Chipk
Elite Member
Does THIS Count As A Return??
As many of us know when somebody asks us to look for a lost item and they say “I lost it HERE!” that often means “I realized I lost it HERE!”
Last year right before Christmas I had 4 requests to find lost items. 3 of the 4 claimed to have lost a ring in their front yards and the 4th, a teacher, said she lost her ring in the schoolyard.
I spent at least 3 hours searching the front yards for the first 3 with no success. I called each and offered to search their backyards when they admitted they had found their rings. One was found when they changed the sheets on the bed, another was in their sock drawer and the third was in the Boy friend’s car.
The teacher left the country for the holidays and I made 6 trips to the school to search including Christmas Eve. I called her when her holiday was over to learn a student found it in her candy dish on her desk.
Well yesterday I was called to find a gold bracelet. The lady was 100% certain she lost it in her backyard during 2 days of yardwork. After 4 hours I assured her it was not in her yard. I had loaned her 2 pinpointers so she and the husband could search the couch cushions, inside the car, etc. NO luck.
She was sad but I kept saying I believed it would show up somewhere inside. She didn’t seem convinced.
Today I received a voicemail from her. They have a ROOMBA and it was running under the bed when it sounded a little strange. She emptied it into the trash and started to walk away when she remembered my words.
And there it was.
She was extremely happy and thanked me profusely. I was glad for her but still wished I can found it in the yard
Does it count? It would be #21.
Naw.
As many of us know when somebody asks us to look for a lost item and they say “I lost it HERE!” that often means “I realized I lost it HERE!”
Last year right before Christmas I had 4 requests to find lost items. 3 of the 4 claimed to have lost a ring in their front yards and the 4th, a teacher, said she lost her ring in the schoolyard.
I spent at least 3 hours searching the front yards for the first 3 with no success. I called each and offered to search their backyards when they admitted they had found their rings. One was found when they changed the sheets on the bed, another was in their sock drawer and the third was in the Boy friend’s car.
The teacher left the country for the holidays and I made 6 trips to the school to search including Christmas Eve. I called her when her holiday was over to learn a student found it in her candy dish on her desk.
Well yesterday I was called to find a gold bracelet. The lady was 100% certain she lost it in her backyard during 2 days of yardwork. After 4 hours I assured her it was not in her yard. I had loaned her 2 pinpointers so she and the husband could search the couch cushions, inside the car, etc. NO luck.
She was sad but I kept saying I believed it would show up somewhere inside. She didn’t seem convinced.
Today I received a voicemail from her. They have a ROOMBA and it was running under the bed when it sounded a little strange. She emptied it into the trash and started to walk away when she remembered my words.
And there it was.
She was extremely happy and thanked me profusely. I was glad for her but still wished I can found it in the yard
Does it count? It would be #21.
Naw.
You therefore get an "atteboy" for another Sherlock Holmes who-dunnit mystery solved by an md'r.
