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   > On campus I often find coins and bills here and there.   
   > When I find a bill I'll look around to see if anyone is looking for it or   
   > in the area.  If not its in my pocket and "out of circulation" as I joke.   
      
   Fair play; I think I'll adopt that line. . . :D    
      
   > I'll often find mechanical pencils people have dropped.  Sometimes they   
   > are perfectly good and use them either as intended or as a stylus for the   
   > small touch screen on the ticket writer.   
      
   Hey, there for the taking -- else they;klkl be piocked up by grounds crews &    
   either kept, or discarded with the cigarette butts they sweep up. . .   
      
   > I've found metal forks and spoons and use the handle as a "unjammer" for   
   > the coin slots on meters.   
      
   "Whatever works" is my philosophy, too.  If it's a stupid idea but it works   
   --  it's not a stupid idea!   
      
   > If something of value is found its turned in.  I'll check a wallet for ID   
   > and return to the person if I know them or know of them.  Usually any money   
   > and cards are gone.   
      
   Same.  Found oner that had ID in it for an 80yo gent who lived only half mile    
   from where he lost it at the strip mall next door to me, so I wheeled on up &    
   knocked on his door to return it (it had money in it,too --couple hundred)   
      
   He tried to give me a reward; I declined, he insisted; I insisted back & we    
   went back & forth until he said, "Young man, you're supposed to respect your    
   elders, so take this. . ."   
      
   I thoghtr I was done fdor, but replied with, "Sir! I have a mother!" & he,    
   being of a generation, understood exactly my meaning, & thanked me again,    
   wishing me a good day. . .   
      
   > I find keys often.  And have lost keys as well, usually never to be seen   
   > again.   
      
   I lost my wallet thrice, with money (significant to me amnounts); one was   
   found by the bus driver on the bus I suspected I'd lost it on, & I met him at   
   the  nearest stop to me where I got the callback.   
      
   He asked me to identify the wallewt (fair enough) I described it them he   
   said,  "Was there money inside? How much?"  said how much. He started to say,   
   "Wroing  waklletm, this one had $20 less in it."; I stopped him & asked him to   
   open it  up & look at the photo ID in the inside left flap. He grudgingly did   
   so &  returned my wallet.   
      
   My thinking is he must've helped himself to a $20 reward, then seeing me   
   being  disabled, figured I'd be an easy mark to get the rest.   
      
   Don't get me wrong -- $20 is worth it to get my ID back!   
      
   2nd time I got a call about it -- my wallet hasd been cdropped into a mailbox   
   & Canada Pot called me to go get it at the main public library (where they   
   gave  it, as I had a library card inside fort them.  My bank cards were sent   
   to the  local police to return to the owners (they would not return them even   
   though I  got hold of them before they sent them on, because I'm not the legal   
   owner of  them.)   
      
   Third time, I had my phone number in the wallet this time. Guy called me,   
   said  he had my wallet, with a fair bit of money inside (I had my week's cash    
   shopping on-hand); he droped it at my place after he finished work)   
      
   All the money in the wallet was there, except for a $20 I had stashed behind    
   some cards, as a backup.  Again, I accepted the price of getting my IODs back.   
      
   Maybe he figured I wouldn't notice it missing until much time later, & think    
   I'd spent it.  I wasn't worried -- I didn't followup with him.   
      
   >> Food sensitivities are no minor thing.   
   > I don't think I have any sensitivity to any food.  (Well, liver which we   
   > discussed).   
      
   Same, & peas.   
      
   > But as I get older there are some foods I avoid now which don't agree   
   > with me any longer, or in the amount it used to.  :)   
      
   Same. I used todr9ink like a fish when a teen, but now hardly ever; maybe a 5-   
   10ml nip of good bourbon on  he occasional Friday evening. . .   
      
   >> My courtesy cousin   
   > A what?   
      
   from Urban Dictionary:   
   courtesy cousin   
   someone who is close like family, but not related   
      
   > I'll fix a roast or ham or the like and eat on that for days and days   
   > till its finally gone.   
      
   I did that, too, in my bachelor years; my wife tends to use up leftovers    
   quickly in new dishes. . . I love having turkey_=styuiff8ingsandwiches after   
   a  turkey day holiday, but I'm limited to only 4 days, it seems, before the   
   rest  is bagged & frozen in meal-sized (stews & the like) portions. . .   
      
   > I am not one to waste food.  Except for liver. I'll toss that out every   
   > chance I get.  :)   
      
   Well, TBH, that's not "food"! :D    
      
   > Roles sometimes reverse as children and parents age and I causally said   
   > "think of the poor starving children in (then) Ethiopia who wold love to have   
   > that".   
   > She gave me "the look" and said "Then pack it up and send it to 'em!"   
      
   That's been my response line to that sentiment since about age 13 when I read    
   it in a novel.   
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