forgot what it was.      It was important too...dang it.

[squonk 43,934]

25 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

I was going to add something to this thread........................but I forgot what it was.      It was important too...dang it.

" D O N ' T  F O R G E T   T O  D R I N K  Y O U R   O V A L T I N E " ! 

Edited April 5, 2017 by squonk

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

lol. yea i got alot of parts we have engines, axles, transmissions (non wheel horse). and much more thing is i usually know where things are at lol.

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,362]

Wait until you guys hit the late 60's , you make notes on stuff lose the notes , walk in to your work shop and have not idea of what you wanted to or why and my all time favorite ( it happens a lot ) write down a list of things you need to buy , walk into where you are shopping , can not find the list. Buy a bunch of stuff which you hope was on the list. Get the "stare " about losing the list only to find it 3 hours later in your shirt pocket.

[953 nut 60,302]

5 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Wait until you guys hit the late 60's ,

You mean to say I get to do my late 60's over again, I think I remember them!    

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

36 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Wait until you guys hit the late 60's , you make notes on stuff lose the notes , walk in to your work shop and have not idea of what you wanted to or why and my all time favorite ( it happens a lot ) write down a list of things you need to buy , walk into where you are shopping , can not find the list. Buy a bunch of stuff which you hope was on the list. Get the "stare " about losing the list only to find it 3 hours later in your shirt pocket.

i do that already. i even forget what i am doing ill walk intro shed and ask myself why did i come in here again lol

 

[rjg854 12,241]

That's when you leave and go back to the house, remember what it was, go back out to the shed and forget what it was you went out there for because you got sidetracked on the way. 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

1 minute ago, rjg854 said:

That's when you leave and go back to the house, remember what it was, go back out to the shed and forget what it was you went out there for because you got sidetracked on the way. 

lol yup

[roadapples 6,983]

Agree...It only gets worse...

[Retired Wrencher 5,835]

13 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

I was going to add something to this thread........................but I forgot what it was.      It was important too...dang it.

Now that is Funny Steve. It is great to be an old fart.

[TDF5G 2,073]

That sounds exactly like something I would do.  Just last weekend I hand to look for 2 different items because I couldn't remember where I put 'em.  I hate looking for stuff!

[squonk 43,934]

I hate looking for something not finding it and then forgetting what you were looking for.

[roadapples 6,983]

I have more than one duplicate tools because I couldn`t find them when I needed them and went and bought another one..

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

16 minutes ago, roadapples said:

I have more than one duplicate tools because I couldn`t find them when I needed them and went and bought another one..

lol i have that problem of losing tools too

 

[rmaynard 16,355]

16 minutes ago, roadapples said:

I have more than one duplicate tools because I couldn`t find them when I needed them and went and bought another one..

I feel for you Jay. My son-in-law came over last week to help me clean the garage. He said that it is always fun since he knows he will find at least three of every tool, and can restock or add to his collection without having to buy them.

 

17 hours ago, roadapples said:

Agree...It only gets worse...

18 hours ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Wait until you guys hit the late 60's

18 hours ago, 953 nut said:

You mean to say I get to do my late 60's over again, I think I remember them!    

 

I'm there now. You mean we get a do-over?

[953 nut 60,302]

16 minutes ago, rmaynard said:

You mean we get a do-over?