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I recently bought a garmin edge 500 to be used for all rides in future as part of my recovery. Got it used inc a nicer HRM and mount and disc. Chuffed to bits.
Went on the crc website and purchased two boxes of extra mounts which arrived promptly as always along with a new lid via a Retrobike member. All checked and left on the kitchen table. Well I'm a little slow at present so when it all disappeared I asked my dear wife if she, also slightly OCD, had moved them. She said I'd taken the garmin boxes to the shed and she'd hung up the helmet.
Days passed, health improved, enthusiasm returned. Decided to put the mounts on bike in hope of a ride soon. Couldn't find them. Knowing I'd not been in good form, turned the shed upside down before texting mrs HM at work. No reply. So, understairs cupboard, kitchen drawers, study, briefcase, lounge, bedside cabinets all emptied and searched. I would not be beaten.
Finally remembered that last time this happened mrs HM threw my ass saver straight in the recycling wheelie bin thinking it was rubbish. Tipped out wheelie bin, went through recyclables, no joy. Last resort. Regular wheelie bin. Bin bags lifted out, split and carefully sifted through into bin. No joy.
So four hours labour, a tidier house but no mounts. Back to crc site to order more.
Mrs HM returns home. I tell her about my day. She maintains shed depositing by my good self. Goes off to walk the dogs.
On her return, she called quietly up the stairs.......... "Darling.................I've remembered"
My dear wife had decided that when hanging up my helmet weeks earlier, it would be a good idea to put the mounts inside it, out of view, nowhere near anything else related to their use, for safekeeping. This thoughtful act had only returned to her recollection while out walking a few minutes earlier.
What a life without a wife, and what a life, with one!
:facepalm:
Went on the crc website and purchased two boxes of extra mounts which arrived promptly as always along with a new lid via a Retrobike member. All checked and left on the kitchen table. Well I'm a little slow at present so when it all disappeared I asked my dear wife if she, also slightly OCD, had moved them. She said I'd taken the garmin boxes to the shed and she'd hung up the helmet.
Days passed, health improved, enthusiasm returned. Decided to put the mounts on bike in hope of a ride soon. Couldn't find them. Knowing I'd not been in good form, turned the shed upside down before texting mrs HM at work. No reply. So, understairs cupboard, kitchen drawers, study, briefcase, lounge, bedside cabinets all emptied and searched. I would not be beaten.
Finally remembered that last time this happened mrs HM threw my ass saver straight in the recycling wheelie bin thinking it was rubbish. Tipped out wheelie bin, went through recyclables, no joy. Last resort. Regular wheelie bin. Bin bags lifted out, split and carefully sifted through into bin. No joy.
So four hours labour, a tidier house but no mounts. Back to crc site to order more.
Mrs HM returns home. I tell her about my day. She maintains shed depositing by my good self. Goes off to walk the dogs.
On her return, she called quietly up the stairs.......... "Darling.................I've remembered"
My dear wife had decided that when hanging up my helmet weeks earlier, it would be a good idea to put the mounts inside it, out of view, nowhere near anything else related to their use, for safekeeping. This thoughtful act had only returned to her recollection while out walking a few minutes earlier.
What a life without a wife, and what a life, with one!
:facepalm:
