Dumb things we did or forgot to do

erniejade

I wanted to share something stupid I did and took me a while before I figured out the stupid easy fix and thought to myself, why not make it an open thread. No married the wrong person stories pleas but all other types are welcome that are audio or non audio.

I got a Joule preamp. It is a signal inverting unit so I flipped the positive and negative on the speaker wire from the amp instead of the physical speaker. While it sounded good I kept having a tubby sound that I couldn't quite put my finger on. A week or two went by of trying to figure it out and changing speaker position and it dawned on me, you run a subwoofer. Your bottom is out of phase! Hit the phase switch on the velodyne and tubbyness is gone. I was kicking out some Steve Miller this morning and enjoying the heck out of it since no one is home and thought to myself how stupid that was not to think of the subwoofer phase and trying to change everything else except what was slapping me in front of my face.

lightman1

I've lost my reading glasses on top of my head many times. Usally in the company of others, no way out of that brain phart.
Plugged a drill into a dead circuit, having forgot I was working on said circuit and proceeded to curse the drill. Poooot!
Thought I left the pups outside, then went on search and rescue mission in the neighborhood, only to return to the house and found them laundry room upon my return. Forgot I had fed them and had closed the door. They were happy to see me. Phhhaaart!

erniejade

That's like looking for the remote blaming the kids when it was in your hand the entire time!

mhardy6647

I could write a book.

tonyb

You and me both Mark, and Russ, we have way too much in common. I've done everyone of those things myself.

Ever put the cereal box back in the fridge instead of the cabinet ? Grab the vinegar instead of olive oil while cooking ? Put you shirt on inside out and not realize it until your out in public and people are looking at you like your name must be on the inside of your underwear ? Ever been asked your home phone # and you stand there going ...uhhhm ? Drive down a road you've driven a thousand times and drift off in your thoughts, then when you snap out of it you don't know where the heck you are ? Wonder why an appliance/tool wont work and then realize you haven't plugged it in yet ? Walk in a room and you forget what you went in there for ? Then you walk out, remember what it was, walk back in and forget again ?

Then there's the ultimate no-no, the ultimate that says your days are numbered one way or another......

Saying another womans name while having sex with your wife. No...no, not me.....yet anyway. lol

erniejade

"Drive down a road you've driven a thousand times and drift off in your thoughts, then when you snap out of it you don't know where the heck you are ?"

And here I thought that was just me!! On that same note, did I stop at that stop sign?

mhardy6647

I put away a head of just-purchased lettuce from the grocery store in the freezer instead of the 'fridge once.

Discovered it the next day. Not a pretty sight.

gudnoyez

I have put lettuce in the freezer before, it happens. The worst thing is putting beers in the freezer to get em good and cold, then running out of beers buying more then wake up the next day realizing a whole six pack has exploded in the freezer. I've even rushed home to put beers in the freezer to get em good and cold along with my car keys.

tonyb

erniejade wrote: »

"Drive down a road you've driven a thousand times and drift off in your thoughts, then when you snap out of it you don't know where the heck you are ?"

And here I thought that was just me!! On that same note, did I stop at that stop sign?

erniejade wrote: »

"Drive down a road you've driven a thousand times and drift off in your thoughts, then when you snap out of it you don't know where the heck you are ?"

And here I thought that was just me!! On that same note, did I stop at that stop sign?

lol, there ya have it pal. We are both brain dead, deaf, and have allergies to stop signs.

mhardy6647

gudnoyez wrote: »

I have put lettuce in the freezer before, it happens. The worst thing is putting beers in the freezer to get em good and cold, then running out of beers buying more then wake up the next day realizing a whole six pack has exploded in the freezer. I've even rushed home to put beers in the freezer to get em good and cold along with my car keys.

oooh, ooh -- I've got one along those lines!

One day last year, we went to a dinner party or something. We (apparently) took a bottle of wine with us... but I (apparently) forgot about it. It then (apparently) rolled under the front passenger's seat.

Winter came. Our garage is heated.

