Losing things...

[Idaho45guy]

Starting to misplace things, and as I am single and live alone, I have no one to blame.

But, unlike my dad, who when he misplaces something accuses me of stealing it, I am accepting that my brain simply malfunctioned.

Frustrating and getting expensive. I shot 100 rounds of 10 mm the other day and painstakingly picked up every single piece at the range since it was all virgin brass. I can't find it. I know I put it in a container in my reloading room, but it is gone.

Then, I tried to find a brand new Glock OEM barrel that is extended and threaded for my G23. $160. Used it a couple of times and took it out. Now I can't find it. Even tried organizing and cleaning my gun room so I don't lose stuff and it didn't help.

Anyone else getting frustrated by losing stuff?

[obssd1958]

Story of my life these days...

[Moleman-]

I blame the shop yetis. Stinking jerks are always hiding stuff on me.

[Scrounge]

I believe we're shuffling sidewise into other universes, very similar to ours, but not exactly the same. It's particularly bad when my wife and I are comparing things that have happened, both recently and in the distant past. Not that my faulting memory is of any help there.

Bill

[Idaho45guy]

Found the items after another hour of searching. Barrel was stashed in a plastic baggie with a bunch of other Glock parts and shoved in the bottom of a shooting box.

10mm cases were right in front of me in the red Caseguard 50-round boxes. I swore I had put them in a red 100-round box and then emptied it into a red plastic Folger's coffee can. Nope.

[Mytmousemalibu]

I feel your pain! Single guy too and i have a lot of stuff. Having moved in 2016, lot of stuff went in totes * boxes and much of that I kept stored because it didn't get used. It's the pits try to find this stuff sometimes when I know for a fact I have it somewhere. I have a good quality label maker that I really like. Thats been the most helpful thing for my memory.

[Oyeboten]

The secret for finding such 'lost / misplaced' items, is to look for something else, or, buy another one, then, either way, it turns up!

[Idaho45guy]

The secret for finding such 'lost / misplaced' items, is to look for something else, or, buy another one, then, either way, it turns up!

So true! Bought a Lee Ramline priming tool and then found the one I couldn't find.

[Sasquatch-1]

I was looking for the keys to my truck one day. I was starting to go ballistic thinking I had lost them. I looked for about five minutes and then I realized they were dangling from my mouth. I had put them there while I opened the door.

[ripshod]

It only gets worse.

[GregLaROCHE]

Thé worst is when you can’t find something you had in your hand three minutes before and haven’t moved five feet.

[Finster101]

Thé worst is when you can’t find something you had in your hand three minutes before and haven’t moved five feet.

Been there. Done that!

[AlHunt]

Thé worst is when you can’t find something you had in your hand three minutes before and haven’t moved five feet.

I've been doing that since I was a teenager. JUST used that screwdriver, my feet haven't moved ... where could it possibly have gone ?!?!?!

[RKJ]

It happens to me all the time. I've done similar with the keys, had them in my hand more than once. That saying: "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most" rings true anymore.

[Isaac]

Same here! I'm in my early 60's. Its been getting worse over the past year or two. Not only misplacing items but forgetting stuff. I mean, in 30 seconds I'll completely forget what I was thinking or going to do. I have to stand there for a moment and try to remember or retrace my steps. Forgetting something from one room to another is the worse!

Isaac

[MrWolf]

Know how many duplicate and triplicate tools and such I have because I couldn't remember where I put em? I am finally getting organized. Figure by the time I am done, my funeral will probably be the week after

[ascast]

yes it is very maddening - I wind up buying stuff twice over, cant find documents I must have, then I need a sandwich and glass of milk, then I .. wait, what are we talking about?

[William Yanda]

Last month I lost my wedding ring after 47 years. To the best of my recollection it must have happened while I was splitting wood for my daughter and her husband. A metal detector was used to search, the wood pile has been marked to distinguish the area where I was working and I will look again. In the meantime, I ordered a very simple, inexpensive replacement. Unfortunately, that did not assist in locating the original.

[Gator 45/70]

Get used to misplacing items, That nasty habit will not improve itself down the road.

[country gent]

My big one is 6" metal scales I can set one down and its gone for days if I dont put it right back in the apron pocket.