A senior moment

sawguy21 · April 06, 2012, 10:46:22 PM

We were watching the news and Karen sez gotta check the chicken, will you set the table? Got up and there was a pan of breaded chicken sitting on the counter beside a hot oven. DOH. She is ready to commit hari kari. :D Guess dinner is delayed by half an hour, what else can we do? It is funny. This after she filled the sink and went onto something else, I spotted the water running across the kitchen floor before any damage done. Is this is what getting older is all about?

Magicman · April 06, 2012, 11:14:32 PM

There is an old saying; "To be old and wise, first you have to be young and stupid". I do not know where we fall in this picture. I have heard that Alzheimer patients "don't know it". Well I don't so I must have it. :-\

Brucer · April 07, 2012, 02:00:53 AM

Heck, I did stuff like that when I was 30. It doesn't go away as you get older :(.

GoStumpy · April 07, 2012, 02:38:11 AM

I've had pizza in the oven, timer dinged, opened the oven, pizza still frozen cuz I never turned on the oven,

!!

Cedarman · April 07, 2012, 06:18:18 AM

Ever go to the microwave and find something that you had warmed 4 hours ago?

Roxie · April 07, 2012, 08:05:53 AM

Happy Birthday, GoStumpy! 8)

My senior moments make me laugh, but there is no doubt the old gray mare ain't what she used to be. My common occurrence is to get up to get something and forget what I was after on my way. I stand in the room, looking around, and say, "What in the world?"

GoStumpy · April 07, 2012, 12:38:44 PM

Quote from: Cedarman on April 07, 2012, 06:18:18 AM
Ever go to the microwave and find something that you had warmed 4 hours ago?

Haha, I remember going into work and finding my coffee still in the microwave from the day before! :D

Bibbyman · April 07, 2012, 01:53:51 PM

I just pulled this topic up twice in a row because I'd already forgot I'd read it.

Does that count?

sandhills · April 07, 2012, 01:58:38 PM

Happy Birthday GoStumpy! I can't count how many times I've walked across the yard to the shop and then couldn't figure out what I went there after. :

Patty · April 07, 2012, 02:46:48 PM

It happens even to young folks. Yesterday we had a young man (17 years old) helping us. Lunchtime came so we sent him home for an hour or so. When we got back together he told us he put a frozen pizza in the oven, laid down for a quick nap, and when he got up the pizza was still frozen in the oven....he had forgotten to turn it on. :D

Paul_H · April 07, 2012, 04:36:13 PM

Roy,

I went to heat up lunch at the shop today(Sat) and see a nice piece of apple pie on a plate in the microwave that Ray must have forgotten on thursday.Still smells good so I might have to try a bite. ;D

sawguy21 · April 07, 2012, 09:18:18 PM

:D

JohnW · April 08, 2012, 09:46:49 PM

Quote from: sawguy21 on April 06, 2012, 10:46:22 PM
Is this is what getting older is all about?

Yes, something like that. It's really hard to catch on to what is the difference between how I was as a yong man and how I am as an old man. Like, I should write down everything that's important to remember, but I don't, because it seems seems like everything is going to be so simple to remember.

kenlt30 · April 08, 2012, 10:32:53 PM

A nice preacher came to our door talking about church, etc. He asked me if I ever thought about the "hereafter". I said, well Yes, just the other day I went into the backroom and said to myself "what did I come in here after"?

lynches lumber · April 09, 2012, 03:53:57 AM

I must be a senior then cause I seem to be having alot of the moments you guys talk about. Especially with the hereafter stuff. Really had a bad one yesterday while sawing, I was sawing some 2x12's for a header for my drying shed. Mind you, I dont get many logs big enough to get 2x12's out of so I was being careful to get as much other dimensions out of it until I got down to my 12". After slabbing off the bark I was still left with about 18" to saw down to 12". As I was admiring the beautiful 1x18" I was sawing off they seemed liked they were getting better looking with each 1x until I realized I was down to around 10". Oh well I was able to roll it over and get a few 2x12's.

Chuck White · April 09, 2012, 07:41:32 AM

Wait 'til you're dozing in the recliner and the phone rings and you answer it with the remote and you look around to see if anyone was watching!!!!!! :

Don't ask me where I came up with that one!!! :-[

Someone was watching!!!! :-[ :-[

petefrom bearswamp · April 09, 2012, 08:46:16 PM

Senior moment?
Whats that? ....I forget.

blackfoot griz · April 09, 2012, 09:19:05 PM

I can hide my own Easter eggs!

Brucer · April 10, 2012, 04:23:04 PM

Quote from: Chuck White on April 09, 2012, 07:41:32 AM
Wait 'til you're dozing in the recliner and the phone rings and you answer it with the remote ...

I've been caught going over my accounts when the business phone rings and I answer my calculator :D.

Cedarman · April 11, 2012, 11:00:48 AM

I pushed the buttons on the phone trying to change channels and wondered why nothing happened.

Riggs · April 11, 2012, 11:39:54 AM

I've already done alot of these things and I'm still in my 30's. :-[

Coon · April 11, 2012, 08:28:35 PM

Of all the things I lost..... I miss my mind the most... :D :D

CHARLIE · April 11, 2012, 08:35:22 PM

After reading this thread.......I feel better now. ;D

Bibbyman · April 11, 2012, 10:19:29 PM

To my right are four controllers. One for the TV. Another for Roku box. Another fot DVD player and yet another for an old VHS / DVD player. Also a cordless phone. It's always a juggle getting the right one in the right order.

When I had a flip phone, I've more than once picked up the Roku controller an put it in my pocket and walked off with it.