Can someone please tell me where I left my flashlight - or torch, as Brits say? It has been missing for days. It usually hangs on a hook in the kitchen so if there's a power outage at night I know right where it is. Except...it's not there and I can't remember where I used it last. I've looked everywhere. Yeah, I know - everywhere except where it is. 😉
shareHave you checked the basement? Attic? Garage? Shed? Toilet?
shareBasement ✔
Attic - not accessible
Garage ✔
Shed - none
Toilet 😨 😱 I think I'd have noticed. And if it was there, I don't want it back. 🤮
My mind is absolutely boggled! Did you perhaps lend it to anybody??? Did it accidentally fall in the trash can???
shareOh yeah. The trash can is a good place to check. I have thrown things away without even realizing it.
shareHm, the trash can is a possibility. I too, have accidentally tossed things that I didn't mean to get rid of. I took the trash out earlier today. I'll go check, but not now - it's cold and dark.
shareI checked the trash. Tomorrow's garbage day and without thinking, I put it out in the alley. Fortunately, I just remembered this, so I went out in the cold (30°F) and went through it. No luck, though. Who knows? In six months it could turn up, probably in some really crazy place.
shareunder the kitchen/bathroom sink
shareI've checked both places, but just did again, including the linen closet. Still no luck. I'm starting to wonder if I DID toss it in the trash by mistake. In my mind I keep going over all the different places I've used it recently.
shareA few weeks ago I was told to pick up a bottle of Tide - then I checked under the downstairs bathroom sink and there was a full bottle sitting at the back - heaven knows how long it had been there.
shareEmbarrassed to say that I've done the same thing. This phenomenon, whatever it is, explains why I now have two meat thermometers.
shareLaundry room - we have a old sofa in there and my goes in there and reads while doing laundry. She's always leaving stuff in there.
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Chesterfield? To me that's a cigarette brand. Culture difference, I'd say.
shareI changed it to sofa. Chesterfield is a Eastern Canadian reference. Sometimes I still use English words like bonnet instead of hood (on a car).
shareTrying to make me look bad, eh?? Just kidding. I wondered if a Chesterfield was some kind of seating apparatus. I learned something today.
My laundry is in the cellar. I don't spend any more time down there than necessary. It's cold, dank, and kind of spooky. My house is so old it has a coal room, which I always say, "That's where the ghosts live!" When the electrician was here a couple of weeks ago it gave him a laugh.
Ours is nice and cozy since we remodeled in 2015. Mrs How falls asleep in there more often than not.
shareI'm hoping mine will be cozier in winter since I got my new windows and more attic insulation. There's no hope for my cellar. If a future owner wants to do something, that's up to them. I don't need any more living space.
shareHave you looked behind the fridge? when you lose something its nearly always behind the fridge!