Some times you catch a break

[RWilson2526]

So my wife is getting in the car after work yesterday afternoon and looks down and there on the rear bumper is my trailer lock with the keys in it...trailer lock key, boat key, glove box key, all just sitting there pretty as a picture. She drove 25 miles to work, 15 miles on open highway and 10 miles on windy back roads.....

Had they been lost I would have never remembered that's where I left them and would have spent days tearing the house, garage and boat apart.

Really almost impossible to believe.....

[Blue_Runner]

RW - you must be my long lost brother! Cause that sounds exactly like something I would do. I sure am glad for you it turned out that way. :clap:

[reelapeelin]

RW...glad to hear I not the only one!!...only difference was I was driving and found them there when I got to the tire store...about 10-12 miles @ 65 mph and a couple of side streets...was towing the "V" for a couple of new tires and forgot to put the lock in the tongue :head:...first time in 10 years I've had the "V" that I've done that...and like you, I'd wasted all kinda time lookin'...good for you findin' those:clap:

[nipper]

Hurry, go buy a lottery ticket. The gods are smiling upon you.

[captpete13]

WOW! you really lucked out. Your wife must be a careful driver. I wouldn't be able to do that if I tried.

[RidgeRunner]

Lucky is better than good. I have a similar story.

I had lost my 15 year old wallet with all my credit cards and drivers license and $150+/- bucks. Don't know where or how. The replacements arrived and I lost the entire wallet again within about 30 days when I went overboard trying to reach and pick up a bouy marker 30 miles offshore sending another $200 bucks or so to davey jones locker.(Never leave the boat in gear when you leave the helm, I hadn't but this is why;) It was a joke to everyone that knows me. When I got all my replacements in my new wallet I was determined to take better care. I lost it a third time within 3 months, or so I thought. Last time I had it I was loading some heavy equipment on a lowboy trailer for transport to Ft. Lauderdale. I frantically tried to reach the driver to have him look for it to no avail. I knew the guy I was sending the equipment to so I had him look. There it was, on the transmission of an Allis Chalmers All Terrain Forklift. It had slipped out of my shorts while sliding my big a$$ over the seat and fallen below the floorboard. 250 miles riding on the transmission of this old machine while being hauled down the road on a lowboy semi trailer. Lucky.. I have not lost it again since.

[nymack66]

Nice to know good things DO happen to good folks ..

[Blue_Runner]

I lost my hat once. Found it on my head. :you:

[RABBITFISH]

I lost my hat once. Found it on my head. :you:

:you::you::you::you::you:

They never give up!!!!

[Blue_Runner]

Ok, this is appropriate. So over t-day weekend I spent a lot of time at my mother-in-laws house. Got there on Thursday evening before sundown. Had my sunglasses (costas) on until I went inside, then they went on top of my head. When my brother-in-law got there I put my costas down somewhere so they wouldn't fall off my head while we played guitar together. Well, we've turned their house upside down and can't find my freakin costas anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M PISSSSSSED!!!!

How do you lose sunglasses inside a house? :cen::nut:

So what to do:
1 - buy a cheap pair till they turn up?
2 - Go ahead and spend my life savings on another pair?
3 - Go blind for a while and hope they turn up?

This drives me crazy.

[spareparts]

tell your brother in law to give them back:you:

[Blue_Runner]

Spare, he already has a pair. :deer: I'm still stewing over this. :hi:

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

Spare, he already has a pair. :deer: I'm still stewing over this. :hi:

Maybe he thought they were his.............

[RWilson2526]

Not wanting to make you cry Blue but my guess is that after a house full of people eating and drinking there was quite a mess afterwards....somebody cleaning up the tables and all sent them to the trash accidently.....if the garbage bags are still outside its worth a look.

[Blue_Runner]

RW - thanks a lot you just sent a shiver down my spine. :you:

Bro in law has the tortoise frames, I have/had, black matte.


THIS IS :bsflag:

[randlemanboater]

Thats why I wear $5 Walmart glasses, I'm always losing them, or dropping them, or sitting on them.


I left my boat/tongue lock/ cabin lock keys on the fender one time.....I found them on the side of the road halfway to the gas station I had gone to.

[Blue_Runner]

MY GLASSES HAVE BEEN FOUND!!

