[Sandy]

So, I went on the new walk yesterday, did a circuit and put the dogs back into the unlocked car (car is scruffy and old and worth more in insurance so I hardly ever lock it!!! don't tell the insurance company but it WIll have been locked if it gets stolen!!) anyway, I then trawled through my zipped up safety pockets and NO KEYS, and remember, they are 3 HUGE 300 year old keys the only way into the house, and my only car key as I lost the other on a walk 2  years ago!!! my heart sunk and I had a job getting the dogs back out of the car, particulay Ben, so I thought, here goes, retrace my every step and there was a lot of big puddles and rough grass to look through, then, just before the big gate I saw them, I remember getting the lead out my pocket and thats when they must have fallen out...thank you thank you!! I realy must keep them safe!! phew

[doganjo]

They are so huge, Sandy, I don't know why you carry them around - maybe lock them in the car and carry the car key in a zipped pocket?  Which walk did you do - left area or right, adn how far did you go?  I went up last night about teatime, on teh right hand one but hd to cut it to an hour as we were getting soacked.

[egbert]

My OH is constantly putting things down and losing them - he can be working away with his toolbox and just puts screwdrivers and hammers down as he walks about, then spends ages looking for them again. Anyway - I got him one of these for his keys as he drives me demented searching for them every morning . .  http://www.loc8tor.com

[little blue]

egbert, my o/h is exactly the same!  and then sends me off looking, as he has no patience & gets stroppy !
and he NEVER hangs the keys up, then its somehow my fault....   (I always hang up the keys... I can lose other things, but never the keys )

[Sandy]

WHat aggitates me is, if we have someone help us with some DIY, my OH asks me where things are, I have to explain several times and end up getting them for him, then, after the job he and whoever else is helping, will leave them somewhere very obscure, like in the dogs room, out in the garden or on the matle piece!!!! Now that is very anoying!

[TheCaptain]

I was a complete b*gger for it to the point where I would spend 3/4 of my time looking for stuff - keys, safety goggles/gloves, chainsaw, fuel, nails, hammer, crowbar etc etc etc.  I've learnt now to put stuff back in specific places for small stuff (keys) and in a general area for big stuff.

It's been hard graft to change my attitude and way of doing stuff but it has paid off in the fact I now have time to more things!!!

Still leave keys in my overalls though...

[Sandy]

I'm sure we have a plotergiest, I sat plucking my eyebrows and took a swig of my cuppa and they disapeard, then my glasses walked off, then my sock, always one sock and it then took me ages and ages and ages to unravel some necklace to give me a slightly "thought about what I am wearing" look!!! Yup, a poltergiest...now where did I put my new phone?