I’ve got a few of these…probably too many, but in the interests of full disclosure:
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I have a small laminator in my office at home. It sits on my desk near the window. I always close the door to my office when I leave to keep my cats out, but I always have to go back and check to make sure the cat hasn’t stepped on the “on” switch of the laminator and thus created a fire hazard. This has never happened, but still I check.
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I have to double-check burners to make sure they’re all off even though I know I didn’t turn them on. Same for the garage door–I have actually turned around and gone back many times (not on the same trip!) to verify that I’d closed it.
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At work there are these little bins with sugar, coffee stirrers, tea, etc. in the kitchen area. I must close them all if I encounter them open. The only exception is the ones containing half-and-half containers, which often overflow to the point where you can’t close the bin. That’s okay, but if it can close, it must be closed.
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I won’t look at the picture on a calendar until that month arrives. If somebody wants to page ahead to see a date in a later month, I turn away because I like to be surprised by the new picture at the correct time.
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I won’t read Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonflight” again. The first time I read it, there was a major fire in my home town that got close enough to my house to be scary. The second time I read it (years later) the across the street neighbor’s house burned down, killing her. I’m afraid to read it again even though I know there was no connection.
Wow, I sound like a total Froot Loop, don’t I? :eek: I’m really not that bad…honest!