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I lost my car keys

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You know, the 1 time I lost my keys I had found them in oh wait I never lost my keys because they cost like $300 to replace. Just don't do it! I freak when I get them even slightly wet.

I can't believe that's how much it cost you on an '88 with no fob.
 
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It sounds like a good house cleaning is in order. It would also be an opportunity to evict some more of those 8-legged freeloading tenants.
 
Muse said:
Uh, yeah. Couldn't possibly be there but they were. That's why you really have to "pick up every stitch." You just found out why. I've never been burned that bad, though. There are some things I've lost in my house I've yet to find and suppose I will one day. I found one not long ago that was lost for over ten years. Oh, wow, I put it there! OMG!!

Sometimes I notice where I put something before I even miss it and think to myself, lucky I found it. One day I would have gone nuts looking for it, I'd never think to look there for it!

Best to not put things where they don't belong or at least not think to look for them. Of course, occasionally (like probably just happened to you) something will accidentally get in a place you'd never think to look for it!!! That's ALWAYS possible.
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Ya, I thought I had done the thorough search - I mean, I took the lid off the toilet and looked in the water, etc. They'd just fallen where there were and gotten under the box.
 
Thebobo said:
What do I get for correct answer?
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Your previous post:

You got home and ran into your house to the bathroom, you had to take a poop. In your haste you put the keys on the bathroom counter near the edge. After you finished your evacuation you got up, turned to flush and knocked your keys into the trash can. The sound of the keys hitting the bottom were muffled by the flushing sound of the toilet. Go now, you will find them there.
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Very good! You got a lot right!

Unfortunately, you got some wrong - I don't remember the post but I would have reacted that some details didn't fit but I had searched the bathroom what I thought was thoroughly.

Had you gotten it right without any errors, your prize package would have included:

- Dinner at a nice restaurant
- A date with a pretty model

But I had not set the keys anywhere; I'd searched the trash bag, they weren't there; and they did not get knocked off of a counter.

But it's still damned impressive. You get credit for that!

The partial reward package is a bit less:

- I'll suggest a nice restaurant (preferably near me where I have more info, but I'll google your city if you insist)
- A date with Perknose - the good news, at his place.
 
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Craig234 said:
Ya, I thought I had done the thorough search - I mean, I took the lid off the toilet and looked in the water, etc. They'd just fallen where there were and gotten under the box.
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Ya gotta pick up that box when it gets to that point and make sure it's not under it. Been there done that. Yeah, you feel a fool doing it but you gotta do it. Sometimes it turns up when in that phase of "WTF is it?" Anyway, like I said earlier, the silver lining is you get to see your surroundings in a different way, from a different perspective and that is beneficial.
 
Mermaidman said:
Should've reviewed your bathroom cam recordings more closely. Zoom in.
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You do that too? After parties??

just kidding... (ya know, Chuck Berry was prosecuted for doing that at a nightclub he owned sometime late in his career! 😱 )
 
Muse said:
You do that too? After parties??

just kidding... (ya know, Chuck Berry was prosecuted for doing that at a nightclub he owned sometime late in his career! 😱 )
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Ok, I heard about some creep who got busted with cams in a woman's beach changing area where they change in/out of their bathing suits, that I can understand but why the hell would you put camera's in a nightclub bathroom???
 
Darwin333 said:
Ok, I heard about some creep who got busted with cams in a woman's beach changing area where they change in/out of their bathing suits, that I can understand but why the hell would you put camera's in a nightclub bathroom???
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Guess the cat was bored and couldn't help himself. He used to be the main attraction, he felt something was missing just being the owner of the club. I think he was bitter about the trajectory of his life/career. He was a famous skinflint on tour, at least during a major portion of his career, I hear. He'd hire local guys to back him up instead of traveling with a few players (i.e. didn't travel with a drummer and bass player, or another guitarist). Before he got into music he did some petty criminal stuff like stealing cars and going on joy rides. He was great for rock and roll, though. Bob Dylan called him the Shakespeare of rock and roll.
 
Muse said:
Ya gotta pick up that box when it gets to that point and make sure it's not under it. Been there done that. Yeah, you feel a fool doing it but you gotta do it. Sometimes it turns up when in that phase of "WTF is it?" Anyway, like I said earlier, the silver lining is you get to see your surroundings in a different way, from a different perspective and that is beneficial.
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I was way past being ready to do that. I thought I'd looked under things the way you suggest, anything.

But somehow this wasn't spotted. It wasn't exactly a box - imagine an item 12"x4"x1" in cardboard laying on the ground. I can't explain how I missed checking it. I thought I'd checked 'every inch'.
 
Ooooh, that was fun!

Do it again! Do it again!

I have some pretty good guesses in mind for this new round.
 
Humpy said:
Ooooh, that was fun!

Do it again! Do it again!

I have some pretty good guesses in mind for this new round.
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I would bet a lot of money it won't happen again. On top of that, I now have three sets (i found the spares, also, in a very unlikely place they had fallen, Under a big spider.)

Then again, I might not need the three sets the way it's going. The car wouldn't start from where I'd parked today. After over a half hour, it finally did. Time to get more repairs.
 
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