One very cold day (around Christmastime) I moved my car outside so that we could work on my son-in-law's truck. Left it out there overnight (danged cold night!) and then put it back in the garage.

Shortly thereafter, we began to notice a faint, sweet, fruity smell inside the car. It was initially quite pleasant, but then it got stronger and altogether more fermented-smelling.

That bottle of wine had frozen, burst, and then the contents thawed.

For months, my car smelled like a winery inside.
I lived in some fear of having to explain why if I got pulled over for anything...

aprazer402

Around 1990-91 myself and three friends visited the Windy City for a few days, in August, rented a car, when to an afternoon game at the old Comisky. So around the bottom of the eight, I realized I did not have the rental car key in my pocket. I had parked at an outlot a few blocks from the stadium. We scoured the pavement back to the car looking for the key. When we got to the car we found it still locked. The key was in the ignition and the engine WAS RUNNING. A nearby cop pulled a slim jim out of his back seat and opened the door for us. The A/C was also still on in the car, cool! We proceed onward to a saloon or two.

txcoastal1

gudnoyez wrote: »

The worst thing is putting beers in the freezer to get em good and cold, then running out of beers buying more then wake up the next day realizing a whole six pack has exploded in the freezer.

I leave a beer in the freezer every couple months, the wife wants to shoot me afterwards...you'd think I'd learn by now.

Just yesterday I was making me some hot chocolate, (I grind my own chocolate into a bowl and keep refrigerated), anyway instead of putting my mug of milk in the microwave for a quick heat up, I put the bowl of ground chocolate in there and put the mug of milk in the fridge.

Burnt the chocolate, bubbled over in the microwave friggin' mess and ruined the chocolate...grrrr

cfrizz

OMG, you guys are killing me! They blame women's forgetful memory on menopause. It's good to see that men have their own version as well!

At work, once I swipe out for lunch, if I don't repeat several times the time I swiped out, I will forget and then swipe back in too early or too late.

I have taken to writing lists of what I need at a store because if I don't I will surely forget once I'm in the store.

I have been known to think of something I need or want to check on in the kitchen, while I'm in the bedroom, and when I walk into the kitchen I have no clue as to why I walked out there. I know it was for something, but I'll be dam*ed if I can remember what it was!

Thanks for the laughs guys!

honestaquarian

Or if you're **** it's called Menonpause

Hows about this?
Pouring salt on something you are supposed to be putting sugar on or vice-versa??

mrbiron

This afternoon, I decided in 38 degree weather, to pull out the hedge trimmer and knock down a bush that was driving me crazy. Plugged the cord in the outside outlet, like I had done a million times before, but in had no power. Ran in and out of the garage door double checking the breaker panel. Everything is fine....etc

10 minutes pass and "oh yeah, that's the Xmas light circuit that runs off the switch at the front door".

I probably make trash runs to my bin 2-3 times a week. You'd think I'd unlock the door before going out. My wife hates when I knock...

boston1450

.... NM

jeremymarcinko

When I was a kid my mom asked me to top the meatloaf with the ketchup sauce while she jumped in the shower. Waiting on company to arrive for dinner, I found two loaves on the range needing coated, and did that. I went to put the meatloaf back in the oven and found the meatloaf already in there. Wtf...oh hell..I just coated the banana bread in ketchup. My mother was so pissed.

erniejade

cfrizz wrote: »

I have taken to writing lists of what I need at a store because if I don't I will surely forget once I'm in !

For me, you left out the part where you took the time to write the list, go to the store but the list is left at home on the counter!

tonyb

erniejade wrote: »

cfrizz wrote: »

I have taken to writing lists of what I need at a store because if I don't I will surely forget once I'm in !

For me, you left out the part where you took the time to write the list, go to the store but the list is left at home on the counter!

