Pickles by Brian Crane for March 07, 2021

I know where you’re coming from Opal. Been there done that.

Don’t they email or SMS receipts for expensive things?

now that I think about it, I don’t have my wristwatches’ receipts

A long time ago, there was a detective noir story that I enjoyed BECAUSE it had a description of the detective’s thought process: “Lessee now, did I file my lunch under ‘S’ for sandwich, or ‘B’ for bologna?”

Never put anything you want to find in a safe place!!

Always start looking for something that is “important” in the last place – first!! That usually works!!

;-)

It’s Byzantine how she’s always losing things. It’s a constant in Opal.

The quickest way to find something is to look for something else.

You will find it a year from now when you are looking for something else!

Try the top of your dresser and also check your dresser drawers. Or if you have a jewelry case try looking there. Or think of what you did the day before and did you have it then or did you take it off for some reason.

As always Earl masters the situation !

The key is to WRITE DOWN important places and put them in a safe convenient place….the frige!

Thanks for the help, Earl!

My Lady Wife and I always kept that kind of material in a file folder labelled “Misc. receipts.”

yup, sounds like my household.

? No Roscoe ? : (

I always put the receipt in the owner’s manual and have a drawer that I put all the manuals in.

Oh, gawd, the never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the lost piece of paper. . .

My safe places are all very safe…from me.

When you do laundry you will find it in the washing machine as you take the clothes out to put then into the dryer!

Thanks for the daily giggle, Brian!

It just needs a new battery, Opal.

All of our receipts go in the envelope for the month they were purchase and the folder of the method they were purchased. I can find the receipt for anything we purchase for at least 7 years back. Usually a receipt is never needed again, but once in a while, when needed I can find it in within minutes. And if you wonder how I would know which envelope to look in? It’s simple. I just do a quick search for that item in my book keeping program on the computer. Yep that’s right. Computers can be used for a lot more than looking at cat videos or reading comics.

A safe place?

I have one place I keep receipts. The one I need isn’t there.

I have a lot of things that are in a safe place.

If you ever find that safe place, please let me know. I’ve been looking for it for years.

It’s in the same place as all the other important receipts.

Had a very vivid dream that I found something that I had been looking for. I was so thrilled that I woke up right away with my hand clenched… on nothing.

Brian Crane’s got a hidden camera in my house! My wife and I did this exact same routine the other day.

I’d check the refrigerator.

Most likely the same place I put my bank safety deposit box key.

I bought a little device that tracks up to six important devices. You know the rest.

I was given 2nd battery for my watch and it is gone. What is worst I bought the package, been over a year.

It must be a Mickey Mouse watch

Have you heard of commas?

This is me. I do it all of the time and then spend hours searching for it. I also hate when you continue see an item that you rarely use, but when you suddenly need it the item has disappeared.

Whenever I put something somewhere and say “If I put it here I’ll be sure to find it tomorrow” I’ll never see it again. Gremlins at work!

I am Opal.

I couldn’t find something I knew I’d put in a “safe” place. I finally found it – in my SAFE!