How fast can you lose something??

[sld]

I switched implements on the tractor yesterday and couldn't find the linch pin for the top link. Got another one and then found the original one in the grass 100 feet away. What did I do, put in on my head and forget about it? No idea....

 

[stingray1]

In the blink of an eye.

 

[TomSeller]

I lost a big mag light 2 months ago while leaning the chimney. Stoll have not found it..............

Santa will appreciate you leaving it at the bottom of the chimney.

 

[Gunny]

I keep telling my wife that the only reason I keep her around is so that she can tell me where I put stuff in the house.

Unfortunately, that doesn't work down at the farm or the shop. And it's nice to see that I'm not the only guy that has several tools of the same type. I've been know to look for a tool, give up and go buy a new one, then when I go to hand it up, the old one is already hanging there. (I know it wasn't there the first time I looked, so I'll have to lay that on the gremlins)

 

[BleedingOrange]

Yup, The harder I look for something I have lost, the blinder I get.
Glad I got a patient wife.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Nice to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. I'm continually having tools stolen. They of course, turn up a few days later in places that I'd never suspect.

Worse case was my wallet was "stolen" from my hip pocket at a gas stop while on a motorcycle tour in New Mexico. I didn't realize it until I was 75 miles down the road. Turned around and went back; no luck. Not to be found. So I stopped off and called the DPS and reported it stolen. They put a stop on anyone using my driver's license. I also cancelled all of my credit cards.

Well - when I got back home in Houston and was unloading my bike, guess what I found? My wallet tucked in a side pocket! It took about a month to get my license block removed and new credit cards. But I did mark that down as a Number One Lesson Learned... don't cry Wolf too quick.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Worse case was my wallet was "stolen" from my hip pocket at a gas stop while on a motorcycle tour in New Mexico. I didn't realize it until I was 75 miles down the road. Turned around and went back; no luck. Not to be found. So I stopped off and called the DPS and reported it stolen. They put a stop on anyone using my driver's license. I also cancelled all of my credit cards.

Well - when I got back home in Houston and was unloading my bike, guess what I found? My wallet tucked in a side pocket! It took about a month to get my license block removed and new credit cards. But I did mark that down as a Number One Lesson Learned... don't cry Wolf too quick.

I have a couple of different motorcycle jackets, and all of them have a lot of pockets, all in different places. Since I'm so absent minded, I've gotten into the habit of always keeping my wallet/money clip in a left side breast pocket, and the motorcycle key in a right side hand pocket. Off the bike everything's back into my pants, the wallet is in the left rear pocket, money clip in right front, and key in left front, ideally in a zippered pocket. If I'm camping, I'm very careful to use the same pocket in the tent for all that stuff so it doesn't accidentally fall out of a pocket as I'm changing clothes. In a motel room I pick one table, usually a night stand, to keep valuables when I'm in the room, otherwise they're on me. I also keep a large denomination traveler's check and a key hidden on the bikes. I've lost wallets on trips before, and there aren't many worse feelings. :shocked::confused2:

One thing I'll never understand is when some "good Samaritan" mails back a lost wallet, missing the folding money. By the time it gets back home, all the credit cards have been cancelled and both the driver's license and wallet have been replaced, so all it does is bring back memories of a bad experience and remind me that there are still some pretty messed up people out there. Maybe in their own minds they think they're doing me a favor, but in reality they're just thieves with a guilty conscience.

 

[Mendonsy]

I searched for the oil filter for my JD lawn tractor for maybe an hour. I gave up and went to Wally world and bought another. As I brought it into the shop I noticed the one I already had hanging on the peg board, still in its package just smiling at me.:irked:

The best way to find a lost item is to purchase a replacement. As soon as you do that the lost one will show up!

 

[SIMassey]

The comforting feeling is that you always find it in the last place you look.:laughing: That of course is unless you forgot that you found it already.:drink:

 

[TomSeller]

One thing I'll never understand is when some "good Samaritan" mails back a lost wallet, missing the folding money. By the time it gets back home, all the credit cards have been cancelled and both the driver's license and wallet have been replaced, so all it does is bring back memories of a bad experience and remind me that there are still some pretty messed up people out there. Maybe in their own minds they think they're doing me a favor, but in reality they're just thieves with a guilty conscience.

