Stupid stupid stupid!

"Thomas" <tom [at] greysheep [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote in message
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It's *so* much fun being me on occasion.

Today, locked up the bike outside Tesco's and had a leasurely stroll

around

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trying to make up my mind what I wanted for dinner. Eventually bought

enough

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stuff to make a decent curry and left.

Was pleased to note the bike was still there, so took off my backpack and searched for my keys.
Couldn't find them, which was bizarre - why nick my keys when my phone's in there as well,
needless to say my sweaty sheen had kept everyone in there away from me.

Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

This is the second time I've done this now, after mastering the art of remembering to take off the
computer and water bottle before I leave.

First

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time was outside the office, nice and quiet sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been
this [censored]?

Thomas.

heh - no - but then I'm too scared to leave my bike anywhere - plus I can't cope with the extra
weight of carrying around a bike lock ;o)

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Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

This is the second time I've done this now, after mastering the art of remembering to take off the
computer and water bottle before I leave. First time was outside the office, nice and quiet
sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been this [censored]?

Thomas.

yes, left my house keys in the lock outside a couple times!

but my most stupid event was not long after id passed my driving test, started to borrow dads car
and one saturday went up town shopping in the car .... after a couple hours around town followed my
usual route home, by bus!

i even made it all the way home and it was only when mom said, so where's the car? that i just
jumped up ran out of the door and jumped on a bus back to town to get the car out of the parking lot
where id left it 😉

now, that was stupid!

Thomas' tom at greysheep dot co dot uk said:

It's *so* much fun being me on occasion.

Today, locked up the bike outside Tesco's

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Was pleased to note the bike was still there, so took off my backpack and searched for my keys.
Couldn't find them, which was bizarre - why nick my keys when my phone's in there as well, needless
to say my sweaty sheen had kept everyone in there away from me.

Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

This is the second time I've done this now, after mastering the art of remembering to take off the
computer and water bottle before I leave. First time was outside the office, nice and quiet
sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been this [censored]?

Never with the pedal bike, but that's mainly because I never leave it anywhere, but I've done it
several times with the motorbike. Left the keys in the ignition, seat lock and disc lock. Longest
was for an entire day at work in Birmingham city centre.

And it was still there at 6pm :-)
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Thomas said:

Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

This is the second time I've done this now, after mastering the art of remembering to take off the
computer and water bottle before I leave. First time was outside the office, nice and quiet
sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been this [censored]?

I've left the keys in the lock twice, I think. On both occaisions, it was when I'd put the lock into
its holder on the bike, so I rode home wondering what the clinking noise was. I think I got lucky
not to lose the keys somewhere on a long stretch of road. The lock actually tries to eject the key
when it is closed, so I have modified my behaviour a bit when closing the lock to try and make the
bunch of keys jangling around un-missable. I also know what the jangling sound when riding is now...

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Thomas' tom at greysheep dot co dot uk said:

Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

I usually find when I've lost the keys they are placed carefully on the wall next to where I parked
the bike, and I forgot to pick them up. You feel sooooo stupid!

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Thomas' tom at greysheep dot co dot uk in said:

time was outside the office, nice and quiet sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been this [censored]?

I once cycled to Sainsburys, bought a shed load of food then discovered I'd forgotten my panniers.

Love and stupidity from Rich x

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Thomas' tom at greysheep dot co dot uk in said:

time was outside the office, nice and quiet sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been
this [censored]?

I once cycled to Sainsburys, bought a shed load of food then discovered I'd forgotten my panniers.

When I first started to ride my bike to work, the last mile included a 120 metre rise. (at the time
I really wasn't even a half fit cyclist)

On the way home, I realised I had left my house keys at work. Of course, this was after the 2 minute
trip to the bottom of the hill.

Thomas said:

Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

This is the second time I've done this now, after mastering the art of remembering to take off
the computer and water bottle before I leave. First time was outside the office, nice and quiet
sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been this [censored]?

Worse than that:

Cycle to nearby town. Lock up bike at one end of high street, go shopping. Wander around, going
into half-a-dozen shops, make a couple of purchases. Finish, and while walking up to teh bike,
reach for the keys in teh pocket I always put them ... not there! Must have fallen out in a shop or
in teh street!

Retrace route, ask in every shop I went into, taking longer than I spent shopping. No luck. Decide
to go back to the bike and see if I can pick / break the lock, at which point I find ... yes indeed.

However, I've only done it once.

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Ian Smith said:

Retrace route, [...] at which point I find ... yes indeed. However, I've only done it once.

Because now you know where to look first? :-P

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On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, it was written:

Quoted message said:

It's *so* much fun being me on occasion.

Today, locked up the bike outside Tesco's and had a leasurely stroll around trying to make up my
mind what I wanted for dinner. Eventually bought enough stuff to make a decent curry and left.

Was pleased to note the bike was still there, so took off my backpack and searched for my keys.
Couldn't find them, which was bizarre - why nick my keys when my phone's in there as well,
needless to say my sweaty sheen had kept everyone in there away from me.

Then I notice - left the keys in the bike lock!

This is the second time I've done this now, after mastering the art of remembering to take off the
computer and water bottle before I leave. First time was outside the office, nice and quiet
sidestreet, but still. Anyone else ever been this [censored]?

Try keeping the key on a chain. :-)

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Richard Bates <[email hidden]> wrote:
( Ionce cycled to Sainsburys, bought a shed load of food then ) discovered I'd forgotten
my panniers.

Over the four or five years (hm, seven and a half, it seems) since I acquired the 72 litres of rear
panniers usually on the bike I've noticed a distinct sawtooth tendency in the bulk of the weekly
shop. Over a period of about eight to twelve weeks I get nearer and nearer to buying too much to
squeeze into the panniers until there is a Saturday morning panic that involves at least a repacking
in the car park, and probably the opening of some packets (last time it was a dozen toilet rolls) to
shoehorn the contents into available space. And then I'm more careful for a while.

It bothers me that the crises are apparently getting worse and worse. One of these days I'll have to
eat or drink something bulky (ideally, food rather than toilet rolls) before I can set off for home.

Perhaps it's time for front panniers.

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Saturday morning panic that involves at least a repacking in the car park, and probably the
opening of some packets (last time it was a dozen toilet rolls) to shoehorn the contents into
available space. And then I'm more careful for a while.

Toilet rolls fit nicely onto bar-ends I would suggest. Maybe not a dozen though.

For years the residents of eastern Europe would carry a 'perhaps' bag. (Perhaps there will be
cabbages in the market -- I will need something to carry it.)

When travelling I often have a perhaps bag -- a soft kit bag that fold small and is ideal for any
extras acquired on the journey. When cycle touring its smaller brother often comes along as it is
just the right size to bungee on the rack between the two panniers and could swallow 12 bog rolls
without problems.

You know it makes sense!!

T