We had a ice storm last night and are getting up to 8 inches of snow today. I sold two items on G-broker and told the buyers they would go out today. The PLAN was to get out after the ice but before the snow.
I went out to warm up the car and discovered that I left BOTH remote openers in the car with the garage door now closed. After 3-4 calls I found a company that could have a guy here in 60 minutes. He called to say he was outside so I went out to meet him. He asked "have you tried the keypad?" Feeling like a total idiot I said no. I hit the keypad code and the door opened. It was a $30 lesson, actually $40, because of the weather I gave him a tip.
Anyone else had a 'brain fart' lately? 
Fortunately, I haven’t had a “Brain Fart” lately, but several years ago I had one with a tactical 12-gauge shotgun I had just purchased. Wanting to mount a tac light on the beast,” I ordered a Streamlight ProTac light and a mounting bracket for it.
The mounting bracket arrived before the light did. Being in an impatient frame of mind, I decided not to wait for the Streamlight and fitted to the mount an ordinary MagLight I had lying around. I then headed out into the night to put my “Rube Goldberg” rig to the test.
Never being one to do things by half, I loaded some 3” Magnum 00-Buck shells in the weapon’s tube, turned on the “mighty” MagLight, and sent a blast down-range shooting from the hip.
When the smoke cleared, I was standing in the dark three feet back from the firing line with the guts of the MagLight (batteries and bulb included) scattered on the ground in front of me.
“Brain Fart.” 🤬
Lesson learned: “Never take shortcuts with your tactical gear.”
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