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happybird

(4,623 posts) Tue Apr 23, 2024, 03:30 PM Apr 23

Checked off another box on the "Dammit, I'm old now" list [View all]

Just wandered around the house for ten minutes, getting progressively more annoyed, looking for my reading glasses.

Yep. They were on my head the whole time.

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Checked off another box on the "Dammit, I'm old now" list [View all] happybird Apr 23 OP

i wore perscription glasses untill the beginning of covid . had cataracts removed and have implants. AllaN01Bear Apr 23 #1

I lost my prescription, so it had to be refilled... LakeVermilion Apr 23 #2

LOL When looking for something, I start with the dishwasher, then go to the fridge Attilatheblond Apr 23 #6

Peanut butter in the fridge. Milk in the cupboard. keithbvadu2 Apr 24 #28

Oh, you're still a youngster if you haven't started spooky3 Apr 23 #3

Oh, I'm there lol happybird Apr 23 #13

:-) spooky3 Apr 23 #16

When I find something I misplaced, I keep on searching for a while. GreenWave Apr 23 #4

I have done that for decades; its not an old now thing. peacebuzzard Apr 23 #5

Oh, dear, how humbling. 3catwoman3 Apr 23 #7

Where had you left your head? rurallib Apr 23 #8

Wait atreides1 Apr 23 #9

I have done the same while holding the glasses, and I did it in middle age too! Chainfire Apr 23 #10

At least they weren't in the fridge. n/t Harker Apr 23 #11

Well, this ought to make you feel better. cloudbase Apr 23 #12

Welcome to the club! 10 Turtle Day Apr 23 #14

My son, the tech guru, just sent me a slick 'senior' GPS thingy Brother Buzz Apr 23 #15

Be like me. I hang mine around my neck Trailrider1951 Apr 23 #17

I've tried that with an albatross and a millstone, and it didn't work out well. n/t Harker Apr 24 #23

Just did similar with a dish towel.... yorkster Apr 23 #18

I hate that XanaDUer2 Apr 23 #19

Did It ProfessorGAC Apr 23 #20

My eye doc laughed at me happybird Apr 23 #21

The possessor of a great treasure goes about as a pauper looking for that which s/he already possesses sanatanadharma Apr 23 #22

I helped my step-daughter move out of her third floor apartment last Sunday. Aristus Apr 24 #24

I was going to reply to you, but... LudwigPastorius Apr 24 #25

How come I can never remember where I put my phone when I am looking for it? Red Raider 85 Apr 24 #26

Several years ago, Bayard Apr 24 #27

Think of something I want. Go downstairs to get something. Go back upstairs. Go back downstairs for correct 'something'. keithbvadu2 Apr 24 #29