I just fancied a coffee so I clicked on the kettle and dropped a teaspoon of instant into a cup - all whilst I sipped from the coffee I had in my hand.
Worrying...
Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 19 Nov 25 at 11:18
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And why doesn't it let me post until it tells me the brand I drive...?
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>> And why doesn't it let me post until it tells me the brand I drive...?
Select miscellaneous from the category drop down list and the make model section can be left blank.
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'cos you wouldn't want it widely known you drive a Lexus. ;-)
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>> And why doesn't it let me post until it tells me the brand I drive...?
Perhaps you had 2 senior moments :)
Anyway sorted for you now.
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... and it's Nescafé. Cheers!
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Should have been Vauxhall Mokka ;-)
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>> Should have been Vauxhall Mokka ;-)
Moderating is a part of my daily grind.
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Or a Suzuki Cappuccino
Ted
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On the same subject. Acquired quite a few tree branches on Monday as the council were taking some Ash and Birch from a small copse nearby.
Needed to fire up the Husqvarna to reduce them to suitable lengths before splitting. Start - would it heck! Chainsaws, unlike say lawnmowers which remain firmly static, chainsaws are a bit numb when trying to start them even if knelt on the ground. Its difficult to firmly secure them in the starting procedure
So I go through the spark and fuel check scenario. It appeared not to be getting fuel despite the tank being full. Squirting a little fuel got it to start for a short time then it stopped.
Bit of a strip down and checked the priming bulb. Nothing.
Lets try some fresh 2 stroke. Emptied the old out and a thick globule came out. It was chain oil :(
Someone must have put thick chain oil in the fuel tank. The caps are very similar :/
Not the first time its happened either. A flush out with some fresh petrol and a filter clean had it back to full health.
I just love the sound of a highly revving 2 stroke in the morning :)
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Careful, you'll get the Thunberg types complaining that not only are you polluting their nostrils with burnt 2T (is it 'R'?), but also killing them with carbon particles from the burnt wood.
:>)
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I actually use Aspen BT, which comes pre mixed at a price. But it is supposedly more environmentally friendly. Unfortunately has not got that heady R smell.
I dont know if it offsets my carbon footprint :)
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It's when you're standing at the foot of the stairs wondering if you've just come down or you were about to go up.
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If ewe get that bad, you'd better throw in the towel, knowlmean.
:o}
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My senior moment was a couple of weeks back.
We went to Solicitors to redo wills and a trust document..
3 nights later got up a 4AM for a cuppa and loo visit.
Lights went out while in kitchen, went upstairs to get my phone to use as a torch to check fusebox.
Vacuum cleaner left on Landing. Yep.. tripped fell over the vac, dog came to investigate, SWMBO came, got untangled fron vac and stair spindles between bannister and landing, just abrasions and lots of aches.
Solicitor said "you are supposed to survive 30 days after signing to make it valid"
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>> Vacuum cleaner left on Landing.
You sure that was a senior moment, and not a Henry moment?
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You sure that was a senior moment, and not a Henry moment?
How did you guess ?
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My Mother had a Hoover Senior vacuum cleaner.
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I have made a nice mug of tea.....then put a dash of milk into the tea caddy. Does that count ?
Ted
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Mrs B, being vegan, has oat milk in her tea.
Oat milk carton is same shape size as orange juice. More than once in recent weeks I've put a dash of OJ in her cup.
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The time to worry is not when you can't remember where you put your keys. It is when you can't remember what your keys are.
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Made a pot of tea yesterday,stirred it, let it brew, poured it out, no b***** tea bags.......
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Solved the problem of the lost car keys 2+ years ago.
I come in and put the keys in the Faraday Pouch.
Located on the 3rd step. out of sight from the door.
Lots of other daily senior moments however!
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Drove 50 miles to a dog show this year to find I had left the dogs at home.
Left a full cup of costa coffee on the roof of the car, Its quite aerodynamically savvy and sticky, survived to 30mph. Guy behind wasnt best pleased.
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'Left a full cup of costa coffee on the roof of the car'
I did a similar thing in a camping site many years ago. I drove from the pitch to the entrance with two half-pint lager glasses on the roof before somebody ran over to tell me. But I was well chuffed because they weren't straight glasses, they were flared, as in, a small base with much larger rims. Or I would say, 'fundamentally unstable' and I drove carefully enough not to tip them.
Decades later I was talking to (teasing) my young niece and she was drinking from a teacup and I told her, teacups are fundamentally unstable, they're pretty much the bottom half of a sphere with a tiny base. It only takes a 'nudge' and it'll tip, but it would take a 'knock' to tip a straight mug because they're more stable - fewer spillages. And further, if a drinking vessel was the shape of the bottom half of a cooling tower, the base would be far larger than the rim. It would take a 'wallop' to tip that because that would be fundamentally stable, leading to very rare spillages.
Curious to see what she drinks from at Christmas (but fundamentally, I doubt she'll want to sit next to me again).
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>>Left a full cup of costa coffee on the roof of the car
Reminds me, I left my cherished 'vintage' Subaru baseball cap on the roof of my car a few months ago.
Bought another one at the pain dealers, but it ain't the same.
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>Drove 50 miles to a dog show this year to find I had left the dogs at home.
I can only imagine what the dogs were thinking.
"He's gone without us!"
"Yeah, they get like that when they get old. It's probably time to start thinking about taking him to the V.E.T. He's had a good innings but it'd be cruel to let him suffer. She can always get another one."
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Picked up SWMBO, kids, pushchair etc from MIL's. Glanced in the mirror to see the dog sitting on the path looking mournful.
Could have been worse, I sometimes used to loop her lead over the tow-bar. Made a mental note to never do it in the future.
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>> Could have been worse, I sometimes used to loop her lead over the tow-bar.
Instant memory of National Lampoons vacation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbBL62IiRE
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Senior moments - BiggerBadderDave