It could be that the actual thief stole the wallet, took the cash and pitched the wallet. Then a second person could have found the wallet with no cash and mailed it back. Happened to me once in college, except the person brought the wallet to my place and knocked on the door to give it to me. No way that little old lady took my wallet. Often I have things besides my CCs and DL that I would like back.

 

[sfloggie]

Older I get the more I forget, so I now have several shirts, coats and pants that are the same. And I have three to four of the same tool. At least I remain consistent in what I like!

 

[tcreeley]

There is a road to the lake near us. My wife found a wallet and some cash - 20 or so in it. The address was 20 miles away. She mailed it off and a few days later got a lovely card back and 20 dollars.
Another time I found a wallet in the road and recognized the name of one of my son's friends. I drove it over - 4 miles. He said he was glad to get it missing almost a week.

 

[PILOON]

I also 'lost' a wallet some time ago.
Started the cancellation process and suddenly found it.

I knew the narrow time frame as well as very slim location.(Out of car to post office and back)
I walked the space 4 times and tore the car apart with no luck.

I later found the wallet jammed between the driver's backrest and door post at about a foot above seat height.
That car was one of those with sort of overstuffed sofa look.
Tendency is to look down and not up for lost items.

 

[PILOON]

'nother lost story.

Found a lost wallet, it was at a site of vandalism and LEO's sure liked that 'lost and found report'.
Bet that perp now has his wallet chained to his belt!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Oh no! I was going to write something and I forget what it was!!! :shocked:

 

[DrRod]

My ex-wife used to clean up the house by pushing everything into laundry baskets. Clear the coffee table into a basket. Clear the kitchen counter into a basket. Clear the TV stand into a basket. These would pile up in the basement and every so often I would go through them. In a way it was like a treasure hunt. Lots of phones, remotes, Gameboys, gloves, keys, and of course cash [never less than $50, usually much more]. But what a way to live.

I now live on a rule of "no loose paper." Any paper that comes into the house [e.g. mail, manuals, magazines, et al] goes to my desk immediately where I'll sort it all out when ready. It may take a bit but I will always find it because it can't be anywhere else. And the rest of your house stays cleaner and more orderly.

But my workbench is a black hole. I can set a hammer down and its gone immediately. Maybe we just look past things somehow but parts and tools seem to just take off on their own.

I buy reading glasses constantly [Dollar General is a great source for these] yet they migrate on their own. Lighters do the same thing. I leave these sorts of things in strategic places so they are available when I need them but slowly and surely they ebb away.

And then there are cotter pins. I keep a boxed assortment in my workshop and a select few in the truck. These I seem to hold onto.

End of screed.

 

[square1]

i found a wallet once. Opened it up and found my driver license. I had forgot I lost it

 

[chad22]

The best way to find a lost item is to purchase a replacement. As soon as you do that the lost one will show up!

Times a thousand. That works every time.

Or if you lose something. The best thing to do is just stop looking for it. The thing your looking for will usually show up when your not looking for it. lol

I misplaced a hammer last night while removing some plaster and lath boards in the bathroom of the house I'm remodeling.

I searched everywhere for that hammer last night. Well after about 5 minutes of searching for the hammer I gave up and went to my truck and got my other hammer.

Well when I walked back into the bathroom to remove some more lath and plaster. I noticed the hammer I lost was sitting on the floor next to the toilet. lol And I had looked right in that spot. How I didn't notice it. I'm not sure. lol

I found the hammer I lost after going out and getting the other one.

 

[davrow]

And I had looked right in that spot.

We call it 'perversity of the inanimate'.

We're both pretty good about putting things 'where they belong'. Often as not though, when we go to find it, it isn't there. We'll look everywhere, including 'where it should be'. After we've played around enough to placate whatever it is that controls these things... we'll look at where it belongs again, and lo and behold! There it is.

Laughing at us.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I heard a story last week on the radio about pay phones. Some lady was spotted at a pay phone and this guy (I guess she was a looker) stopped to ask her if she needed help. Seemed she lost her cell phone in the car and was calling it, to locate it!

Everything should have a phone number or an IP address to ping it.

Sometimes I get it into my head, that the thing I am looking for is one color, when it's not. In that case, you can be staring at the thing and never acknowldege that it's there. Just another bug in the brain's software that was never fixed!