Ya ever forgot somethin' ?

[David64]

So, my boneheaded play of the week....

If you do something dumb, just refer back to this and you'll feel better.

So yesterday, I decided to change the oil in my old truck. A '96 Ram 1500 and it's only got 156,000 miles on it. It's my "Do Everything" truck. Mostly to go fishing or pick up tree limbs or branches before I mow, get a load of lumber or firewood..

So I go change the oil and then start the truck, looked underneath for leaks and then discovered I was out of cigarettes. I thought Well, I'll just let it run while I go to town. It only takes me about 20 minutes to do a quick trip and I hadn't started it in a couple weeks so it'll give time for the battery to charge and circulate the oil. So I jump in my other truck, go to town, come back and thought It's gonna rain tomorrow so I better get some mowing done and while I'm at it, I really need to trim those trees and get some fertilizer on the garden and fruit trees and a whole list of other things to do before it rains.
Now, you'd think I'd hear my truck running but where I park it is about 150 ft away under an awning on the back side of the yard so....

* in your best SpongeBob narrator voice* 4 hours Later.....

I remembered my truck was running.

Oil pressure was fine, temp was fine and even a big V8 won't drink that much gas at idle.

I think some days I leave my brain in my other pants.

BUT...I got everything done.


What ? Hell no I didn't tell my Wife.

 

[Bally]

Yep, forget things like that every day. My worst forgetting happens when I fill the jug for boiling. In the kitchen, the tap is gravity fed, filled from the outside rainwater tank. I can turn the pump on from inside the house for pressure but its convenient just to sit the jug under the tap and let the water slowly trickle in.

Of course this occurs after I've just made a coffee. So I rolls an accompaning cigarette and might go outside while I smoke and start to check out little things maybe in the shed or garden. Throw the ball for the dogs. Walk down to the letter box (only on good days). Check or service the mower or saws. You know, all that stuff that makes you feel good.

Then I might come back inside and can hear what sounds like water leaking. (Insert many expletives here) . Water running out of the jug which has been left running for goodness knows how long.

And you know what? I keep doing it. That and filling up the sink the same way to wash the dishes.

When the pump is running you can hear it so you know the water is running at pressure. You'd think I'd remember this after living here for years.

Kind regards,

Bally)