Do you know where your gloves are?

[thistlebloom]

I bet they aren't in your glove box. Some people refer to these as "Jockey" boxes, but I bet they don't have jockeys in them either.

I was taking a lunch break in my truck yesterday and thinking about the conversation on the Math Question thread. I wondered what I really had in there...kind of scary actually...so I decided to empty it out and take inventory.
Whoa. It's probably an open window into my psyche.

So here's my list:
Registration and insurance info, tire receipt and warranty, truck maintenance record.
So far so good right?
.
.
.
Several pens and a Sharpie
Notepad
Two pocket knives
Scissors
Hair brush
Hand cleaner
Hand lotion
Chapstick
Band aids
Ibuprofen
Bite relief
Ear plugs
Toothbrush
Hand warmer packets
Phone charger
AA batteries
Spare change (all nickels and pennies)
Compact New Testament
Small mirror
Little booklet of bear safety tips
Compass on a carabiner
Blank plant tags

All useful stuff! But I'm not really sure I need to haul it around with me all the time.
The mirror for instance. It's a fact that I really do not want to know how many dirt smudges I have under my nose when I dash into the market on the way home.

And the compass on a carabiner?? Maybe I anticipate getting lost in the woods in my truck.
Then I could plot a course and use that mirror as a signal device. And in case of a bear attack I could quickly study up those Bear Safety Tips.

The blank plant tags are a no brainer. (That's where the Sharpie comes in) They are for secret missions as a Stealth Gardener. You know...creeping into gardens and naming shrubs. Imagine the home owners surprise and delight to come outside one morning to find that their plant is finally identified. "Joe".

So I double dog dare you to name what's in your glove box!

 

[canesisters]

I've only had my 'new to me' truck for a week... the only thing in the glove box is the owner's manual and receipts for the new fuel filter / pump / tank & thermostat.

In the S-10 though...I really can't say WHAT'S in there.. I jammed the door trying to close it a few years ago and haven't been able to open it since. I guess it's safe to say that whatever is in there is WAY too much, or the door wouldn't have broken.

 

[Nyboy]

1 knife isn't enough for you? Do you lock your glove box? Mine is unlocked has car handbook, registration and insurance card.On page 100 I have a 100 bill in case of emergency

 

[Nyboy]

 

[Nyboy]

Don't ask whats in back, some days it takes several triys to close hatch.

 

[ducks4you]

I always buy extra pairs of gloves when I see a good price. Mostly I use canvas and suede for everyday and I MEAN every single day that I take care of my animals and the property AND gardening, but I just bought a pair of leather gardening gloves with synthetic on the back sides of the hands and a velcro closure for horse riding/training. It's a habit that I started when I took Huntseat/Jumping lessons as a teenager and the lesson horses would put blisters between your ring finger and pinkie from pulling withOUT gloves, so I always have ridden with them. Dollar General will sometimes dump the canvas ones close to Christmas, and I bought a few pairs there for $1.25/each, no better or worse than at any gardening center.
Funny story...This winter I got into the habit of dropping my work gloves on the cement steps that lead to a landing (w/and extra, inside door), and then, to the outside door, so that I would have them to put on beFORE I went out to feed the animals. One day I was chiding myself because I thought I had been sloppy, dropped them while throwing hay flakes and gotten some pieces of hay inside one of the fingers. I thought it felt like compacted hay, but while trying to move it I got bitten! Apparently a spider had been living in the basement and crawled into the finger of my glove!!!!
Nipped THAT habit in the bud.

End of story...spider got stomped and then froze to death outside in February.

 

[majorcatfish]

I bet they aren't in your glove box. Some people refer to these as "Jockey" boxes, but I bet they don't have jockeys in them either.

I was taking a lunch break in my truck yesterday and thinking about the conversation on the Math Question thread. I wondered what I really had in there...kind of scary actually...so I decided to empty it out and take inventory.
Whoa. It's probably an open window into my psyche.

So here's my list:
Registration and insurance info, tire receipt and warranty, truck maintenance record.
So far so good right?
.
.
.
Several pens and a Sharpie
Notepad
Two pocket knives
Scissors
Hair brush
Hand cleaner
Hand lotion
Chapstick
Band aids
Ibuprofen
Bite relief
Ear plugs
Toothbrush...................................................what no toothpaste?
Hand warmer packets
Phone charger
AA batteries
Spare change (all nickels and pennies)
Compact New Testament
Small mirror
Little booklet of bear safety tips
Compass on a carabiner
Blank plant tags

All useful stuff! But I'm not really sure I need to haul it around with me all the time.
The mirror for instance. It's a fact that I really do not want to know how many dirt smudges I have under my nose when I dash into the market on the way home.

And the compass on a carabiner?? Maybe I anticipate getting lost in the woods in my truck.
Then I could plot a course and use that mirror as a signal device. And in case of a bear attack I could quickly study up those Bear Safety Tips.

The blank plant tags are a no brainer. (That's where the Sharpie comes in) They are for secret missions as a Stealth Gardener. You know...creeping into gardens and naming shrubs. Imagine the home owners surprise and delight to come outside one morning to find that their plant is finally identified. "Joe".

So I double dog dare you to name what's in your glove box!

 

[majorcatfish]

you got me wondering as well..

owners manual's
radio manual
registration papers
insurance card
nc safety inspection print out
multi-tool
.08 cents nickel and 3 penny's
35mm film canister with 5 bulbs for the lights over the cab.

thats it.... now the rest of the truck is another story need to clean it out this weekend. kind of embarrassing

 

[digitS']

I thought this was about our gloves. Or, maybe Thistle' not being able to find hers.

It will take pad and paper research. When I was young, I carried 1 lucky rock in my pickup.

Behind the seat in the tool rack, there are all sorts of things! I have only returned to the garden and been disappointed a few times that things I need were home in the garage and not in the pickup where they belong!

I've had 2 different pairs of gloves on already and have not left for the garden. One pair is now wet from moving hoses and sprinklers so I'll leave them here. I washed the lawnmower air filter and mixed weedkiller with a pair of plastic gloves.

Steve
2 pairs of gloves in the back of the pickup and he's on his way!

 

[ccheek]

Owner's manual
Lug Nut Key (what's the world coming to when you have to have a lug nut key?....)
Tire Certificates (gotta have those free fixes and rotations)
Extra napkins

The glove box is easy, but you're right, no gloves... now, my console, I don't even want to think about.