[JOAT]

I'm 77. What did I come in here for? I knew where the tools and such in my shop were. Were that is before a batch of them apparently left when my younger son did. Still find a few, on occasion, but definitely not where "I" left them. It's not the getting old and losing track of things I just had, it's an overactive mind. I can have something, lay it down, then something else strikes my mind, and off it goes. At times I feel like it is a railroad switching yard. My mnd is a locomotive barreling along, then it is switched to another track, then another, another, another, and repeat, until I have no clue about where I started out. So, it's not your age that makes you lose track of things, rather it is sthe fact that your mind is so busy you are just overwhelmed. That's my story anyway.

 

[JOAT]

Damn kids, gotta teach them everything. Why do you think God invented pockets? Answer, so men could put thing in those pockets. I carry my cell phone and money clip in my T-shirt pocket. In my shirt pockets, is my camera, the other side has a small pocket knife, magnifying glass, two mechanical pencils, five pens, two markers, and a spare cell phone.

Pants: Left front pocket, wallet. right front pocket, pocket knife, spare set of car keys, large set of keys including car keys, small flashlight. Right rear, hanky. Left rear, spare pocket for paid bills, etc.

Jacket or vest. Left bottom pocket, 4 loaded magazines, grocery store cloth bag - for when I have a lot of mail. Right bottom pocket, usually 2 sets of spare car keys, roll of electrical tape, tape measure, hanky. Top right pocket, small crank flashlight, different type of magnifying glass, top left, forget. Inside pocket, carry.

It is possible I forgot something, but that pretty much covers the basic essentials.

 

[JOAT]

Damn kids, gotta teach them everything. Why do you think God invented pockets? Answer, so men could put thing in those pockets. I carry my cell phone and money clip in my T-shirt pocket. In my shirt pockets, is my camera, the other side has a small pocket knife, magnifying glass, two mechanical pencils, five pens, two markers, and a spare cell phone.

Pants: Left front pocket, wallet. Right front pocket, pocket knife, spare set of car keys, large set of keys including car keys, small flashlight. Right rear, hanky. Left rear, spare pocket for paid bills, etc.

Jacket or vest. Left bottom pocket, 4 loaded magazines, grocery store cloth bag - for when I have a lot of mail. Right bottom pocket, usually 2 sets of spare car keys, roll of electrical tape, tape measure, hanky. Top right pocket, small crank flashlight, different type of magnifying glass, top left, forget. Inside pocket, carry.

It is possible I forgot something, but that pretty much covers the basic essentials.

 

[JOAT]

Geez, Theo - you carry a small pocket knife in your shirt pocket, a pocket knife in your pants pocket, spare set of car keys in your pants right pocket, two more sets of car keys in your vest pocket, and magazines, flashlight, camera and a cell phone and a magnifying glass, and mail.

Sounds like you're going on a field trip. The only thing you're missing is a sandwich and a map.

Actually, have car keys on my big set of keys in my pants pocked, along with the spare set. The magazines are loaded, not for reading. I locked my keys in my vehicle once, cost me $85 and an hour or so wait to get it open, so made very sure I have spare keys on me, and have locked them in the vehicle at least twice since. A spare cell phone, so I can remember where it is. Mail? No mail, just have a cloth grocery bag so if I have a lot of mail can just carry it in the bag, much handier. Nope, just daily stuff. When God created pockets, he commanded man to fill them, so obey. Carry flavored water in the truck, stop to get a sammich when I get hungry. Map? Map? Don' need no steenkin' map. Good thing I don't carry a bunch of unnecessary stuff, isn't it?

 

[JOAT]

"The magazines are loaded"

Oh, THOSE magazines - I thought they were the type you take to the "library" when you need some alone time!!!!

The only thing I carry in my front pants pocket, when I'm out, is my wallet. If some pick pocket is trying to take it, I'll damn well know their hand is in there

Yep, those kind. The reading kind I keep in the front room, no live in, so have plenty of alone time, and hoping to change that relatively soon.

Where do you carry your car and house keys then? Or do we want to know?

 

[JOAT]

Signs of growing old.