Where do all of the Sharpies go?

The Sharpie marker is one of the most versatile, important tools to have around. The uses are endless, from laying out metal to cut to marking engine and trans parts during assembly...and dissasembly. They are even good to get Dan Hobbs autograph. BUT.....I will be darned if I can ever find one when I need it! I thing there may be a little gremlin or something that comes out at night and gathers them up. Maybe some day I will figure it out. Today, I may tie a real long string on to one. Maybe that will help.
Just one of those shop mysteries....
Keith

I've got plenty of them ...I always keep them when I sign autographs BUT ,I still can't find one when I need it in the shop!!!

Ain't that the truth, and when I do find one, the damn thing don't work

All Sharpies, tape measures, & angle finders always disappear when you need them no matter how many there might be in the shop to start with.

And of course every time I get out a brand new pair of jersey gloves for Tig welding, somehow 10 minutes later they seemed to have "walked off" somewhere & all I can find is 4 or 5 old pairs of old nasty jersey gloves that are unusable, mismatched, & tore up from past use.

And then there's always the mystery of how a dropped socket always rolls under the car to the exact dead center point just out of reach from either side every damn time.

Add flash lights to the list.

gain screw drivers

What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

Doug Rahn wrote:What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

xxx10

I can deffinitely relate.

When I start wasting valuable time searching for tools and etc in the garage,.... I get really frustrated. I simply have stop what I'm doing and clean up the shop.

Doug Rahn wrote:What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

You know what that is a sign of ..don't ya ???LOL

Doug Rahn wrote:What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

YEP ... and then somehow you find it the day after you bought another one.

Copperhead wrote:I can deffinitely relate.

When I start wasting valuable time searching for tools and etc in the garage,.... I get really frustrated. I simply have stop what I'm doing and clean up the shop.

story of my life. Lol

QtrWarrior wrote:

Doug Rahn wrote:What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

You know what that is a sign of ..don't ya ???LOL

No i don't wanna know and i refuse to believe it anyway

QtrWarrior wrote:

Doug Rahn wrote:What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

You know what that is a sign of ..don't ya ???LOL

That he needs more 5s training???

oh no. Not the 5s plan. Lost our fans to that one

If they nice...not naughty...they go to Sharpie heaven .

sharpies
tape measures
5/16 bits
safety glasses
and it never fails... I always end up with 1 fukin sock when I go to put them on, when I know god damn good and well I grabbed two...

rmcomprandy wrote:

Doug Rahn wrote:What I really hate is when I put something away in a place so I won't forget where it's at. And what happens, I forget where I put it .

YEP ... and then somehow you find it the day after you bought another one.

I thought I was the only one that done that. Right after I bought my chain saw I put it up out of sight so no one could see not even me about a month and a half later I looked for it 3 days and gave up.told the wife used the thing one time and somebody do got it.About 2 months later I was looking up in the rafters on a old door I had laying across them and there was my chain saw.Talking about feeling stupid

An yes it seam everytime I need a sharpie it has taken legs and walk or run off

Jim

I once amused my buddies by getting really frustrated looking for the hammer I was carrying in my hand.

It never fails for me that the one tool I need is the only one I cant find, that is until I've used the wrong tool and repaired whatever it is I f#$%ed up using the wrong tool trying to keep from having to buy a tool that I ended up having to buy and found the one I had right after I bought a new one so now I have two. Dont even get me started on sharpies.

I find the longer the project the more stuff gets lost. After a couple days i can't find ANY sharpies or speed squares so i need to take a few hours
, clean up and start over.

or if you can find a sharpie..... the SOB is dried out.....WTF !!!!

Mike R wrote:I once amused my buddies by getting really frustrated looking for the hammer I was carrying in my hand.

I'm normally rantin and ravin about the safety glasses that I can't find.......they're on my head

Race Ready Fabrications wrote:

Mike R wrote:I once amused my buddies by getting really frustrated looking for the hammer I was carrying in my hand.

I'm normally rantin and ravin about the safety glasses that I can't find.......they're on my head

My eye doctor would love it if I could ever find those things...too....