What is the most important thing you have ever lost?

Sluggo

Lifer
Jun 12, 2000
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Last year coming home from Jamaica, we were almost to the front of the line at the airport, my wife says "where are our tickets?" I look around in amazement... I left my travel document holder in the backseat of our taxi. It ONLY had in it: our passports, about $1200 in cash, plane tickets, 2 credit cards, both of our drivers licenses and the car key :eek:

I have never had such a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach in my whole life. We had been in line at the airport for 30 minutes, I just knew the taxi was half-way back across the island by now, with the driver spending every penny we owned, and selling our indentities.

I ran out the front of the airport and lo and behold, there was our beat up taxi sitting in the taxi line at the outgoing terminal. My stuff was still sitting in the back seat, the driver never even notice dit, he was sitting on the hood talking with some other drivers. I gave him $100 just because I was so relieved that he had not left yet.

So what have you lost, or thought you lost?
 

Yzzim

Lifer
Feb 13, 2000
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My mom had an AA 1 month aniversary pendant that I wore around my neck when I was a kid. It meant a lot to me considering what our family had do to get through that first month.

Anyway, one day I was playing football and felt something cold around my ankle but didn't think anything of it. After the game I noticed that the pendant wasn't around my neck. :( Searched for about 2 hours trying to find it and never did :(
 

OS

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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My car. Insurance didn't cover the situation. Bye bye 4k car.
 

Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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kinda of sad but a girl HA at my college (an HA is a House Advisor like an RA) well she lost the suite keys to both the dorm buildings so now she has to pay for the rey keying of the lock so that is 8 locks per floor * 18 floor * 72 dollars a lock so bassically she has $72 * 18 * 8 = $10368 in debt and shes a bio major so basially the same salray as a teacher.