Senior moment

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Have to go out to get the Golf a valet today. Then thought "It's a nice day, I'll take the bike".
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[lostboy]

Dementia is a terrible thing
but sometimes funny as fuck
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[Charlie]

I must be a very senior 20 year old then, I often go downstairs and come back with something I didn't go down for. Sort of similar to what you did.
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[Kwaks]

If you had a real bike, with decent torque, you could have towed it
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[Kickstart]

[SlimRick]

Did you remember before you set off or when you got there - there's a huge difference!

[deepfriedmars...]

You see now to me,they are known as blonde moments I have more in a day than most people do in a lifetime,but at least because I'm blonde i get away with it (to a point)!

Kirsty
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[the grim reaper]

I think that is not quite the same thing as 'Old Persons Syndrome' (tm). As one gets older, one's ability to concentrate on simultaneous things decreases, this leads to distractions which in turn lead to losing time. This is why time seems to accelerate as you get older, it doesn't actually, you just waste more of it. An example of these distractions is as follows:

The other day I needed to re-wire the lights on my aquarium, so I went to the garage to get my screwdrivers. While I was there I remembered that I had planned to check the tyre pressures on the bike, so I started looking for my tyre pressure gauge. I couldn't find that but while I was looking I found my maglite, which reminded me that I was looking for it the other day when I needed to put some boxes in the loft. So I took the torch and went back inside to put the boxes in the loft, I then remembered that I couldn't find the parcel tape to stick the boxes shut, so I started looking for the parcel tape. I didn't find that either but, while I was looking, I found my sky bill which reminded me that I meant to cancel Sky Sports, so I rang Sky, spent an hour on hold and then gave up. In the end the whole day passed like this and I achieved nothing! The missus then had a go at me for never doing anything

That's getting old and I'm only 36

Cheers

Grim
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[pa_broon74]

Sorry, I was going to say something but it's gone right out of my head...


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[Skudd]

I spent half an hour looking for the hammer I had in my hand.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Clanger]

Add a liver condition to the getting a bit older thing and 'welcome to my world'!!!
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[Mr Hammers]

I had a numpty moment today. I usually go to a Shell station for the V-Power, but didn't have time to get there today so went to a BP instead. Pulled up, saw the Ultimate sticker, and thought I may as well try the equivalent and stuck a tenner in.

It was only as I was putting the hose back in I realised what I'd done. Idiot.

Spent the next 40 mins draining the diesel out, then putting a couple of quid in to slosh around, then draining that too, then filling it up with the right stuff.

Ended up with £10 worth of useless diesel and £2 of petrol (the container they let me use was a industrial soap container with a lot of hardened soap at the bottom) and to top it all off only had a tenner on me as I'd left my wallet at home - which I never do.

Got to go back tonight to pick up the useless fuel (they're not allowed to store it for me) and pay what I owe them.

Luckily it seems to be running ok, no smoke or anything (and lucky I hadn't fired it up with the diesel in) and lucky too the woman was so helpful. Her hubby has a 600 Bandit too, so that might have helped.

Thanks again, Marie! if you're reading this...

Oh, the diesel/soap/petrol mix is no good for putting in vehicles now, but is it good for anything else? Cleaning stuff, or something? May as well try and get something for my £12!
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Kaz96]

My favourite term to describe these sort of moments is having a 'craft moment!' Craft = can't remember a fking thing!

[Chris750]

Changing the subject slightly and picking up on something Mr Hammers said about putting in the wrong fuel it reminded me of a situation I found myself in a little while ago.

My friend lent me his car and when I went to the garage to put some fuel in, I took off the filler cap and realised I wasn't sure what fuel the car took. So I tried calling my friend but he didn't answer.
After several more attempts at calling I tried texting him and waiting, no response.
Both myself and my passenger then went out to try and work out what fuel it was. My passenger suggested if the car took unleaded the diesal nozzle wouldn't fit in it. I tried and the nozzle did fit so we assumed the car was a diesel and put £10 in.
As we got 200 yards from the station the car started spluttering anc cut out. Then I receive a text saying the car is unleaded.
Me and my friend then had to push the car back up the cowley road to the garage.
I thought I had fucked my mates new car but luckily after topping the car to the brim with unleaded the car fired up and started running. Bit rough for couple miles but was fine after that.
I still haven't told my mate.

[Cigaro]

I really am surprised that people can't tell by sound or smell whether a car is a diesel or not.

A good one is this: if the rev counter goes up to 7 or 8k, it's a petrol. Diesels won't rev that high.

[the grim reaper]

Also Diesels have 'Diesel' on a sticker inside the fuel filler cover

Cheers

Grim
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Adverts don't always work: Remember that advert, where the army are running across the desert and they have a wounded man on a stretcher. They get to a ravine, the bridge is down and a caption pops up that says, 'What are you thinking?'. I don't know about you but I was thinking, 'Christ, I'm glad I'm not in the f***ing army'.

[lostboy]

I must admit in an earlier post I took the piss about senior moments but I have the memory of a goldfish, so actually have a system in place, at one point I was writing stuff down on my phone as I was told it, just so I never forgot anything worked well for me but it can be annoying when I forget things in a conversation and I forget a word that I know or a name, its there on the edge of my tongue but won't articulate into actual words, so now if I talk to someone on a subject that I know I have knowledge of I afterwards have to check that what I have told them is true, or that I have given the correct information.
So a warning to anyone who ever asks for directions from me, I know where it is, I know what the building looks like, but I will more than likely send you in the wrong direction even though I could probably get there on my own, and for that I am truly sorry but be assured it wasn't done on purpose
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Biggest hint is that if you take a quick look at the engine the diesel won't have any spark plugs.

All the best

Keith
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