Ok, so the wife and I are outside all day yesterday doing small jobs, getting ready for winter. During the course of the day I kept coming up with items I need to pick up at the store for future jobs. I know I had about 6 or 7 items I need and this morning I can only remember about half of them. How do you guys remind yourself of what you need? These are those small items like lag screws, a can of spray paint, razor blades for the utility knife, one 2x4 etc.....
Need Stuff and Can't Remember
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Try to keep a pen or marker in the pocket, and jot stuff down on any scrap of paper I can find...doesn't always work.
phiferpharm
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I have an app for my phone called "Out of Milk" it lets me use voice recognition to make a shopping list or gotta do list, etc. I use the free one, but it seems to work just fine.
Gettin old is a PITA!iPhone?
KYDan
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Boy, talk about identifying! I write stuff down and forget where I left the note. I also tried writing it on my hand, but then it gets rubbed off or smudged so badly I can't read it! Iphone! My last and best phone was from Verizon and I like it, it is armored, waterproof to 10', and dustproof. I don't know if it has a note feature I guess I will check it out. This is the first phone I have had that I haven't destroyed. I rolled over the one before this one on a creeper while servicing the tractor and crushed it. The gal at the phone store said, "what did you do to this poor phone?" Wnile she was programming this one she was activating the texting feature and I told her no thanks. She advised me that I might need it. Why? You might be at the grocery and your wife might need you to pick something up for here! It's a phone, she can call me! Oops, I digress, oh well sort of goes hand-in-hand with forgetfulness. Ah, Sunday, heading to TSC today to check out some new boots!
Ken
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a month ago the remote garage door opener got where would not work unless close to opener. removed cover to find size of battery.
Wife was going to Wal-Mart so gave her the battery for replacement. She did but I have lost the opener. Beginning to think I tossed it into the trash can .
So now use key to side door to touch inside opener than return to car to drive into garage.
Wife has not made comment but can see she looks at me differently.
ken
Wife was going to Wal-Mart so gave her the battery for replacement. She did but I have lost the opener. Beginning to think I tossed it into the trash can .
So now use key to side door to touch inside opener than return to car to drive into garage.
Wife has not made comment but can see she looks at me differently.
ken
phiferpharm
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I have a similar one for Ipod, but use it on my android (HTC) phone
Bing187
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I have found that due to my advanced age,(44 lol) I have to write it down. Phone app sounds good. If I find myself at the hardware store without a list, I walk through the job at hand in my head, and that will usually jog my memory enough to get what I need. Of course there have been times that I need 5- 1-1/2" screws, and am sure that I have some, and end up taking a grinder to 5 3" screws to cut them..... because I ran out....or can't find them.....
