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It's driving me crazy. I‘hc l‘atcst crisis to nu‘ut is my twth. Yes. you read right ‘ my teeth. I keep this pricelés-s plate in a white plastic um- taim‘t on our kitchen counter "Although plainly visible. 1 can‘t always remember to make A place for everything and vwmhlng in its place as thv saying goes. I continually preach it but seldom practjw it. I It's a vase of 5981111. search. soarth‘ ' While I halt’ In admit it. I'm the pmblem.’ < It's a‘thing called memmy lapse. I spend more (ime look- ing for items than time using the items I pvemullly find. remote? I can} find my glassvs! I don't know abgul you, but every time. I turn around unmflhing I need is either missing or unwed. Holy molar! Taking a bite out of vacation ave you seen my car keys? ' Who took the telephone book? Where's the 'W Strange'isn't it. that something so prominent can continually escape one's mind. the switch from (up to mouth My absent mindedness has become so serious. it's always my wife lean's final check as we climb into the car: “Have yougol your teeth?" " '1 Most times lhaven'l. Son's hack to the hougse m retrieve‘the frigging things. Much like a woman taking off with Iim Thomas _ What made it even more enjoyable was the fart the meal was part of therprice. “Where's your teeth?" she asked. It was wonderful. so wonder ful. I wanted it to never end. Halluwingmkcâ€"up.we ' cnjuyvd a cantinemal breakfast in the mmel's Spacious dining loungc, As. we prepared to depart the parking area. lean-wok a Inuk. The cost. too. should be a cunstant reminder. My plate. including two extractions. came dust: to $2.000. a sum not to be sneezed at. I should have them insurml. At so high a loss risk. the mi: «9 would probabiy‘ be pruhihitiw. ()u the subject of risk. we embarked last week un a Ivm- day vacant 1n that included an over night stay at Ganauuquc's Ramada Inn and a threeâ€"hour I.000 Island cruise. (m a shopping trip without her purse. It shouldn't happen. But it does ' ' "Holy moley. (or was it That's when'myhean sank The table had already been cleared. No knives. no forks. no plates. no serviettes and worse â€" no teeth! As fast as my 82-yearold legs cauld carry me. I breezed across the parking lot and in the from (1()()r. molarfl.” I replied. “I left them on the table. wrap in a ser- viene. They're pro ably in the garbage by now.” I could 599.32.000 added to an already pricey motel bill. FIB! \ has written for m newspapers kw more man “Did you find them?" I asked 60mm J While I hate to admit tt, 1 'm the problem. It’s a thtng ralled memory lapse. I spend more time ltwkmgfor itt'ms than time using the items I eventually I “Did you find a set at teeth nn a table?" I asked. "Surv dld." she rophod. , “'l‘hey'rt’ wrapped up and wait « ing at "10 front desk. You'd be surprised at the. kinds of strange things we find around here." “Stranger than teeth?’ I asked. “Yes, stranger. than teéth." she replied. “but thankfully. yours ' didn't bite." ‘ ‘ Seeing heads of purxpimnun on my forehead. she cut her conversation short. , Ul‘xfmlunawly. “the lady over thew" was on the phone, w I waited, the first person an sile, “Find what?" she responded "My teeth. my teeth," I barked. “You're what?” she repeated. "My tooth. my teeth." pmnt ing to a gap in my mouth. “Surry.” she mid. "l Jmt wt tables. I don't Clear tablvs. Speak to try lady over there." mmrsaStheresoemmo