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Anyone else put months and year on items before using?
yoshmyster
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Since I started keeping tabs on when I view DVDs like old school library check out slips I'll slap a month and year on things. Like a re-fill jug of Dawn to see how long it lasts me. As soon as I crack open the 5 gallon bucket of Tide I'll do this, too. So anyone else do something similar?
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Any thing going into the freezer we seal it and date it . That's about it
My wife does.
I've begun doing that, too. I date the battery in my toothbrush, and all kinds of other expendable things. I had a CFL bulb burning in my garage 24/7. I had dated it with the day and month, thinking it MIGHT last six months. Darn thing lasted for years before it finally went out.
I'm just curious how long some things last is all - and can never remember when I installed them.
I date the bills when I pay them…
I even put a date on the salt tank for the water softener when I fill it with salt, lasts about two months. Every time I fill the car with gas I reset the trip meter, I don’t trust gas gauges.
I know now that’s it’s not just me, dating things. It’s true then; great minds think alike.
Checking the salt tank is one of my "oneth of the month" checklist items, along with the furnace filters, computer updates and backups, smoke/CO alarms, and a few other items. My water softener uses a bag a month. I get three months on a filter (which I date), and my computer backups date themselves.
Seems that the older I get........the more "stuff" I put dates on.
It might be easier to list those items that I DON'T put dates on. There's even subheadings......."bought"......"open"........"in". Batteries is a good example.
The list goes on and on.......bordering on obsessive/compulsive. Aging related??
I do recall........while being much younger.......that there were few things needing to be dated. That's probably because I had so FEW things!!🤯
We oldsters probably think about time a lot because there's less of it left.
I don't want to know my expiration date.
So smart….I need to start trying this!
I write on my gas welding bottles to see how long they last. I also write the date on my furnace when I change the filter.
Date the filter itself. Smarter.
Rocky, it’s easier to read the date on the outside of the furnace than it is on the filter after installation
Yep, quick glance and done. No need to open a panel everytime.
For sure, Joe. I hope Rocky put his address on the outside of his mailbox instead of the inside.😝😝
My filters have their edges exposed; they simply slide in. I made the assumption that yours were similar.
Well, you know what happens when you assume!
I've put 40 years and few months on the wife, but I don't get to use her anymore…………..
Maybe the word " use " her may have caused it LOL
I know but could not resist posting it
ammo, bottled water, gunpowder, chemical jugs, coffee containers, lots of other stuff
When I buy something, I often buy a LOT of that something. Using older supply first just seems sensible and knowing the purchase date is necessary.
I've got all three of you guys beat......but not necessarily in a good way.
After I "build" my 48"x20" filter(a 25x20 and an 18x20), and date the end, I have to climb the garage attic stairs to the air handler. To avoid additional stair "trips".…...I also write the date, hours, and dirty filter condition on the back of my tool cabinet door at the bottom of the stairs. Years ago, with the warranty compressor replacement, the company gave us a new thermostat. One of the t-stat functions, is to count hours of blower operation. I've set it for 900 hours(which gives me an approximately 80% "used" filter every time).......before it signals "change filter".
Unfortunately.…......my lovely wife can also see the "change filter"...…and she's not one bit shy about letting me know..........repeatedly!!😖 Although, with advancing years, she insists on being home when I venture into the attic. Within hollering distance......
The hour counter is worth it. Here, in North Texas, the 900 hours can be reached in 6 weeks in the middle of Summer............yet takes up to 4 months in Winter…......AND the filters always come out looking the same.
I win anything?????🙃
Ya' beat me to it!
Cans of gunpowder. Also, when I get a bill, I make out the check and then put the date it is to be mailed in the bottom left of the envelope (7 days before due). No point in paying earlier than that. I get a couple cents interest per month by not paying too early.
Rocky Raab - I did the same with the CFL (the twisty light bulbs right?). I remember them "supposed to" last 10 years. So I dated them too. But I don't think they ever lasted 10 years. And that's just with 4-5 hours a day?