I knew I left them somewhere on Thanksgiving Day. I THOUGHT I left them at my mother in laws house. But I ACTUALLY left them at my mom's house, which is where we ate lunch before going to mom-in-laws for din din.

After church yesterday we went to eat with my family. I was getting out of the car and my mom handed me a plastic food lion bag with one of my carhart toboggans and the glasses saying she found them on the bed in her spare bedroom. I was elated! Mom said she considered putting them in the yardsale stuff to sell for a buck or two. She asked dad if they were his and he said he would never wear mirrored glasses...we joked that the rims weren't big enough for hime (he's always wearing these big ol Magnum PI / Burt Reynolds shades LOL).

Anyway, I'm SOOO glad I don't have to go out and buy another pair since I've only had these for 6 months or so! I was so happy I wore them in the clouds and rain yesterday!
:happy::happy::happy::happy:

[willy]

Exactly how do you suppose they got on the bed in the spare bedroom Dawg:sly:

[nipper]

He NOW knows/remembers exactly how they got there.

[Jetty Rocker]

Hey Blue, my wife lost three pair of Costas this year. The first two are at the bottom of the Waccamaw River and the third pair she thinks she left them at school and now they have a new owner.

[willy]

Jetty as long as she is not losing them in the spare bedroom you are good to go!

[Blue_Runner]

Come on now you dirty bastages it was my MOM's house :devil:
Blue ain't doin it there fo sho!! My house is 2 houses down and I have a nice comfy kingsize bed waaaay back in the hollow. :beer:

Jetty I'd say that is getting pretty expensive. Buy that gal some $5 croakies man....at least while she's on the water! BTW Bimini Bay makes a pretty good Costa Del Mar knockoff for about $20. I just about bought some of those while waiting for my Costas to turn up.

My wife lost her cell phone about 2 months back in her classroom at the high school. Well she didn't exactly lose them, a student decided he would use it for himself. At first he was good at covering his tracks but she eventually busted him by looking at the phone records and the numbers he was calling - other students. I was proud of her for getting the phone back because I didn't have much hope of ever seeing it again. It still had all her pictures and everything.

[macojoe]

I just bought two (2) pairs of Costa Del Mar $400 !! I use one for driving and one for the boat next season, But I am scared to death of losing or breaking them!!! So far so good!!

[Stillrunning]

Funny how thing seem to stay on the bumper. I drove about 20 miles to work one day and when I went to get something out of the back I found my cup of coffee I thought I had left at home.

[reelapeelin]

My cheap $30 Calcuttas blew off the other day at the lake...no float-strap...which is WHY I buy cheap sunglasses...funny thing is the next day another pair of sunglasses showed up that I thought were lost a year ago...the last pair of expensive s'glasses I had have been in the bottom of Lake Moultrie for 30 years or so...which is another reason WHY I buy cheap sunglasses...here's to goin' cheap and bein' happy instead of all stressed out over losin' a pair of $200 shades :beer:

[Road King Cole]

I say if your happy with cheap glasses, keep it that way. Once I donned the expensive ones, I wouldn't be happy going back. Myself, I like Maui Jim's. The first pair is expensive, but you can send them in for repair and they have always sent me a brand new pair back for the repair price. But ya, you could probably buy a couple pair of cheap ones for the repair price. Also this is not helpful if you lose a pair. But knowing how much a new pair costs, I keep a close eye on my glasses.

Back to the thread subject, "someone" left my beer on the tailgate of my pickup truck when I was moving a few years back. It was still there when we arrived at the new house. Of course I was driving a bit more carefully.:beer:

[chumbucket]

RKC; and just what was the beer doing out of your hands? :devil::beer:

[Road King Cole]

"RKC; and just what was the beer doing out of your hands"

Good point, I guess I had to put the beer down every now and then to make it look like I was helping my buddies move my stuff...

CB->Thanks for your concern, you are right and I will not let that happen again!

[reelapeelin]

RKC; and just what was the beer doing out of your hands? :devil::beer:


It's tuff to get away w/sh!t around here...:party:

[chumbucket]

It's tuff to get away w/sh!t around here...:party:
One must maintain standards and decorum, but as long as no beer was spilled I suppose we can overlook it this one time.

[reelapeelin]

One must maintain standards and decorum, but as long as no beer was spilled I suppose we can overlook it this one time.


