Senior Moment of the day.

[ColinJ]

I needed a 4-way extension lead with a short cable. I had a 4-way extension lead with a long cable and a damaged moulded plug. I also had a redundant kettle lead. Since I could not reuse the moulded plug from the original lead, I decided to discard that, cut the kettle lead down to size, and use that as my new power cable. I completed the job, and stood back to admire my handiwork ...

D'oh!!!

 

[ColinJ]

I hadn't noticed how grubby the mains block was until I saw it in the photo so I cleaned it and then swapped the cable over so now all is well ...

Except for the fact that I meant to cut the wire in half rather than 1/3 and 2/3, and guess what ...?

Yep, I made it too short!

It will do for now, hanging from the wall socket, but I will do the job again using another redundant kettle lead and make sure that I use the right length next time!

 

[ColinJ]

It's no good ... I won't settle until I have sorted out that damn extension lead!

Ok, and for my third attempt, I will take off the short bit of white kettle lead with its moulded plug, and discard that. Then I will put back on the long bit of kettle lead which was put on first time round, then taken off. Then I will hack off the kettle connector and replace that with a non-moulded plug which I just found attached to a redundant lead from something or other. (I am a bit of a magpie so I have boxes of leads which 'will come in handy one day'. It is my way of saving the planet - instead of despoiling the planet by sending my stuff to landfill sites, I just turn my home into a mini-landfill site instead )

Seconds out ... Round #3!

 

[tyred]

I once spent so long queuing in the post office that I had forgotten what I wanted by the time I got to the counter, bought some stamps and walked out and then found a small parcel in my coat pocket that I had meant to post so had to rejoin the queue.

 

[Fnaar]

I normally get my stuff ready the night before I go out for a bike ride.
Sunday morning underlines why... (I didn't get ready Sat evening.)
Take bike outside, wait for friend to turn up.
Realise I have no drink on the bike... go back in and get some water/bidon.
Realise I have no gloves.... Go back in and find them.
(Friend turns up).
Realise I don't have my sunglasses... go back in and search frantically. Ask daughter to help. She points out that they are on my head.
Go outside. Friend says he has forgotten his bike computer... At the cafe stop, he finds it in his jersey pocket.

 

[ColinJ]

Ok, the final instalment of 'ColinJ spends so long modifying an extension lead that he forgets why he needed it in the first place'!

Yay!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Ok, the final instalment of 'ColinJ spends so long modifying an extension lead that he forgets why he needed it in the first place'!

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Yay!

Is the very short piece of lead going in your 'that'll come in handy one day' stockpile too?

 

[ColinJ]

Is the very short piece of lead going in your 'that'll come in handy one day' stockpile too?

Ha ha - the very short piece is only the outer insulation which I cut away. I think that can go in the general rubbish!

I admit to wondering what to do with the outer two 1/3-length sections of the original kettle cable! I will probably get my sister to put them in the electrical waste at the local waste centre next time she does a tip run. In fact, I think I will be sensible and do the same with more of my old cables and other electrical scrap. It is 30 years since I did any electronics and I can't see me getting back into it now.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Ok, the final instalment of 'ColinJ spends so long modifying an extension lead that he forgets why he needed it in the first place'!

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Yay!

Ha ha. Our parents must have used the same milkman. That is exactly the way I would have made a mess of the same problem.

Graham

 

[summerdays]

One I do almost every morning .... pack my pannier and then walk out the door ... go to lock it... where are my keys.... empty bag .... ok found them lock house, keys in pannier again.... go to put on gloves ... where are they .... oh inside

This one is such a habit I try to avoid it but I still manage to repeat it, at least 3 or 4 times a week

 

[Deleted member 1258]

One from last week. Got in the car to go and collect my Good Lady, put it in reverse to back away from the car parked in front of me, pressed to accelerator and dropped the clutch then wondered why nothing was happening, I hadn't started the engine!

 

[coffeejo]

Many, many thanks to you all for the numerous laugh out loud moments whilst reading this thread. Keep up the good work.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just left my rucksack at my daughter's, which I only realised when I got home. And it's got beer in it...!

 

[midlife]

I've just left my rucksack at my daughter's, which I only realised when I got home. And it's got beer in it...!

Noooooooooo.....

Shaun

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Noooooooooo.....

Shaun

Yup, Old Peculier. It'll have to be wine for now.