I do that on a weekly basis. Sometimes with only 3 things on the list. Get to the store, forgot the list, and darn if I can't remember that 3rd thing.....until I get home.

voltz

I now carry a extra key in my wallet, twice in the freezing snow, I started up my truck and hopped outside to scrap the windows , just to find I locked the **** door... my phone is in my soft pack lunch box inside my truck and I'm in parking lot 30 miles from home.

tonyb

voltz wrote: »

I now carry a extra key in my wallet, twice in the freezing snow, I started up my truck and hopped outside to scrap the windows , just to find I locked the **** door... my phone is in my soft pack lunch box inside my truck and I'm in parking lot 30 miles from home.

lol.....did ya look for a passing Italian to open your door ?

lightman1

tonyb wrote: »

voltz wrote: »

I now carry a extra key in my wallet, twice in the freezing snow, I started up my truck and hopped outside to scrap the windows , just to find I locked the **** door... my phone is in my soft pack lunch box inside my truck and I'm in parking lot 30 miles from home.

lol.....did ya look for a passing Italian to open your door ?

That's profiling! I'm offended!

erniejade

There is a reason for some stereotypes. What Tony said wouldn't have worked if he said did you look for a passing Jew to open the door. We would have just paid the Itialian!

jeremymarcinko

One nice spring day my wife decided to go to the nearby gas station on her lunch break to fuel up the car, and get her lunch. As she made her way out she decided since it was a nice day she would walk. She didn't realize until she arrived at the station she would need the car to fuel up. I will never let her forget that one.

mhardy6647

jeremymarcinko wrote: »

One nice spring day my wife decided to go to the nearby gas station on her lunch break to fuel up the car, and get her lunch. As she made her way out she decided since it was a nice day she would walk. She didn't realize until she arrived at the station she would need the car to fuel up. I will never let her forget that one.

Ohh, ouch!
She's not a blonde by any chance, is she?

tonyb

Absolutely pal, even went as far as to get in the car and start driving towards work until I hear on the radio......it's frickin' Sunday. Those are times you wish you had a third hand for a triple face palm.

jeremymarcinko

I have fallen asleep on the sofa then woke up and seen that the clock was at 9. So I panic thinking I am so late for work, then soon realize that the clock is at 9pm and I only dozed off for a couple of hours.

jeremymarcinko

mhardy6647 wrote: »

jeremymarcinko wrote: »

One nice spring day my wife decided to go to the nearby gas station on her lunch break to fuel up the car, and get her lunch. As she made her way out she decided since it was a nice day she would walk. She didn't realize until she arrived at the station she would need the car to fuel up. I will never let her forget that one.

Ohh, ouch!
She's not a blonde by any chance, is she?

She was at the time, but it was artificial intelligence, or fake blonde.

mhardy6647

Another commuting faux pas, if I might.

I worked at the same place (physical location) for 16 years. My employer changed hands, and names, twice (well, technically, three times) during those years, but my commute stayed the same. Good ol' high tech.

If I was ever driving somewhere that included a subset of my commute to work, I had to be very (VERY) conscious NOT to just drive to work, when, in fact, my destination was... someplace else.

More than once, e.g., did I get on I-495 (Boston's "outer beltway", for lack of a better term) heading the wrong direction (relative to my actual, intended destination) because of a knee-jerk routing to drive to work.

Nope, don't miss commuting ;- )

lightman1

I have actually made it to work. I was usually the first person there. Unlocking the job trailer, gangboxes etc. Looking over prints and checking off materials, the sun started coming up and nobody has shown up! Dahell!!
Not paying attention to see whether the other trades were on site, I call the lead man on my crew to see if could do me the pleasure of getting his and the other guys arses to work.
In a groggy, maybe still buzzed voice, he says "It's Sunday, (f-bomb) face!".....
I humbly apologize, lock the gangboxes and trailer and mosey back home.
There was big box of coffee and fresh donuts waiting for the crew on MONDAY morning.....
Lost about 25 cool points that day.

mhardy6647

I must say, I also have fond memories of the opposite kind of eff-up: Waking up a little before the alarm usually goes off, looking at the clock, feeling glum... and realizing that it's Saturday morning and that mamma jamma ain't gonna be going off today.

A wonderful feeling it is.