Old age and inventory - The Firearms Forum

army mp · 08-17-2010, 11:51 AM

About a week ago I knew I was going to a local gunshow. So had some free time thought I would look over the supplies. Good shape on everything but Large Pistol primers. Only had about 1500. Well why write it down I can remember one thing for a week. Sunday I go to the show, as usual prices are higher than the gun shops, but I think, why not just pick up the primers and save a trip to the gun store. So what did I do, bought a thousand large rifle primers. So now I am still low on large pistol primer, need to make a trip to the gun store anyway, and I now have 2500 large rifle primers. They will get used. But I sure did not need the extra 1000. Guess its time to start writing everything down.

lawdawg · 08-17-2010, 01:09 PM

I'm "only" 45 and I do the same things. Kinda like the old wolf on the Bugs Bunny cartoons that had to stop and remember what he was chasing. I don't know if it is a sign of old age, or just too much crap on your mind, or maybe a combination of things; but don't feel like the lone ranger, mp.

Old Grump · 08-17-2010, 01:13 PM

Welcome to codger country. It don't get better but on the bright side when you do a thorough clean up of all your goodies and find things you forgot you had from 12 years ago its like Christmas.

red14 · 08-17-2010, 01:37 PM

They only way I can remember anything is to write it down.

army mp · 08-17-2010, 02:04 PM

Yea I got one of those Christmas presents in the spring, I was cleaning out under the bench and found two plastic coffee cans one of 9MM and one 45Acp bullets I had cast some time or another and forgotten about them, I still can’t remember when I cast them. I wonder if I could tell the wife I have all these extra LR primers and need to buy a M1A to use them up be for they go bad.

ofitg · 08-17-2010, 02:10 PM

steve666 · 08-17-2010, 02:55 PM

Welcome to the world of CRS (Can't Remember Stuff)

the next stage is PTA (Part Time Alzheimers)

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Claude Clay · 08-17-2010, 03:17 PM

a short time back--it was between hot spells; there was a rainy period.
being that i am an adventurous spirit (at least i think i remember being one)
i picked a corner of my basement and began excavating. on day 3 i discovered floor.
pondering if floor is all there is to life or to keep digging; the sun returned and
i decided to risk getting some of said sunshine on my re-discovered k1911.

we went to the range

there are 3 more corners to my basement and i hope to dig them soon--soon as in before the floor section gets back filled.

JLA · 08-17-2010, 04:32 PM

Hey guys. dont feel bad, im 26 and forget with the best of them...

gazzmann · 08-17-2010, 10:55 PM

Keep forgettin' to put my zipper up, wife reminds me. I come right back and tell her i'm trollin.
Darn forgot primers too.........

gdmoody · 08-17-2010, 11:09 PM

I need two types of primers, I reloaded some .40S&W today and looked to see what kind I needed. That was 4 hours ago and I do not remember what I need right now. That sure is a sign of CRS.

Zane71464 · 08-18-2010, 05:06 AM

I think it's a sign of age and too much to remember hand in hand!
If I dont right it down, it's gone!
For example, the electric meter reader stops by...I'm busy with a rifle I'm trying to get zeroed in. I'm haveing all sorts of un-due problems. He and I start start talking and we have a lengthy conversation (he told me his name) and before he went to pull out, I have to ask his name again...TOO much on my mind (I keep telling myself that anyways!) Could be age...probably, maybe...

JLA · 08-18-2010, 06:42 AM

I do the same thing! I talk to people all the time but forget their names almost as soon as they tell me them

carver · 08-18-2010, 06:52 AM

I was going to post something here, but I forgot what it was!

199er · 08-18-2010, 09:20 AM

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I was going to post something here, but I forgot what it was!

Same here.......................I gotta get some more 'Post It' notes!!!!

mikld · 08-18-2010, 02:58 PM

Yep, it happens to most of us. My most hated moments are going into another room (or tool box, or cabinet) and when I get there I forgot what I needed from that room. And then there's the time when, uh, when, oh, I forgot...

TheGunClinger · 08-18-2010, 04:22 PM

My short term memory is shot but I think my long term memory is ok but I just cant remember.

JLA · 08-18-2010, 06:25 PM

I hate it when i am working on something and I lose a tool. I mean I just had that mofo, where the **** did it go, search and search and its in my left hand the whole time... Seriously i do it all the time!

