On any job that takes more than about 15 minutes I must spend about a third of my time looking for tools and parts I put down a minute ago and that disappear the moment I put them down. <br /><br />Or that I think maybe I took somewhere else but can't remember where and spend ages backtracking, when really they silenty rolled along the concrete under the car or boat or whatever and neatly wedged themselves under a tyre or a jack or a rag with 100% invisibility to the naked eye. <br /><br />Or the 3/8 drive socket I'm looking for is still on the 3/8 drive adapter for the 1/2 handle on the end of a 4" extension piece and my brain is fixed on finding a socket on its own so I keep missing it.<br /><br />Or the tool or part fell into the car's engine bay and didn't hit concrete so they're stuck on something dark and inacessible and out of view between me and the concrete which can't be seen with torches or mirrors and even if they can they can't be reached with pickle grabbers or flexible magnets or anything else except a carefully bent bit of wire that could get them out except it keeps getting caught on something just as it's about to dislodge the thing.<br /><br />Etc etc etc.<br /><br />At least it's better than a few years ago when my stupid dog was young and stole anything I put down and took it to some secret spot in the backyard that could take forever to find.<br /><br />Am I the only one who has this problem?
