Another fact of life

[Cedarman]

If I have 3 or 4 of something, say tape measures, within a few weeks, all will disappear but 1. That one will hang around until it breaks.  Another example is the little magnet we put on saw blades when we sharpen them to make the sharpener stop when the sharpening is complete.  Years ago I would buy 4 or 5 of them and place them on the sharpener.  Within a week all would be gone but one.  It would disappear in another few weeks.  This time I bought one and told the couple of people that operate the sharpener that it was the only one we had.  After 3 months that little 1/2 inch magnet is still right where it belongs.

Therefore the fact of life, law of nature or whatever you call it.  No matter how many spares you have, all will be lost quickly except for the last one.

[moosehunter]

I'm glad I only have one wife, I'd hate to be loosing some all the time ;D

[woodmills1]

One of my diesel buckets blew over empty with the spout attached.  I searched for the yellow plug that seals it figuring I had set it on top like I usually do.  I looked, Kathy looked, and her sister looked,  didnt find it.  Bought a new one, along with spout and screw cap cause thats the only way they were packaged.   Got home and found the old one way over at the end of the driveway, apparantly I had put it down on the old lawn mower for "safe keeping"

[SwampDonkey]

Works the same with pencils and photo markers. We would get several packages and within a month they were gone. Come to find out a certain person was sacking them home for their school kids. This one guy would take out aerial photos and for some reason once they got in his pickup some entity would swipe them. Sometime they would resurface and there'd be canine teeth marks on them or a bunch of spilt coffee that dried and hardened into carmel.  :

[Ernie_Edwards]

Reminds me of when I was in the Army and assigned to a satellite terminal. When moving it to a new location the SFC in charge ordered a bunch of tools. When the tools arrived there were a bunch of pocket knives with everything else. The Sgt handed us each a knife and held up one for all to see. He told us that he knew that we all had one so the one in his hand was for the tool kit and he expected to never get "lost".

Just a word to the wise.

[woodmills1]

Back when I used pencils while teaching I would sharpen them down to the nubbins, both red and blue.  I kept those nubbins in my desk for loaners to the kids without.   You could tell when we got uppiefied in the US, cause all of a sudden round 1986 those nubbins weren't good enough for most kids to use anymore. :D

[jon12345]

The same thing happens to me with lighters, if I buy a pack of 5, all will be gone but 1 after about a week.  After I lose that 1 and buy more, then I'll start finding the ones I lost from the first pack, but they usually only stick around for  few days before their legs grow back n they walk away.

[woodbowl]

I've got a pocket knife that is a poor excuse to tote around. I've used it for everything. It's dull as a hammer, the side plates are gone, got melted doing things like shorting across a starter, loose blade, couldn't lose it if it fell in a well, had it for 30 years, you know, you've got one like that too. So I decided it was about time I buy myself a nice expensive knife. It wasn't long before it disappeared right out of my pocket! Now I'm back to ole' fathfull.

[Tom]

Back in the '70's, before the turn of the century, I couldn't keep office equipment on my desk.  My secretary would buy me some of the nicest looking staplers and scissors and stuff that a man could want and they would'nt last a week.  One day I got tired of not having anything so I went to the store myself.  I bought one of those little miniature, red desk staplers that is about the size of your thumb and a box of children's round-nosed scissors.  I kept the stapler in my desk drawer most of the time, but sometimes it would be on  my desk for weeks.   I kept the scissors in my desk drawer and also tied one, with a piece of string, to each tape drive in the computer room.  Then I put a handfull of them in the operators drawer. Then I took a handfull and gave them to the scheduling personel.    I don't think we ever had to buy another pair of scissors.  I still have that little stapler here in the house somewhere.  When I left the company, It was placed in a cardboard box with a bunch of other stuff from my desk.  I think that the secret is to  own something that nobody else wants.  :D

[wiam]

I think that the secret is to own something that nobody else wants. :D

Tom,  sounds like my pick-up

Will

[VA-Sawyer]

Tom,
Do you mean, like Woodbowl's knife ?

[Part_Timer]

I think my wife went that route too ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  except I'm not sure she wants to keep me sometimes