Fifty Plus (50+) - A bikers senior moment...

My wife asked me to do her a favor last night, and I agreed, right after supper;) I was tweaking my bike at the time:rolleyes:

After supper, thinking about my evening ride, told her I would take care of that earlier request. Rode my bike to the shopping centre, and then could not recall her request:eek:, we did not need milk or eggs, had just used the ant spray (large blackies), pharmacy did not have a script, and finally gave in and called her, "honey, what was it you asked me to do for you at the store?", she replied, "to fill the car up with gas, why where are you now?", "Oh, right, be right back":o

She was yet laughing when we completed our evening ride.

PS: filled the car later that night!

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It's a male thing, too. When we get focused on one thing we get really focused. I guess it comes from the days of hunting wooly mammoths. When you're trying to bring down one of those behemoths, lack of strict attention to the task at hand can have nasty consequences. So remind your wife that if you didn't pay so much attention to your bike then you'd all go hungry. I'm sure she'll understand.

Without a list, I can go to the store and get up to two things. If we need three or more items, a list is definitely required. :)

My rear derailleur has been making gentle crunching noises in top gear, so I thought I'd tweak it half a turn in one direction to see if it made things better, or worse. It got worse, and then I couldn't remember which way I tweaked it to tweak it back. Took about 10 rides up and down the street before I got it back to more or less that gentle crunching state that it was in when I started the whole adventure.

At least your wife will tell you what is was you'd forgotten! My wife says, "Think about it, I'm sure if you concentrate you will remember."

If, after some number of minutes (this varies) I still can't remember, then she starts with the hints "Just think about . . . " Don't know why it has to be a game, but I suppose it's working since I do tend to pay attention more now. Still, you're right about the "Focus" thing.

Rick / OCRR

At least your wife will tell you what is was you'd forgotten! My wife says, "Think about it, I'm sure if you concentrate you will remember."

If, after some number of minutes (this varies) I still can't remember, then she starts with the hints "Just think about . . . " Don't know why it has to be a game, but I suppose it's working since I do tend to pay attention more now. Still, you're right about the "Focus" thing.

Rick / OCRR

If my wife did that, I'd never remember anything.

Without a list, I can go to the store and get up to two things. If we need three or more items, a list is definitely required. :)

I make a list most times, then I leave it on the table and go to the store.

On the midweek checks- I have to note down the parts that need replacing- otherwise it will be 2 or three trips to the LBS to get everything I forgot.

So why is it when I go to the LBS with the list- I walk away with a couple of extra things I never knew I needed?

Even with a list I often run into problems. The item doesn't have purple lettering on the box like the description on the list states it will have, it has green lettering. It doesn't say "Family Size" it says "Large Economy Size". There is nothing on the shelf that fits her description of the item. Now I'm forced to make a decision, which I'm unqualified to do. Whatever I decide will be wrong, of course. Sometimes a cell phone call will solve the problem...if she answers.

Damn, life is tough.:rolleyes:

Now I'm forced to make a decision, which I'm unqualified to do. Whatever I decide will be wrong, of course.

The cards are always stacked against us, so I forgot the car, added a few miles to my evening ride:D.

But, will share a rule that has always applied in my 32 yrs of happiness, soon to be 33.

It is named the "Wife's 50/50/90 Rule" - "If a husband is given a choice in which there is only two choices, there is ninety percent chance he will make the wrong choice."

I recall I learned this in year 22 of happiness:)

This applies to Yes or No, Red or Blue, Turn Right or turn Left, even True/False. It doesn't matter, even when you think you can out smart her, as soon as the answer is given, something has changed.

Me not multitask --- me kill dinner

I was going to write a story, but I forgot it!

I was going to write a story, but I forgot it!

OK, QUICK, before I forget it.

In one of my choirs, they want us to clap, move and sing at the same time.

They now know that I will

clap or

move or

sing.

But none of those at the same time!

It's a male thing, too. When we get focused on one thing we get really focused. I guess it comes from the days of hunting wooly mammoths. When you're trying to bring down one of those behemoths, lack of strict attention to the task at hand can have nasty consequences. So remind your wife that if you didn't pay so much attention to your bike then you'd all go hungry. I'm sure she'll understand.

That this is a male thing is so true! Hubby and I were lying in bed one Saturday morning awhile back. We were lying there, and my brain was busy processing lots of stuff. I was quiet for about 10-15 minutes with my brain just chatting away to myself. My husband asked me what I was thinking about, so I went through a list of at least a dozen things that were going through my mind. Since he'd been awake and lying there quietly, too, I assumed his brain was going through a similar exercise. So I asked him what he'd been thinking about. His reply: "Sex." ;)

So although I agree with you about it being a male thing, Cone Wench, I suggest that there may be a different origin of that single focus. :D

If it's not sex it's gotta be bikes...at least if it's Saturday morning. :D

If that was a 'senior moment' then I must've been old before my time, because that kinda thing has been happening to me for as long as I can remember.


Wait a minute.......


:lol:

Sometimes a cell phone call will solve the problem...if she answers.


That reminds me, I haven't seen my cell phone since sometime last week.

Time to pass out the Aricept pills.

This whole thread just goes to prove that women are naturally just plain mean. To us, not to each other. It's a good thing they are naturally forgiving too.

It's a good thing they are naturally forgiving too.

Unfortunately they never forget, anything:eek:

Unfortunately they never forget, anything:eek:
Man, ain't that the truth.:mad: And the detail...my god, the detail...:eek:

I've been doing stuff like that for 30 years or more. Not a senior moment. No, I've just got more important things to think about..... at least that's the story I'm sticking with.