On 13 November 2010 03:40, William H. Fite <[email protected]> wrote: > "Faeries," ma Scottish Gram use' tae say. > > My son found his sunglasses on the back of a shelf in his refrigerator... > > When I unpacked a box of my Scots kit following a cross-country move, I > found a Byrds album tucked neatly between my best kilt and my full plaid... > > When we cleared out Gram's house after her death, we found a petrified apple > pie up on a top shelf with her "good" china... > > These are the same wee folk who clutter your closet with empty wire hangers > when you don't need them and empty it of same when you do. > > Who move your roll of solder right in the middle of your job so that you > have to stop and find it when you used it not two minutes ago. > > Who cause the printer cartridge that you know damned well you bought two > weeks ago to disappear entirely. > > And who now seem to have purloined the upper-middle section of my 12' Xmas > tree. > > Gram said you could mollify them by leaving bowls of milk out for them to > drink.
Sounds like strong evidence for the existance of Faeries and their nefarious ways. Steve > > > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Steve Rooke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I liked the idea of fairies being the culprits but each to their own :) >> >> I think that the LW are not completely random, they definitely return >> your own stuff to you but I don't believe it is necessarily in the >> same place. >> >> Ah, now a candidate for a new law. A lost item always turns up the >> moment after you have purchased it's replacement. >> >> Cheers, >> Steve >> >> On 13/11/2010, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Certainly one viable theory. >> > However the answers much simpler then that and an established fact >> > documented in many books by such authors as Steven King. >> > Its simply ghosts at work. >> > Worm wholes would not return items to the same place or area. >> > Ghosts would. Although as you mention often much later, even years. >> > Haven't you ever noted the stuff comes back after you buy a replacement? >> > Regards >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Steve Rooke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> While repairing my LCD monitor, I took off my glasses so as to be able >> >> to see better close up as I'm VERY short sighted and even the >> >> vari-focals my optician prescribes can no longer get me close enough >> >> to solder properly. Without them on, I can focus VERY close but the >> >> range is VERY short, being just a few inches. So I completed the work >> >> involving a few stages without putting the glasses back on just to >> >> save time but, when I went to grope around and try to find them, I >> >> could not. So where did I put the blessed things, and after a period >> >> of serious extended "looking" around, blind panic started to set in. >> >> What the dickens had I done with them! So I ended up shuffling out of >> >> the workshop, through the house, stumbling over the dogs, and up to >> >> the bedroom to, eventually, find my spare pair. On my return to the >> >> workshop I still could not find the glasses looked everywhere. A cup >> >> of tea ensued and I took a less panicky search only to find they had >> >> fallen down the back of some gear, or maybe it was the fairies at the >> >> bottom of my garden which had done it. I concluded that in my >> >> "blinded" state of putting them down in the first place, I had >> >> obviously chosen an poor "safe" place. >> >> >> >> After this I got to thinking and wondered if there is perhaps >> >> something darker happening here. My current theory is that there is >> >> something called a Lost Wormhole which moves around randomly and >> >> removes items from there current place, setting them down in some >> >> completely different dimension. So the chances of loosing something >> >> increases in proportion to the time that the item is left somewhere >> >> due to the increased probability of it being "borrowed" by the LW. >> >> Now, all is not lost as the LW is a two way pipe and so eventually >> >> your lost item will be dropped back somewhere in your vicinity but >> >> probably not where you thought you had left it. To my mind, this seems >> >> to fit my experience of the way the World seems to work and I'm sure >> >> there is some law here. >> >> >> >> For the humour challenged, this message is :) rated. >> >> >> >> Please feel free to comment on my theory but perhaps this should be via >> >> PM. >> >> >> >> Thank you for your time, >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD >> >> The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. >> >> - Einstein >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe, go to >> >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe, go to >> > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> > and follow the instructions there. >> > >> >> >> -- >> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD >> The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. >> - Einstein >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
