Missing wallet, AirTag, and senior moment

[Black_Mage]

Saturday, I needed to run an errand. I was ready to go except for one thing. My wallet. It wasn't in the usual spot, and I remembered that I have an AirTag in my wallet after I spent a minute looking for it. I used the Find My app on my iPhone to play a sound, and I heard the sound. I went all over my apartment and still couldn't find the damn thing. Finally, I realized that no matter what room I was in, I could clearly hear it. That didn't seem right. The further I get away from a noise, the quieter it should be. It finally occurred to me that maybe I had already put my wallet in my pocket. I reached in my pocket. There it was. 🤦 I'm not even 50 yet. Too soon!

If you ever do something silly, just remember ol Black_Mage trying to find his wallet when it was in his pocket. AirTags can only do so much. I'm going to be a real joy to deal with when I'm in the old folks home and losing my mind wondering why I am in a strange motel and yelling at the staff to give me my car keys so I can go to work.

 

[Allyance]

Welcome to the club

 

[Nermal]

I saw something a while ago that said something like "You know how sometimes you walk into a room and can't remember why you were heading in there? You might think you're getting old and forgetful, but don't panic. My teenagers do the same thing. You're not becoming forgetful: you're just human."

So, don't worry about it too much 🙂

 

[eyoungren]

My teenagers do the same thing. You're not becoming forgetful: you're just human."

So, don't worry about it too much 🙂

I left my wallet in the bathroom once, on top of the towel dispenser. This was highschool, 1987 and I absolutely could not recall where I'd left it after exiting the restroom.

I went so far as to visit the DMV and get a new license and replaced anything else I needed. Then I found my wallet.

I was 17 at the time.

One of the first incidents that collectively forced me to start putting things in certain spots. Lock yourself out of your car enough times because you forget the keys inside and you start making yourself lock the car from the outside.

Of course, getting yelled at by my dad once also helped me to train myself. I'd locked myself out of the car after some family event in Newport Beach, CA. My parents had driven down separately. My dad (who'd just driven one hour back home) had to turn around and drive one hour back to let me inside the car with his keys. To say he was not happy with me is a serious understatement. I think I was 20 in that one.

 

[Nermal]

My dad (who'd just driven one hour back home) had to turn around and drive one hour back to let me inside the car with his keys. To say he was not happy with me is a serious understatement. I think I was 20 in that one.

We had a work Christmas event last year, and the bus had to turn around and return to the venue after 25 minutes because they'd forgotten the coordinator, and the person who was supposed to do a headcount hadn't done it.

Several years ago I went to Australia with my parents. An hour after leaving a motel, my dad realised that he'd forgotten his phone. Rather than drive back there, he figured he'd get it sent on. That was the day... and week... and subsequent week... that we learned how useless Australia Post is. It took them eleven days to get the thing from Adelaide to Melbourne. We left Melbourne on day ten.

 

[GaryGnu]

Sadly (or comically) these are both true stories.

I once was looking for my glasses when they were on my forehead. I'm sticking with my excuse of "Of course I couldn't see them...how can you see your own forehead?"

Another time, I'm trying to get the kids ready for school. Single father, kids are in 1st and 4th grades. Customer calls early in the morning, complete system meltdown just as the drivers are ready to hit the road. We're walking through a bunch of things, but time is moving forward, and I have to get the kids out. Meanwhile, the situation is getting more and more wild. There's not much I can do but hand-holding, since they have no remote access, and I have to leave anyway. So, I pack up the kids bags, my bags, and start gathering our stuff as I'm talking to the customer. Finally, I reach a point where I say "Look, Bob, I have to go for a bit. The kids need to get to school and I have no idea where my cell phone is....which is in my hand as I'm talking to you....". He laughed, and then laughed harder as I told him all that noise in the background the past 10 minutes was my moving everything all around looking for where I could have buried my phone.

Good times....not that I remember them.

 

[Fr. Guido Sarducci]

I’m pretty sure I’m married to all of you! 🤣

 

[Herdfan]

I was in college I set my keys in the freezer while I was getting some ice. Couldn't find them for a week until my roommate asked why my keys were in the freezer.

 

[Mrbobb]

When your wallet seems to be moving with you...

Lately, there seems to be a backlash again people who freely use the phrase, "your are getting old, is normal," but it doesn't have to if you don't let it, it takes extra exercises, modified diet, more water (very guilty of that), and NEVER retire, keep moving, have plans after quitting work and don't let people tell you "still here?"

 

[Black_Mage]

more water

That's one thing I am doing right. My doctor convinced me to give up pop and most sugary beverages in 2024. I was addicted to pop. Now I drink this stuff. Similar to pop. Carbonated and a little flavor. It's my pop equivalent of a nicotine patch.

 

[eyoungren]

When your wallet seems to be moving with you...

Lately, there seems to be a backlash again people who freely use the phrase, "your are getting old, is normal," but it doesn't have to if you don't let it, it takes extra exercises, modified diet, more water (very guilty of that), and NEVER retire, keep moving, have plans after quitting work and don't let people tell you "still here?"

I have too many plans for what I want to do for myself that never retiring would just put the kabosh on. I'm nowhere close to retiring, but did quit my last job five months ago and really have no desire to return to working. Although I have to, money is running out.

But I've spent the better part of working for someone else's benefit since I was 18 (I'm 55 now). Doing what I want, instead of having to do what I'm told, sounds a lot more interesting to me.

 

[eyoungren]

That's one thing I am doing right. My doctor convinced me to give up pop and most sugary beverages in 2024. I was addicted to pop. Now I drink this stuff. Similar to pop. Carbonated and a little flavor. It's my pop equivalent of a nicotine patch.

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Ah, a kindred spirit (soda addiction). As a teenager I could go through 1.5 liters or a 12 pack in a day. It was like water.

There's a reason now that I've been on Omeprazole twice a day since 2008, and why I ended up with a Schotzky ring at a certain point.

But in the last few years I've had to do cutting back on my own. Certain health issues that I looked up via Google started pointing to soda/sugar as a major culprit. You haven't lived until you've fallen asleep in the bathtub and then woke up choking on your own stomach acid.

Anyway, this has long since been addressed in the last year in my case. Forcing myself to drink just water, coffee or iced tea has been difficult, but become a habit. I'd go after the flavored waters if they weren't so expensive. But I have a list of all the bad symptoms I've identified that soda does to me and I review it periodically.

Here's the tip for when you know you're down into it (soda) too deep. When every sip you take, no matter what brand of soda, root beer, or citrus flavored drink you're on at the time, tastes EXACTLY like cough medicine - you're down way too far. And your body's gonna remind you of that all the way back up.