On 23/12/2022 01:05, me9 wrote:
> R D S <rsandr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 21/12/2022 21:54, alan_m wrote:
>>>
>>> It worse when you are doing a job and have used the tool minutes before,
>>> you haven't moved that far since and you still cannot find it.
>>>
>> Like when you leave something on top of a door, go mad trying to find it
>> and it drops on you later when close it?
>>
> Or when you can't find your glasses, then discover you are sitting on them!
>
>

Or take the cap off a bottle, swear blind that was red when you put it
down, dismiss seeing any white caps only to find that minutes later the
only possible cap is white, and it fits.

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On 22/12/2022 13:32, Tim Streater wrote:
> On 22 Dec 2022 at 13:21:58 GMT, "R D S" <rsandr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The lid of the centre console in my car lifts up in 2 ways, one to fully
>> open it and another to just open a very slim separate upper compartment
>> contained within the lid itself.
>
> A very handy feature, I find.
>
Indeed, once aware of it.

On 23/12/2022 09:00, alan_m wrote:
>
> Or take the cap off a bottle, swear blind that was red when you put it
> down, dismiss seeing any white caps only to find that minutes later the
> only possible cap is white, and it fits.
>
Yep, if we ever change a utensil for one with a different colour of
handle it will be invisible to me.

On 21/12/2022 13:38, R D S wrote:
>
> Now I want to do some caulking and can't find the replacements! FFS!
> They can only be in the house or the shed and i've scoured. How does
> stuff become temporarily invisible?

I often start looking for my reading glasses, not realising they're
actually still on my head.

On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 23:27:56 +1100, R D S <rsandr@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 22/12/2022 13:32, Tim Streater wrote:
>> On 22 Dec 2022 at 13:21:58 GMT, "R D S" <rsandr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The lid of the centre console in my car lifts up in 2 ways, one to
>>> fully
>>> open it and another to just open a very slim separate upper compartment
>>> contained within the lid itself.
>> A very handy feature, I find.
>>
> Indeed, once aware of it.

You could get real radical and read the manual when the vehicle is new to
you.

On Friday, 23 December 2022 at 16:30:29 UTC, chop wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 23:27:56 +1100, R D S <rsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > On 22/12/2022 13:32, Tim Streater wrote:
> >> On 22 Dec 2022 at 13:21:58 GMT, "R D S" <rsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The lid of the centre console in my car lifts up in 2 ways, one to
> >>> fully
> >>> open it and another to just open a very slim separate upper compartment
> >>> contained within the lid itself.
> >> A very handy feature, I find.
> >>
> > Indeed, once aware of it.
> You could get real radical and read the manual when the vehicle is new to
> you.

entirely unacceptable

In message <afceb878-3973-4e4e-a600-079ea3a40719n@googlegroups.com>,
Animal <tabbypurr@gmail.com> writes
>On Friday, 23 December 2022 at 16:30:29 UTC, chop wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 23:27:56 +1100, R D S <rsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 22/12/2022 13:32, Tim Streater wrote:
>> >> On 22 Dec 2022 at 13:21:58 GMT, "R D S" <rsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The lid of the centre console in my car lifts up in 2 ways, one to
>> >>> fully
>> >>> open it and another to just open a very slim separate upper compartment
>> >>> contained within the lid itself.
>> >> A very handy feature, I find.
>> >>
>> > Indeed, once aware of it.
>> You could get real radical and read the manual when the vehicle is new to
>> you.
>
>entirely unacceptable

Indeed. There are 428 pages in my Passat Owners Manual in very small
print. Part of the problem is VW trying to cover many different model
variations in one book.

--
Tim Lamb

On 23/12/2022 16:30, chop wrote:
>
> You could get real radical and read the manual when the vehicle is new
> to you.

That genuinely never occurred to me!

On 23/12/2022 18:35, Tim Lamb wrote:
> In message <afceb878-3973-4e4e-a600-079ea3a40719n@googlegroups.com>,
> Animal <tabbypurr@gmail.com> writes
>> On Friday, 23 December 2022 at 16:30:29 UTC, chop wrote:
>>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 23:27:56 +1100, R D S <rsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 22/12/2022 13:32, Tim Streater wrote:
>>> >> On 22 Dec 2022 at 13:21:58 GMT, "R D S" <rsa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> The lid of the centre console in my car lifts up in 2 ways, one to
>>> >>> fully
>>> >>> open it and another to just open a very slim separate upper
>>> compartment
>>> >>> contained within the lid itself.
>>> >> A very handy feature, I find.
>>> >>
>>> > Indeed, once aware of it.
>>> You could get real radical and read the manual when the vehicle is
>>> new to
>>> you.
>>
>> entirely unacceptable
>
> Indeed. There are 428 pages in my Passat Owners Manual in very small
> print. Part of the problem is VW trying to cover many different model
> variations in one book.
>

My Octavia has hidden compartments all over the place.

Used some for hi-viz vests etc and one even for a road atlas incase the
GPS signal fails.

In 2021 I went away for my Birthday and stashed £100 in one of the
compartments in case of emergency.

I cannot remember which one or indeed find them all.

I found a multimeter in one compartment that I had forgotten about
whilst looking for this £100.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:50:50 +0000, ARW wrote:

> My Octavia has hidden compartments all over the place.
>
> Used some for hi-viz vests etc and one even for a road atlas incase the
> GPS signal fails.
>
> In 2021 I went away for my Birthday and stashed £100 in one of the
> compartments in case of emergency.
>
> I cannot remember which one or indeed find them all.
>
> I found a multimeter in one compartment that I had forgotten about
> whilst looking for this £100.

I bought an old style Ford Galaxy years ago. While clearing it out when I
was getting rid of it, I found two large lidded bins in the front doors
that I never knew existed.

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On 22/12/2022 00:00, SteveW wrote:
> On 21/12/2022 21:54, alan_m wrote:
>> On 21/12/2022 20:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 21/12/2022 13:38, R D S wrote:
>>>> I had some Fugen silicone tools, I wanted them bout couldn't find
>>>> them so bought more.
>>>> I have since found them and given them to my son.
>>>>
>>>> Now I want to do some caulking and can't find the replacements! FFS!
>>>> They can only be in the house or the shed and i've scoured. How does
>>>> stuff become temporarily invisible?
>>>
>>> Don't ask me. Ive been looking for my vernier calipers for two days.
>>> I know I have seen it lying out somewhere, but Fuck Nose where.
>>>
>>
>> It worse when you are doing a job and have used the tool minutes
>> before, you haven't moved that far since and you still cannot find it.
>
> How is it possible to sit on the floor in front of say a fused spur,
> unscrew the screws with a flat-bladed screwdriver, take it off the wall,
> check the cord grip tighness with a small cross-headed screwdriver, go
> to put the spur back on and find that the flat-bladed screwdriver is on
> the other side of the room? At no point have you thrown anything, there
> is no-one else in the room and you've not get up (believe me, with my
> arthritic knees, getting up is a painful struggle).
>

I dropped a security screw bit in the showers in a prison when fitting a
light.

Brand new floor with the drain holes taped over by the floor layer the
day before.

Could we hell find it.

It turned out it had rolled under the door onto the wing corridor.