Here are my most recent Duh experiences. I have them all the time, but this week I wrote them down to remember and report on them.
Duh #87: Toenail Scissor Sterilization
I love little bottles of hand sanitizer. I can easily carry one in my pocket, ready to clean the hands of my grandchildren, my wife, and my own. Every time I had cut my toenails, I thought, “I ought to really sterilize these scissors once in awhile.” Last evening while cutting my toenails, I had a Duh moment. I grabbed a small bottle of hand sanitizer and doused the clippers with a dab of that stuff. Now I can relax each time I cut my nails.
Duh #88: A Drip in the Other Pot
The Benjamin Fig tree in our outdoor big pot was looking pale and old yesterday afternoon. It surely was not getting enough water. While dousing the tree with water from the hose, I looked at the pot next to it. Duh. There was absolutely nothing growing in that pot, but my drip system sprinkler was there – and it had been there for months. It took all of three seconds to transplant the drip sprinkler from the barren pot to the fig tree pot.
Duh #89: Eyebrow Scissors
For all of my adult life I struggled to trim my eyebrows when needed. With the fear of cutting too much off, I treaded ever so lightly with my small scissors. A week ago, I got the idea to “Amazon” eyebrow scissors. Duh. There it was: Half-scissor, half-tiny-comb. The first two times I used it, I treaded lightly. Thereafter, it was a snap. No more worries about looking freakish without an eyebrow. My brows are now trim, and I worry no more.
Duh #90: Giant Puzzles for the Grandkids
The grandkids love puzzles. Last week I had a Duh moment. Using Picasa, I turned a picture of Princess Jasmine into an almost four-foot puzzle. How? After printing out the 16 parts of the picture that Picasa produced, I glued each rectangular piece on to a cardboard of the same size. Next, I will place removable tape on the back of each puzzle piece, so the pieces stay put, temporarily, on the kids’ living room floor.
Duh #91: I Can See Clearly Now
For almost a year I have been pouring pool test chemicals into a small container with two vials side by side. One vial is for testing chlorine content and the other vial is for testing the PH of the water. Yesterday I had a Duh moment. I noticed for the first time that the empty plastic vial on the left was darker than the empty vial on the right, likely due to the chemical reaction over time. When I poured my chlorine chemicals into the clear right-side vial I was amazed. I could actually see the proper color of the chlorine concentration.
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