Your own personal mysteries.

[BarensMom]

Baren will sometimes stop and stare for several minutes up towards a corner of the ceiling.  He doesn't seem frightened - he just stares intently at nothing that I can see.

Mine do that, and I found that on at least one occasion they were staring at a cobweb that was all but invisible from floor level.  Let's hope that's what it is in this case.

There's an old superstition that says if you have the Sight, stand behind the animal and look just over his head (between his ears if he's a cat or pointy-eared dog.  You'll see the spirits that have attracted his attention.

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your POV, I'm as psychic as a rock.  Baren, however, is a sensitive soul, so he's either staring at angels or cobwebs, take your pick.

[Cricket]

I usually drink water and keep well hydrated so I rarely feel thirsty. However, whenever I'm sewing or working with material I get really thirsty - like I've walked a mile through a dust storm on a 100 degree day thirsty. I have no idea why. I thought maybe I lose track of time and it's really been a couple of hours since my last drink. Today I had a drink of water at 10:30am. I pinned and cut out 2 pairs of shorts and was parched. The time: 11:05am. Just over half an hour since my last drink. Had another drink, sewed up all the seams on the overlocker for both pairs of shorts and again my throat was dry, dry, dry. Time 11:25am. Why???

[Eeep!]

I usually drink water and keep well hydrated so I rarely feel thirsty. However, whenever I'm sewing or working with material I get really thirsty - like I've walked a mile through a dust storm on a 100 degree day thirsty. I have no idea why. I thought maybe I lose track of time and it's really been a couple of hours since my last drink. Today I had a drink of water at 10:30am. I pinned and cut out 2 pairs of shorts and was parched. The time: 11:05am. Just over half an hour since my last drink. Had another drink, sewed up all the seams on the overlocker for both pairs of shorts and again my throat was dry, dry, dry. Time 11:25am. Why???

Maybe when you are really concentrating you breathe through your mouth more than you normally do? Or maybe you have a rare condition wherein your salivary glands shut down upon commencement of sewing-related activity.

[Carotte]

How did one of my pallpoint pen end up being used by my dentist?
Actually, there could be a perfectly normal explanation to it, but I think I'd had noticed it.

Years ago I bought a pack of ten black pen, and stuck yellow and green electrical tape at the end (the tape I use to mark all my school stuff) and numbered them 1 to 10, to see, years later, if I could find all ten again. And a little while later I saw my dentist write my next appointment with a black pen that had yellow and green tape on it.

I have absolutely no memories of either opening my school bag and the pen falling in her office, or lending my pen to her (she always had her own on her desk).

If I was to try and roundup those pens I guess I could find maybe half of them now - creepy would be to have all 10 or even 11 with the tape on them..

[dawnfire]

We used have a dial phone (we're talking in the 80's) that would pick up the government radio station (the Aussie ABC to be precise) when it wasn't being used.  You'd pick up the phone and instead of a dial tone, you'd get the news. Was the phone line picking up the radio signals?

[aiki]

I usually drink water and keep well hydrated so I rarely feel thirsty. However, whenever I'm sewing or working with material I get really thirsty - like I've walked a mile through a dust storm on a 100 degree day thirsty. I have no idea why. I thought maybe I lose track of time and it's really been a couple of hours since my last drink. Today I had a drink of water at 10:30am. I pinned and cut out 2 pairs of shorts and was parched. The time: 11:05am. Just over half an hour since my last drink. Had another drink, sewed up all the seams on the overlocker for both pairs of shorts and again my throat was dry, dry, dry. Time 11:25am. Why???

What type of fabric? I think that cutting fabric produces more dust particles and lint than you might expect. 

[Gumbysqueak]

Years ago while in undergrad I was driving to work and my muffler fell down so it was dragging on the ground. I parked next to my apartment complex and biked to work. Two days later I went to check it out and someone had fixed it. You could see were the person tied the muffler.  No note. Wish I could have thanked the person.

