Topic: Running when parked

[vfourfreak]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/man-finds-car-20-years-after-forgetting-where-he-parked-it-1.3295670

"The car was in disrepair, and could not be driven home. " No sh1t Sherlock !


Kev

[Killer Canary]

Always count on Homo Sapiens for goofy #$%*.

[Gene]

That's a rather sad story.

[Bailgang]

I had to meet my wife at a local shopping center after work one day, afterwards on my way out I spotted her car in the parking lot so I hopped in and parked it in a different spot.

[Stev-o]

I had to meet my wife at a local shopping center after work one day, afterwards on my way out I spotted her car in the parking lot so I hopped in and parked it in a different spot.

Ha....great prank!

[Killer Canary]

I had to meet my wife at a local shopping center after work one day, afterwards on my way out I spotted her car in the parking lot so I hopped in and parked it in a different spot.

You must have a comfortable couch.

[Bailgang]

I had to meet my wife at a local shopping center after work one day, afterwards on my way out I spotted her car in the parking lot so I hopped in and parked it in a different spot.

You must have a comfortable couch.

Our kids were with her and I told them of my plans and to also make sure their mom didn't absolutely freak out. It turned out she immediately  knew I had something to do with it when her car wasn't where she parked it. Come to think of it our couch is pretty comfortable.

[754]

Finding that car is no big deal 3 days later he forgot that he got it back... I bet..

[Don R]

 L0L Frank,

[Duke McDukiedook]

We had a guy at a place I worked in the summer years back that reported his car stolen after an evening at the bar.
The only problem was his car had a soil densometer with a small amount of Americium and is monitored by the NRC.
That was not a good day for him when he finally found the car after sobering up.

[74cb750]

I had to meet my wife at a local shopping center after work one day, afterwards on my way out I spotted her car in the parking lot so I hopped in and parked it in a different spot.

I did that once also. Then when she came out and finally found her car, I kept hitting the remote to lock the doors on her. She thought there was something wrong w/ her remote keyless entry fob.

[faux fiddy]

https://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/mpo/d/free-motorcycle-engine-and/6398302217.html

[Bailgang]

I had to meet my wife at a local shopping center after work one day, afterwards on my way out I spotted her car in the parking lot so I hopped in and parked it in a different spot.

I did that once also. Then when she came out and finally found her car, I kept hitting the remote to lock the doors on her. She thought there was something wrong w/ her remote keyless entry fob.

Your couch must be more comfortable than mine.

[Killer Canary]

https://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/mpo/d/free-motorcycle-engine-and/6398302217.html

Good Lord.

[74cb750]

yeah, well actually I did have to use the couch a few times for that one. 

[bear]

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/man-finds-car-20-years-after-forgetting-where-he-parked-it-1.3295670

"The car was in disrepair, and could not be driven home. " No sh1t Sherlock !



Kev

Now your not gunna believe this Kev, but that reminds me of an "Irish Joke."

An Irishman is struggling to find a parking space.

"Lord," he prayed. "I can't stand this. If you open a space up for me, I swear I'll give up the Guinness and go to mass every Sunday."

Suddenly, the clouds part and the sun shines on an empty parking spot. Without hesitation, the Irishman says: "Never mind, I found one!"

Cheers,
Brian

[ken65]

hehe . good one

[Don R]

 One of my plumbers came in a few minutes late, said his MIL has dementia, she hated him for 30 years but now she forgot she hates him. Anyway she set the couch on fire while smoking. They took her smokes away and two days later she didn't know she ever smoked.
 Good thing they get her car away in time. This guy must have just been drunk.

[72 yellow]

A elderly lady lived 3 blocks from the grocery store behind me.  Once a week she would drive over and do her shopping.  She would then walk home and later call the police and report her car stolen. It got to a point the cops would check the parking lot first and sure enough her car was there.  It went on for a while till her family convinced her to quit driving.

[dave500]

over 20 years ago I was a cable tv installer,i heard about an old bloke who had a ridiculous amount of service calls as he couldn't figure out how to select the proper channel to view his cable box,anyway a supervisor went out there and the old bloke has dementia,so the supervisor tunes every tv channel to the cable box rf output and every av selection to it.

[Bailgang]

My mom is in her late 80's and her short term memory is fading fast. She recently had to be escorted off an elevator, she kept riding the elevator up and down from 1st to top floor and not getting off because she couldn't remember what floor she was supposed to get off on, this wasn't in a building she was unfamiliar with either.

[demon78]

Thanks guys that helps a great deal
Bill the demon.

[dave500]

My mom is in her late 80's and her short term memory is fading fast. She recently had to be escorted off an elevator, she kept riding the elevator up and down from 1st to top floor and not getting off because she couldn't remember what floor she was supposed to get off on, this wasn't in a building she was unfamiliar with either.

Id hate to see her in a revolving door!

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, my poor old Dad had dementia for the last couple of years of his life. Before he eventually went into a nursing home he admitted to me that he'd driven up the full length of our main street on the wrong side of the road, and told me not to tell mum. I told mum right away.

