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erronis

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5. Patent that technique!

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #3)

Sun May 17, 2026, 12:49 PM

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I'll carry a bag with me everywhere and put stuff in it upstairs/downstairs/ground level. I have a room on the 3rd floor and it's a lot of pains to go all the way back up or down when I've forgotten the object of my desires.

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I go downstairs to get something. [View all] Norrrm Yesterday OP

I always hung my truck keys next to the basement garage walkin door. Last year I put a hook doc03 Yesterday #1

I put up a calendar to mark off when I take my pills Wifes husband Yesterday #2

When i go downstairs to get something, i immediately get it and put it on the stairs. dem4decades Yesterday #3

Patent that technique! erronis Yesterday #5

this is not a joke: barbtries Yesterday #4

Twice when I was young I walked to the top of The Washington Monument. twodogsbarking Yesterday #6

Half my daily steps mountain grammy Yesterday #7

But do you go to the grocery store, spend $90 and come home without what you went for? twodogsbarking Yesterday #8

i know you're joking, but there's a trick for this- mopinko Yesterday #9

I'm ahead of you AverageOldGuy Yesterday #10

I do it at work all the time. "What the hell did I come down here for?" Then I have to go back up to where I was when I NBachers Yesterday #11