08-17-2010, 11:51 AM	#1
army mp V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: western Pa, Posts: 479	Old age and inventory About a week ago I knew I was going to a local gunshow. So had some free time thought I would look over the supplies. Good shape on everything but Large Pistol primers. Only had about 1500. Well why write it down I can remember one thing for a week. Sunday I go to the show, as usual prices are higher than the gun shops, but I think, why not just pick up the primers and save a trip to the gun store. So what did I do, bought a thousand large rifle primers. So now I am still low on large pistol primer, need to make a trip to the gun store anyway, and I now have 2500 large rifle primers. They will get used. But I sure did not need the extra 1000. Guess its time to start writing everything down. -->

08-17-2010, 01:09 PM	#2
lawdawg V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: South Alabama Posts: 268	Re: Old age and inventory I'm "only" 45 and I do the same things. Kinda like the old wolf on the Bugs Bunny cartoons that had to stop and remember what he was chasing. I don't know if it is a sign of old age, or just too much crap on your mind, or maybe a combination of things; but don't feel like the lone ranger, mp. __________________ Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774_1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764

08-17-2010, 01:13 PM	#3
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,289	Re: Old age and inventory Welcome to codger country. It don't get better but on the bright side when you do a thorough clean up of all your goodies and find things you forgot you had from 12 years ago its like Christmas. __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA

08-17-2010, 01:37 PM	#4
red14 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N FLA Posts: 3,913	Re: Old age and inventory They only way I can remember anything is to write it down. __________________ I never argue, I state my opinion, and support my position.

08-17-2010, 02:04 PM	#5
army mp V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: western Pa, Posts: 479	Re: Old age and inventory Yea I got one of those Christmas presents in the spring, I was cleaning out under the bench and found two plastic coffee cans one of 9MM and one 45Acp bullets I had cast some time or another and forgotten about them, I still can’t remember when I cast them. I wonder if I could tell the wife I have all these extra LR primers and need to buy a M1A to use them up be for they go bad.

08-17-2010, 02:10 PM	#6
ofitg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,447	Re: Old age and inventory

08-17-2010, 02:55 PM	#7
steve666 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 231	Re: Old age and inventory Welcome to the world of CRS (Can't Remember Stuff) the next stage is PTA (Part Time Alzheimers). __________________ An armed society is a polite society.

08-17-2010, 03:17 PM	#8
Claude Clay V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central CT Posts: 451	Re: Old age and inventory a short time back--it was between hot spells; there was a rainy period. being that i am an adventurous spirit (at least i think i remember being one) i picked a corner of my basement and began excavating. on day 3 i discovered floor. pondering if floor is all there is to life or to keep digging; the sun returned and i decided to risk getting some of said sunshine on my re-discovered k1911. we went to the range there are 3 more corners to my basement and i hope to dig them soon--soon as in before the floor section gets back filled. __________________ teachers may learn you the rules; experience will teach you the exceptions. NRA Instructor

08-17-2010, 04:32 PM	#9
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: Old age and inventory Hey guys. dont feel bad, im 26 and forget with the best of them... __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

08-17-2010, 10:55 PM	#10
gazzmann V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: So. Fla. Posts: 146	Re: Old age and inventory Keep forgettin' to put my zipper up, wife reminds me. I come right back and tell her i'm trollin. Darn forgot primers too.........

08-17-2010, 11:09 PM	#11
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,329	Re: Old age and inventory I need two types of primers, I reloaded some .40S&W today and looked to see what kind I needed. That was 4 hours ago and I do not remember what I need right now. That sure is a sign of CRS. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

08-18-2010, 05:06 AM	#12
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,358	Re: Old age and inventory I think it's a sign of age and too much to remember hand in hand! If I dont right it down, it's gone! For example, the electric meter reader stops by...I'm busy with a rifle I'm trying to get zeroed in. I'm haveing all sorts of un-due problems. He and I start start talking and we have a lengthy conversation (he told me his name) and before he went to pull out, I have to ask his name again...TOO much on my mind (I keep telling myself that anyways!) Could be age...probably, maybe... __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!

08-18-2010, 06:42 AM	#13
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: Old age and inventory I do the same thing! I talk to people all the time but forget their names almost as soon as they tell me them __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

08-18-2010, 06:52 AM	#14
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: Old age and inventory I was going to post something here, but I forgot what it was! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

08-18-2010, 02:58 PM	#16
mikld Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 573	Re: Old age and inventory Yep, it happens to most of us. My most hated moments are going into another room (or tool box, or cabinet) and when I get there I forgot what I needed from that room. And then there's the time when, uh, when, oh, I forgot... __________________ My Anchor is holding fast.

08-18-2010, 04:22 PM	#17
TheGunClinger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW Florida Contributor Posts: 2,382	Re: Old age and inventory My short term memory is shot but I think my long term memory is ok but I just cant remember. __________________ New England Patriots Rule Next year.

08-18-2010, 06:25 PM	#18
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: Old age and inventory I hate it when i am working on something and I lose a tool. I mean I just had that mofo, where the **** did it go, search and search and its in my left hand the whole time... Seriously i do it all the time! __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!