We had a talk to him about it, and he said to my mum, "Bloody hell woman, I've been driving for 30 years!" And I said, "No Dad, I've been driving for 30 years", so he said, "Sh1t, well how long have I been driving?" When I explained that he'd probably been driving for close to 60 years, he sort of accepted that it was about time he handed in his keys.

My mum still drives at 89, but she's still got all her marbles, she's just finished another semester of an online university course, still lives at home, and will probably outlive me.

[vfourfreak]

Australian folk really crack me up. An absolutely spot on mixture of cynicism, optimism, honesty and a wee bit of excessive alcohol consumption.

What in the freak have I done, languishing in the south of France for 14 years when I could have been in Darwin or Melbourne or the other city whose name I can't quite remember.

Well, New Year resolution N°1, get the flock out of here . .

Kev

[dave500]

move to the gold coast kev,i need someone to mow my lawn at the moment,im sure I can spare you a beer.

[vfourfreak]

Thanks Dave for the offer. I had rather thought that in the Philippines I'd have someone who would tend my garden for a modest price set in Pesos

Seeing as I'll be retarded, I mean retired, with time on my hands, perhaps I could call around for tea ? I'll bring the biscuits. In a tin.

Kev

[dave500]

these biscuits?will they be tim tams?

[vfourfreak]

None can say I'll not arrive prepared. If you can arrange the doilies and the tea we'll be cushty. Would 3pm be convenient ?

Kev

[Bailgang]

Ha ha, my poor old Dad had dementia for the last couple of years of his life. Before he eventually went into a nursing home he admitted to me that he'd driven up the full length of our main street on the wrong side of the road, and told me not to tell mum. I told mum right away.

The thought of a nursing home is what has my mom scared sh*tless right now. My stepfather is in his 90's and in great shape for his age but my mom's condition is putting a lot of stress on him because he literally can't let her walk out the door without him following every move she makes. This also poses a problem for my brothers and me because my mom and step father live in San Diego California while my brothers and I live in the midwest or in New York, if an emergency situation were to happen we simply can't get a plane ticket and be in California in a moments notice so we're trying to get my mom to plan ahead and move back closer to us and to seriously consider assisted living so they can still have their independence yet have professional medical help that could be there at a moments notice but that's where my mom is slamming on the brakes because she interprets assisted living as meaning nursing home and she wants nothing to do with it.

[bear]

Thanks Dave for the offer. I had rather thought that in the Philippines I'd have someone who would tend my garden for a modest price set in Pesos

Kev

Last time I was in the Philippines every Macdonald's had two guards armed with AK47's at the doors.
Put me right off trying a Mc#$%* Burger it did.
I do like a good biscuit though.

[scottly]

We call them McSludge burgers here, Brian.

[dave500]

None can say I'll not arrive prepared. If you can arrange the doilies and the tea we'll be cushty. Would 3pm be convenient ?

Kev

3pm is elegant kev,im sure I have some pink gasket paper to cut doilies out of.

[Don R]

 I have an old high school chum that has alzheimers  (sp) for the longest time he knew he did and always began a conversation checking to see if you still worked lived and drove the same as he remembered. H'es a great person, it's tough to see him take the big slide.
 I have 3 friends suffer this and all three inhaled lots of carbon monoxide in their work. Just something to keep in mind.

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, I worked with a guy named Pat McGrath when I was posted to Brisbane back in the 80's, Pat's mum had alzheimers pretty bad, and as Pat's dad had passed, Pat felt responsible for her, even though she was in a nursing home in Orange, (New South Wales) 600 miles away, so he'd drive down to see her every couple of weeks.

Problem was, Pat's mum thought that Pat was his brother Kevin, who lived locally, but hadn't bothered to get off his arse to visit his mum in years, so after Pat had driven the 600 miles to see her, she'd greet him with a big hug and tell him what a good boy he was for taking the time to visit his old Ma, "not like that little barstard Pat!"

[Gene]

Ha ha, I worked with a guy named Pat McGrath when I was posted to Brisbane back in the 80's, Pat's mum had alzheimers pretty bad, and as Pat's dad had passed, Pat felt responsible for her, even though she was in a nursing home in Orange, (New South Wales) 600 miles away, so he'd drive down to see her every couple of weeks.

Problem was, Pat's mum thought that Pat was his brother Kevin, who lived locally, but hadn't bothered to get off his arse to visit his mum in years, so after Pat had driven the 600 miles to see her, she'd greet him with a big hug and tell him what a good boy he was for taking the time to visit his old Ma, "not like that little barstard Pat!"

  Gotta laugh at some point. Otherwise you're cryin' all the time watching the old f**kers slide away. Alz killed dear old pop. Still had a bit of fun while he was here tho. Even my dear Irish Mother had some fine stories.

[Terry in Australia]

How're you going Gene, you healing OK after your crash? The weather here is perfect today, so I'm trying to decide whether I work on the K2 Bitsa or just take one of the other bikes for a ride? Decisions, decisions............

[Gene]

How're you going Gene, you healing OK after your crash? The weather here is perfect today, so I'm trying to decide whether I work on the K2 Bitsa or just take one of the other bikes for a ride? Decisions, decisions............

tough call, yeah? Trynna get my boss to spring for a trip to our Wollongong office since it's finally summer there.

Healed enough, btw. Elbow's still a little tender but back on the horse.