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   > CP wrote3 --   
   >> > I'll often find mechanical pencils people have dropped.   
   >> 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.   
   > Same with pens which I take to the office.  If it works just long enough   
   > for someone to sign some paper work its served its purpose.   
   > We go through a lot of pens with people signing something and pocketing   
   > them.   
      
   Maybe those found pens were yours to begin with. . . :)    
      
   Seems fair, to replace pens from the same property they were 'disappeared'    
   from.   
      
   >> with money (significant to me amnounts); one was found   
   >> by the bus driver on the bus I suspected I'd lost it on   
   > In NYC a few years ago I found a bank card laying on a seat when I got   
   > off, some teen-aged girl had been there, and turned it into the driver, who   
   > gave me a "Oh, ok" puzzled look.   
      
   Maybe he'd never had an item turned in before; I was saddened the day I   
   called  transit here to make a commendation for a driver who went beyond his   
   job to  help someone & the person answerinig had to get a supervisor, as in 16   
   years  she'd never had a commendation come in (scads of complaints, though!);   
   they  found the right form, eventually!   
      
   Here people generally return wallets/etc to the driver, or to an owner of a    
   card in the wallet; I brought a walet to the local branch for the bank the    
   wallet had a debit card for, for them to contact the owner of the wallet.   
      
   I declined to give my info (bank asked if they could communicarte it to the    
   owner--apparently some people want the bank to tell the owner they have the    
   wallet & to call them (perhaps to trade it for a cash reward?)   
      
   > Like the old joke:   
   > Would you turn in a wallet/purse if it had thousands of dollar in it?   
   > I would if it belonged to a poor person.   
      
   Oh, of course! Like my buddy's dad who found a suitcase containing $20K under   
   a garbage dumpster next to the grease dumpster he was emptying. Some thing   
   told  him  to look in his rearview mirror one last time as he was pulling out    
   forward, & he saw the handle.  He didn't turn it in (rightfully so, IMO--why    
   get taxed on it, after the police go a year with no claimants("d'uhhh,   
   officer, I lost $20K I was gonna use to buy crack in resale quantity. Do you   
   have it?")   
      
   > The last time I distinctly recall was St Patrick's Day where the city had   
   > a big street fair and all.  Big crowds of people bumping into each other.   
   > When I got home my wallet was missing.  Dang, someone picked my pocket   
   > was my first thought.   
      
   I've never been pickpocketed, but I used to wear pants tight enough so I'd   
   feel my wallet even being nudged from the right-back pocket where I kept it (&   
   where I could easily whip around to my right to nab the perp.  Now I'm in a   
   huge  power wheelchair & crowds generally partt for me, even extremely   
   dense/stoned  ones. . . some times someone will start yelling, &   
   physically(but gently enough not to start a fight) opening up a path, when   
   it's slow to move on its own.. .   
      
   > I called the bank and they cancelled my cards.   
   > The next morning putting on my work clothes there was my wallet.  I   
   > didn't even have it with me.  Duh.  :)   
      
   I hate when that happens. I once was able to uncancel my cards for the one    
   bank, bu the others hasd a no backsies rule, even if I proved who I was   
   through answering questions.   
      
   > I don't usually carry much cash on me, less than $10.   
      
   I normally don't -- unless it's shopping day, pre-covid, then I'd grab $150   
   to  payt cash without getting bills back in change in the various places I   
   went to  (lots of $5 & $10 bills); but now my wallet is securely in a small   
   purse that's in front of me, hanging from my neck.   
      
   > But its such a bother having to replace bank cards, ID, etc.   
   > Try and ID yourself at the DMV without a drivers license.  :)   
      
   I don't do DMV but once every 5 years to update my provincial government   
   photo  ID & medical card. But my bank assured me I could come in & get a   
   couple  hundred from my account on my word & signature alone (they've all   
   known me for  years; also if anyone else had theatre disguise & tried, they'd   
   ask, "How do  you want that $200?" & if he said anything but 10s & 5s, it'd   
   raise a flag!)   
      
   > I carry about $25-30 concealed in my wallet, mixed among various cards   
   > and all.  That is my emergency stash.  Those bills have been in there for   
   > years.   
   > I also have about $100 emergency stash in my desk at home, hidden here   
   > and there.   Again, been in there for years.   
      
   Good to have a stash or three because you just never know.. .   
      
   > Once upon a time I didn't have a bank account.  My pay cheque was cashed   
   > at the bank it was drawn on.  By the time I paid my bills (could pay   
      
   I used to do that, but now if it's not your bank, they charge you a non-   
   cuistomer service fee.  That ticks me off, as the cheque writer paid that   
   bank  to give his cheque some value &to back it up.     
      
   Banks no longer make a simple phone call to verify funds in the writer'sd    
   account, as in the time between verifying & paying me, the other person could    
   empty their account.   
      
   > I was burgled once and my money was safe, the thief never thought of, or   
   > had time, to go though that stack of mail with a rubber band around it.   
   > I also would put money in clothes in the closet and for years I would   
   > pull out something and find money in a shirt/pants pocket.  :)   
      
   Hiding it in plain sight is considered the best way, like  how New York   
   diamon  jewelers walk around with $100K in diamonds in a grubby paper lunch bag   
      
   My dad worked in a prison camp & he said how they'd do the occasional bunk    
   check for contraband & he never wasted his time searching, under the   
   mattress,  or emptying boxes, instead he'd go straight to the item on his   
   first check.   Freakerd the cons out big-time! As they saw him grab their bag   
   of home-made  hooch without even searching -- this, of course, led to much   
   suspicion between  the inmates (oh well)   
      
   > I used to drink a lot of pop but now its more of a treat.  I had a can   
   > with my Christmas dinner.   
      
   When young, I drank a lot, then I weaned myself to where I had 3oz of root   
   beer once a year or so, usuially at the one pizza place where they gave me a   
   32oz  paper cup for pop & had 5oz cups for water, I used the big one for my   
   ice water to accompany my za, & filled the other halfwy for dessert.   
      
   > I'll buy a 12 pack and it'll last me nearly two years.   
      
   I buy them fairly regularly, as my daughter likes it & she & my wife MUST was    
   down certain meals with a can.   
      
   I've had 8 in my mini fridge in my room/office for several years now -- might    
   be 7 by now, I haven't checked. I mainly only hasd them when working an early    
   shift & guzzled one for the quickj caffeine boost while I was making a coffee.   
      
   >> courtesy cousin   
   >> someone who is close like family, but not related   
   > Sort of like a kissin' cousin.   
      
   Kissin' Cousins are generally blood related? & certainly not platonic. . .   
      
   She's the daughter of my mom's BFF.  I started calling her "Cuz" jocularly a    
   while back & it's stuck -- I call her mom Auntie, too. . Close enough -- I    
   interact more with them than my real cousins & their folk. . .   
      
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