Wow...there is mercy in V20land...looks like ya caught a break on this one RKC!!...

I keep gettin' a picture of a cop pullin' up behind a PU truck goin' down the road w/a beer sittin' on the tailgate...reckon what'd happen next?...LOL!!...

[Road King Cole]

Thanks for the mercy. I am new here and appreciate the break.

I can assure you all that no beer was spilled nor wasted during that episode.

And yes, I was glad a cop didn't pull up behind me.

[Blue_Runner]

I was a super happy camper for the last 15 years with NO sunglasses at all. In the summer I would come off the water with a headache, but I thought that was normal. Then my buddy offered to sell me his Maui Jims because he bought a new pair so I bought them for $30. They were great despite a couple of scratches. That is until one day I decided to take a nap on the couch with them in my pocket - not the best idea but hey, I need to catch some zzzzzzzz's. Broke those mofos in half at the nose piece and threw them away (mistake, could have sent them in).

So after that I decided on cheap sunglasses. I was going to get some Bimini Bay's and saw the calcuttas, which I liked pretty good so I got the calcuttas for $23. They were fine for the 1st week and the 2nd week. Then we went kingfishing and on the way back to the hill I got sprayed pretty good in the face the whole way back (should have taken my boat LOL). When we got back I stuck em under some warm water, a drop of dish detergent, and gently used my thumb to clean off the salt. The mirror coating came completely off one lense. So that pair cost me $10 per week I owned them. That is when I decided I need the good shades. And like RKC said, once you wear the good stuff its hard to go back. Plus when you pay big $$ for shades you tend to take better care of them, except on Thanksgiving. :hide:

[chumbucket]

This may require a future NE church meeting to discuss decorum and partake a few beverages just to be sure we're on the same page. Seeing how we have more constituents in the area now. I was starting to feel like the lone torch bearer. :beer: **hic* s'cuse me.

[Blue_Runner]

Hey Reel if you are worried about losing the expensive shades just do like MJ and buy 2 pairs. :hi::fam:

[reelapeelin]

Hey Reel if you are worried about losing the expensive shades just do like MJ and buy 2 pairs. :hi::fam:

Quite a logistical suggestion...I knew I could count on ya, Dawg!!...


Seein' that expensive pair of shades sink into the cold abyss made goin' from high $$ shades to cheap shades a piece of cake... twernt difficult at all... :party:

...and CB...for that NE church meetin'...assumin' it's professionally iced down by one who's well qualified by decades of experience in such things, what kinda beer you favor?

[macojoe]

Beer?? You mean Steel Reserve!! :beer:

[Road King Cole]

Church meeting? Oh sure, I get it; the "new guy" has to buy the beer.:bat:

Wait a minute! What about inaforty? He's even newer than me!
:happy:

Steele Reserve???

I had to google that:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=steel+reserve

Sounds like a... great stuff...

I must live such a sheltered life. I used to think the 40oz Shafers were the best bargain...

rkc

[chumbucket]

The Steel Reserve High Gravity is a no frills buzz. 8.2 % alc. A couple cans of those after a long night at work and I'm sleeping like a baby. We get it around here for $1.55/22oz can. So for $3.10 it's close to drinking a six pack. Pretty good bang for the buck.
For taste, I like Sam Adams Ocktoberfest. Have to stock up on it because its already disappearing from the shelves until next year.

[Blue_Runner]

Busch Lite for me and for $3.10 you can also almost drink a 6 pack. Head for the Rockies. :news:
Reel when I was 18 I bought an expensive pair of Oakleys. I was chillin in the surf about waist deep facing the beach when a rogue wave slammed over my head and knocked em off into the "abyss" as you so eloquently phrased it. Funny thing about it, moments later I shuffled my feet around in desperation trying to find them and actually thought I'd found them...only to reach down betwix my toes to find an old rusty pair of eyeglasses some old coot lost a year or two before. What are the odds on that?? :oh: After that I didn't wear sunglasses any more, not even cheap ones.

[chumbucket]

Busch Lite for me and for $3.10 you can also almost drink a 6 pack. Head for the Rockies. :news:

That was a misprint on my part. Two cans of Steel Reserve are close to or equal to ten 12 oz cans of most other brands.:clap:

[Blue_Runner]

Well no wonder you sleep so good!

[C YENSEN]

you lucky SOB