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Old 09-14-2010, 06:16 PM
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I arrived at forgetful one day in 1990, (I was 32) when I had a brain injury. I don't say this for sympathy, (who needs it?) I tell you this because it has been real entertaining watching my friends reach the 50's and complain about being forgetful. I just tell them "welcome to my neighborhood!". I was told by my doctor that what I have, is a form of amnesia. You are more than welcome to borrow my excuse if you need to! Mwwwahahahahah! :lol: It could be worse, we could all be losing our hearing instead...What?
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Old 09-14-2010, 06:30 PM
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Me too! I am always losing my scissors. I think I need one of those pincushions with the pockets for them!
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Old 09-14-2010, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LastGrandma
Originally Posted by mzsooz
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Absolutely! I had just bought a new seam ripper that had a bigger handle because my hands are beginning to hurt. Turned around to use it and it has vanished. I thought it was the cats or Zach, but not in any of their hiding places. I have yet to find it!
My seam rippers keep vanishing so I thought I would buy one of those big handled ones so I wouldn't lose it. After reading your post I guess that idea won't work!
I solved the seam ripper problem a long time ago: I have the cap taped to my sewing machine (on the side) with the opening up. I store the seam ripper on the sewing machine when not in use! Now I am working on putting the seam ripper back in the cap EVERY time I use it! Gremlins can't pull the seam ripper off the sewing machine, evidently. LOL
I did this also, with velcro and I try to always put it back when I'm finished with it...
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:15 PM
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Ohhh! I thought I was loosing my mind. The Greemlins explain what is going on in my house. Last week I was making a block, the Bear's Paw; I had 1/4 done and when I finish the second forth and was going to saw them together, guess what! it is nowhere. I cleaned up my sewing room, put away everything and nothing. It is gone and couldn find it till today.
I do have the brother of the one that stills socks. One of every pair and I lost a shoe since last October; hi hill, so it is a she!
Last one, lost my EQ manual, since July.
Are you saying the Gremling will return the items? I hope so!
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:15 PM
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Once it was called Alzheimers, then it became Old Timers, and I now I settle for Sometimers
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:46 PM
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lol we always said casper was living here with us,
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:46 PM
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I quit worrying about these things long ago , I have so many WIPs that if something goes missing i just go to something else. I put all my marbles in a jar on the shelf next to pics of grandchildren so that I always know where they are, even if I cant find anything else when I want it.
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Old 09-14-2010, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by LastGrandma
in their quilt room/area???

I can spend a lot of time looking for scissors, my fabric marking pen, a ruler, etc., and never find it. After I give up and make do with something else and continue on (struggling), the lost item never shows up.

The next day I can walk in and TA DA -- there is the item in plain site!!!! I swear I have Gremlins who hide things and then return them the next day. Any one else have this problem?
I had that very thing happen to me this evening with my rotary cutter... I looked the house over and went back into my sewing room and there it was--just where it was supposed to be in its holder. Go figure! And there are no kids in my house, only hubby and me!
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Old 09-14-2010, 08:14 PM
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My gremlin stays busy all the time. He once took some "challenge" fabric and hid it from me. Took me almost 2 years to find it - it was tucked in between other fabrics right where I had looked several times (other people had looked for me, too). I am always finding things are not where I know I put them down...sometimes they show up the next day, but sometimes they don't show until I buy a replacement!
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Old 09-14-2010, 08:30 PM
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the conclusion i have come to is my house is built on top a big black hole that would account for everything that comes up missing especially socks!!!
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