oldfatfool
Guru
I'm just hoping you are of the female persuasion 
Do you ever think you may be losing it?
- Thread starter RaRa
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Indeed I amI'm just hoping you are of the female persuasion
Although I don't normally associate with anything involving bows or frills these slippers were just so comfy I decided to over look them this time. I kinda wish I'd gone with the ordinary plain black ones now!
My wife (the teacher with an IQ of 147 and degrees coming out of her ying-yang!) parked the car in Sainsbury's, did some shopping and on return the key would unlock the car. She tried all the doors and boot to no avail - it was during the phone call to the RAC that she looked across and saw her car parked in the next row.
My wife (the same intelligent one) parked in a car park in Nottingham (~90 miles away) for an exam. On finishing the exam she went back to the car park but couldn't find the car. She phoned up NCP who sent a guy in a van to help her, he took one look at the ticket and said 'But this isn't even for an NCP car park'. He kindly drove her to the correct car park where, lo-and-behold, there was the car.
My wife, I think, shouldn't drive.
I firmly believe that there is a balance between education and common sense, I have little formal education (but better since I left school) and a lot of common sense, the wife is the opposite, and in my experience with Air Force officers I'd follow them in to battle, but not follow them across the road.
I vote fluffy slippers.
My wife (the same intelligent one) parked in a car park in Nottingham (~90 miles away) for an exam. On finishing the exam she went back to the car park but couldn't find the car. She phoned up NCP who sent a guy in a van to help her, he took one look at the ticket and said 'But this isn't even for an NCP car park'. He kindly drove her to the correct car park where, lo-and-behold, there was the car.
My wife, I think, shouldn't drive.
I firmly believe that there is a balance between education and common sense, I have little formal education (but better since I left school) and a lot of common sense, the wife is the opposite, and in my experience with Air Force officers I'd follow them in to battle, but not follow them across the road.
I vote fluffy slippers.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I unlocked and drove the kids home the three miles from school, in an old green 1300 something or other and realised when there was no shoping in the boot part that it was not my car. I dashed back and swapped over the cars. If the owner ever realised their car was missing for a while, it never got traced back to me anyway
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My Mum once tried get into the wrong car, parked in the street. There were two identical cars next each other, one parked very neatly, one at an angle to the kerb, and she just assumed the wonky one was ours. Only when an irate chap came up and asked what she was doing did she realise she'd actually parked perfectly that time....
I often think I'm losing it. Earlier today, prompted by a remark made by a colleague, I realised that I couldn't for the life of me remember the first name of George W Bush's wife. George Snr, fine, Barbara. Clinton, Hilary. Obama, Michelle. Not a clue about George W.
The most worrying thing was that for a few minutes, this seemed like a very important thing to remember!
(Laura, BTW).
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Few years ago a woman from work needed to park down at Newcastle quayside on a Friday lunchtime.
She ignored a huge sign saying do not park here, building work to commence.
She got her hair done and some hopping and returned to her car 4 hours later which had lovely new scaffold built around it and a note on the windscreen saying "we did tell you"
She had to wait until Monday for the scaffolders to get her car out!
She ignored a huge sign saying do not park here, building work to commence.
She got her hair done and some hopping and returned to her car 4 hours later which had lovely new scaffold built around it and a note on the windscreen saying "we did tell you"
She had to wait until Monday for the scaffolders to get her car out!
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I've definitely lost it, somewhere along the way....
Thing is, I doubt I ever had it to loose in the first place!
- Location
- Glasgow
Same here! RaRa: you will find it again, don't worry, go for the slippers in the meantime!
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
I unlocked and drove the kids home the three miles from school, in an old green 1300 something or other and realised when there was no shoping in the boot part that it was not my car
Been there too. When I was a kid someone drove off in our car from the supermarket, then brought it back when they realised. Wonder if it works with BMW remotes, I could with upgrading...
ArDee
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of Buntingford, Hetfordshire
An elderly aunt once reported her car stolen from a supermarket car park only to realise she had left it in for repairs and was driving a different car the garage had gave her as a courtesy car
At a previous company - a friend went for a quick drink at the company social club for a retirement. He had 2 or 3 instead of one so caught a taxi home and the following morning forgetting that he'd caught a taxi home - reported his car stolen to the police as it wasn't parked the drive. After 6 weeks the insurance company were about to pay out when he had a call from security to say when was he going top pick up his car as it had been sitting in the social club car park for 6 weeks.