[EmmaJ.]

Years ago while in undergrad I was driving to work and my muffler fell down so it was dragging on the ground. I parked next to my apartment complex and biked to work. Two days later I went to check it out and someone had fixed it. You could see were the person tied the muffler.  No note. Wish I could have thanked the person.

Aw, that's so sweet!  Anonymous kindness - love it.

[Cricket]

Eeep said

Or maybe you have a rare condition wherein your salivary glands shut down upon commencement of sewing-related activity.

Maybe. My salivary glands work overtime when I'm looking at materials to purchase, though 

Aiki, most of the time I'm working with 100% cotton fabrics, but sometimes a polyester/cotton mix. You may be right about the dust particles. I didn't think of that.

[Irishkitty]

Eeep said

Or maybe you have a rare condition wherein your salivary glands shut down upon commencement of sewing-related activity.

Maybe. My salivary glands work overtime when I'm looking at materials to purchase, though 

Aiki, most of the time I'm working with 100% cotton fabrics, but sometimes a polyester/cotton mix. You may be right about the dust particles. I didn't think of that.

I get that when I'm really concentrating on something. A few years ago when I was taking driving lessons I noticed that at the end of each lesson I was parched.

[Twik]

Baren will sometimes stop and stare for several minutes up towards a corner of the ceiling.  He doesn't seem frightened - he just stares intently at nothing that I can see.

Mine do that, and I found that on at least one occasion they were staring at a cobweb that was all but invisible from floor level.  Let's hope that's what it is in this case.

My mom's cat will focus on a small dark spot on the ceiling.

I wonder if it's some sort of hunting reflex - "If I watch that spot long enough, it'll move, and I can pounce.".

[travestine]

Baren will sometimes stop and stare for several minutes up towards a corner of the ceiling.  He doesn't seem frightened - he just stares intently at nothing that I can see.

My oldest cat, Little, sits on the corner of the head of my bed (pushed into the corner of the room), looks up, meows, sometimes just stands on his hind paws, and sometimes also claws at the wallpaper enough to leave marks.  I've dusted, vaccuumed, you name it.  I can't hear anything, see anything.  He's done this since I moved in a year and a half ago.  The other two are quite happy in there and don't react at all to anything.

I had sensed (and sometimes glimpsed) a presence in my former apt, but haven't felt anything here (and it's been a relief!).  Do you think he's picked up on something in my bedroom?

[Cami]

Years ago, I got a new car because some idiot  hit me and totalled mine. Two days after getting the car, I slid on ice and my bumper hit a mound of snow. That was unfortunately hard as a rock. My bumper now had a good-sized dent in it.  I didn't get it fixed immediately because I'd just spent a lot of money buying a new car.

About three weeks later, one day after work, I went out to my car. The dent was gone. I honestly felt likle I was being gaslighted. I ran back in and had two of my coworkers come out. They both agreed that I'd driven in that morning with a dent and now there was none.

To this day, I do not understand what happened.

[Flibbertigibbet]

Camicar re: the bumper story; I have a possible explanation. Was the bumper made of plastic and the dent like it had been pushed in a ways rather than a crack or a split? My ex-boyfriend managed to reverse his car into a pole once and made a massive dent in his bumper, but then the next morning it had gone - the plastic had simply popped out again! You could just see marks on the bumper where the creases had been. Maybe that's what happened to yours?

[Cami]

Camicar re: the bumper story; I have a possible explanation. Was the bumper made of plastic and the dent like it had been pushed in a ways rather than a crack or a split? My ex-boyfriend managed to reverse his car into a pole once and made a massive dent in his bumper, but then the next morning it had gone - the plastic had simply popped out again! You could just see marks on the bumper where the creases had been. Maybe that's what happened to yours?

That's what I initially thought -- but there were no marks or scratches whatsoever. It looked like it never happened.  Maybe I just got really lucky and it popped out without leaving any marks. If so, thank you, oh great car goddess!