Why, at the age of 45, have I still not worked out that I don't need to squirt so much Fairy Liquid into the sink when I do the washing up? I always end up with a ridiculous amount of bubbles. it should be so simple and yet every day I muck it up.
What silly mistakes do you make on a regular basis?
ADD (How not to be) Gets me every day 😬
All of my lessons are essentially unlearned! From forgetting to add a store loyalty points card to my door keyring rather than the car keyring (I more often shop by bicycle, rarely use a car) to leaving the phone uncharged before I need to go out. Most of my plans/tasks have an untidy backup plan as a result. ie because phone is uncharged and I need to go out, so then I have to carry a powerbank and charge in transit/en-route. But it too is uncharged/and or dodgy charger-cable is dodgy and has needed replacing for the last 18 months. So plan C is grab the Nokia PAYG/burner. Also uncharged. Plan D is give Mrs P an emergency-number/useful contact as I am (through idiocy) due to be short-term incognito.
That arguing on the internet will change anyone's mind
That you should use scissors to open a bag of rice
Openining the oven and not moving my face out of the way before being hit by the heat wave.
That arguing on the internet will change anyone’s mind
Yes it will
That you should use scissors to open a bag of rice
..and decant it into a suitable container because the bag will split or the bit of resealing tape will not stay stuck.
LOL @ johndoh
APF 🙂
[Bows at johndoh] - very good...
the bit of resealing tape will not stay stuck.
Clothes pegs FTW - until the bag splits, obvs
Taking too little food/water/clothes/tools on rides to save weight
To do those niggly little maintenance jobs at the end of a ride rather than leaving them til later, and then forgetting until I've already started the next ride.
Openining the oven and not moving my face out of the way before being hit by the heat wave.
+1 - every sodding time
Why, at the age of 45, have I still not worked out that I don’t need to squirt so much Fairy Liquid into the sink when I do the washing up?
Are you my other half? She washes up under a pile of suds a foot high, it drives me spare. The plates need a second wash after she's finished to get all the soap off. If you struggle with portion control, do what I did in the end and start buying cheap-ass liquid instead of Fairy.
Also, add the liquid just before you turn the taps off rather than right at the start.
Openining the oven and not moving my face out of the way before being hit by the heat wave.
This happens to me everyday! im 44 and i will keep doing it until i die (or burn my face off)
She washes up under a pile of suds a foot high
In my kitchen there's a magic box under the counter...
That arguing on the internet will change anyone’s mind
Yes it will
No it won't
Definitely the oven door sauna for me too.
And there are 4 sinks in the office toilets, one of which always sprays water making it look like you have wet yourself. Guess which one I always use?......
Openining the oven and not moving my face out of the way before being hit by the heat wave.
See also opening the just finished dishwasher while wearing glasses
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No offence meant but my brain always reads it wrong
As for resealing bags, revolutionise your life.
Ah, that’s one lesson I did learn. 😊 (proudface). (actually was given some of those clips as a gift for new home). They worked for a while until wearing out.
Opted for kilner jars about 15 years ago soon after first visiting an Organized Person.
Rice goes in jar. Done. No plastic nonsense and haven’t broken a jar yet. They are pretty indestructible tbf.
Still manage to forget to open the rice/lentils/flour/buckwheat/whatever with scissors bit sometimes 😉
If the bath is so hot you can barely keep your feet in. Don't sit down.
Yes it will
That's not arguing that's just contradiction!
Don’t try and grab a six pack from electric overhead cables. Doh!
Anything to do with spellings
That if I don't put a timer on then I won't remember that I've put something in the oven. Cue wondering what the burning smell is 30 minutes later.
Also closing the fridge, I just swing it closed but it always seems to stop a cm before closing. Cue beeping from fridge a few minutes later as it's getting warm
Drinking too much whisky is baaad, m'kay
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wait, what? He isn't?
Don’t try and grab a six pack from electric overhead cables. Doh!
This one took me a moment to spot the reference.
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Mind. Blown. [Carl-Sagen.gif]
If the bath is so hot you can barely keep your feet in. Don’t sit down.
Ah, what you've got there is what is known as a Monkey Bath.
Cos when your bum touches the water you go "ooh, ooh, ooh!"
That’s not arguing that’s just contradiction!
No it isn't.
Mister-P, my mother insisted that "everyone she knew" diluted the washing up liquid (into two bottles, 50:50 with water). I had NEVER heard of this before, and was tempted to ask all her friends.
I have never learnt that there is plenty of time to produce academic work in advance of the deadline given. Throughout school and university I'd be up burning the midnight oil on deadline day, vowing that "next time I'll get it finished well in advance". I'm now (not) writing my MSc dissertation, due in April, could easily have finished it by now but for chronic procrastination. Probably will be doing several all-nighters to get it done in time.....
No it isn’t.
is this a 5 minute argument, or the full half hour?
I have never learnt that there is plenty of time to produce academic work in advance of the deadline given.
You are me and I claim my five pounds.
nipping out to the shed to do a quick job, but then allowing that quick job to develop into a job involving Paint, or Glue, or Oil or worst of all NoMoreNails without checking whether you might be wearing your best/favorite Jumper.
Former best jumper.
Every flipping time.
I have never learnt that there is plenty of time to produce academic work in advance of the deadline given.
3am special. Always do it. Always hate it.
Procrastination for the most part. So, go and get petrol ahead of when you need it not when you’re late to get to whatever appointment you have and need fuel to get there.
Stooze the credit card over before the 0% finishes not 4months of interest later.
Choose to annoy the good lady her indoors at the same time every month for nearly two decades - it’s the definition of stoopid!
I have never learnt that there is plenty of time to produce ANY work in advance of the deadline given.
FTFY
All of the above
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Glad its not just me
Openining the oven and not moving my face out of the way before being hit by the heat wave.
Every
single
sodding
time!
That’s not arguing that’s just contradiction!
No it isn't!
Openining the oven and not moving my face out of the way before being hit by the heat wave.
Yep.
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Yep.
When making more than one cuppa I fill the kettle a certain amount, take between one and three steps away from the sink, then doubt that I have put quite enough water in there. Go back to the sink and put a stupidly small amount more in.
Not always - but then I sometimes dont have enough water for both cups - which reinforces the need for the above behaviour. I dont get why I can't just put enough in every time? Idiot.
The other one is telling my OH the ACTUAL time we need (or I want) to leave the house when we go somewhere. This results in us leaving after that time. Sometimes by quite some margin. So we're late to places. I have being late. I DESPISE being late. to me, it's the height of rude / inconsiderate behaviour. So I should just tell the OH an earlier time than we need.
I expect if I ever manage to routinely do this, she will cotton on pretty quickly when we are on time or even early.
could easily have finished it by now but for chronic procrastination.
When I was about 12 I had to write out the dictionary definition of procrastination 200 times, it was 5 lines long.
Still leave everything to the last min...
Oh and shouting at bad drivers when on bike, I'm getting better and a camera has helped that but still I get into confrontations I could avoid
That if I persevered with whatever direction I’ve tried to insert a USB plug, I’d get it right around 50% of the time. No, instead, I flip it at the merest hint of resistance, which I suppose puts my USB correct insertion hit rate at around 33%, leading me to mutter “bloody USB plugs - I always seem to choose the wrong direction...☹️“
