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driven · Jan 28, 2008, 03:03 PM

Ok ... I'm upset.

I picked up my wallet off of the coffee table this morning. Less than five minutes later I wanted to leave the house and I couldn't find the wallet. I've looked high and low and I can't find it.

I swear my brain has a bad memory chip. How can I completely and totally NOT remember where I put it down over the course of five minutes. I'm losing too much lately. I found my shoes in the bathroom yesterday with no idea how they got there. I found my car-keys in the fridge two weeks ago. (Again, no idea.)

This is starting to drive me nuts.

... and yes ... I've already checked the fridge and the bathroom for my wallet. (No jokes please.)

Has this ever happened to any of you?

Doofy · Jan 28, 2008, 03:13 PM

I blame the poltergeist.

turtle777 · Jan 28, 2008, 03:29 PM

Dude, you should be happy that this happened IN your home.
You really haven't lost a wallet, you just misplaced it.

LOSING a wallet really sucks.

-t

sek929 · Jan 28, 2008, 03:39 PM

Outside?

I dropped my wallet in the driveway once and didn't find it for days due to leaf cover.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 28, 2008, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Outside?

I dropped my wallet in the driveway once and didn't find it for days due to leaf cover.

Marijuana leaf?

sek929 · 03:56 PM

No, smart-ass.

My phone spent a stint outside after a drunken night though. She don't work so good anymore...

I've never actually lost my wallet.

BlueSky · Jan 28, 2008, 03:51 PM

Laminar has experience with this, you may want to consult with him. My own advice would be to look in the last place first, 'cause that's always where it is.

edit: Maybe it's at Laminar's place.

driven · Jan 28, 2008, 04:52 PM

Now I'm starting to wonder if I left it at a restaurant where I took my sister out for her birthday last night. (Chili's). I called them. They seemed indifferent and told me they'd call me back. When I grew impatient I called them back (about 2 hours later). They said that my wallet wasn't in the safe, and none of the managers had seen it. There was one other manager that isn't in until tomorrow that they said they would ask then.

Frustrating.

None of the cards that were in it have been used. (At least not yet.)

I don't know if I should cancel them, or wait it out. If I didn't leave it there then it's absolutely in my house.

mindwaves · Jan 28, 2008, 05:19 PM

Best places to check are under various objects such as beds, desks, etc. Objects seem to have a tendency to just be out the reach or sight of a person until further observation.

Shaddim · Jan 28, 2008, 06:38 PM

Aquarium

yeah, mine was in my aquarium once, little bastards.

MacinTommy · Jan 28, 2008, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by Shaddim

Aquarium

yeah, mine was in my aquarium once, little bastards.

Mine was in my Macquarium once. But thats beside the point. Look at this as an opportune time to clean your house. I lose my keys every other day and I know frantic looking doesn't help.

IceEnclosure · Jan 28, 2008, 10:04 PM

Calling a restaurant(multiple times) about your wallet isn't very smooth. GO THERE. Buutt, if they said they checked the safe, they probably did. So, the manager that isn't in until tomorrow.. wha, you think the guy took it home with him for safe-keeping?? Nah. It's either in the safe or it's not there.

I lost my wallet most recently on these boards I think. Laminar's getting credit for all my **** (SVT defender, wallet loser, etc) Eff that.

BlueSky · Jan 28, 2008, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

I lost my wallet most recently on these boards I think. Laminar's getting credit for all my **** (SVT defender, wallet loser, etc) Eff that.

With Laminar, I think it was his keys.

turtle777 · Jan 28, 2008, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Shaddim

Aquarium

yeah, mine was in my aquarium once, little bastards.

Your keys or your wallet ?

-t

driven · 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

Calling a restaurant(multiple times) about your wallet isn't very smooth. GO THERE. Buutt, if they said they checked the safe, they probably did. So, the manager that isn't in until tomorrow.. wha, you think the guy took it home with him for safe-keeping?? Nah. It's either in the safe or it's not there.

I lost my wallet most recently on these boards I think. Laminar's getting credit for all my **** (SVT defender, wallet loser, etc) Eff that.

I don't know. My wife lost hers at a Chili's in the airport last year. The procedure there was to give it to the TSA folks. Instead someone put it in the freezer?????

I called and nobody could find it. (I had to call because I couldn't get to them without a boarding pass.) When I went back a week later for a different flight I stuck my head in. Amazingly they found it. (Without the money of course, but who cares, she got it back.) <-- Of course I had to carry a purse through the airport.

So hopefully it's a similar situation this time.

(I sincerely hope so ... I want my wallet back. This sucks.)

I keep checking my credit card web-site. Nobody has used them yet.

IceEnclosure · Jan 28, 2008, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by driven

I don't know. My wife lost her's at a Chili's in the airport last year. The procedure there was to give it to the TSA folks. Instead someone put it in the freezer?????

Yea that sounds like a "I'll just hide the wallet here for a few days till whomever comes looking for it is done looking for it. Oh, and I'll just hold this cash for them too!"

Hope you find yours - mine went missing with my social security card inside. Talk about retarded.

driven · Jan 28, 2008, 11:56 PM

I think the most valuable thing in it (to me) is my late mother's driver's license. It's something I've carried with me ever since she passed. I carry it to remind me of her. It's worthless to anyone else, but it's quite valuable for me.

All the other crap I can replace. (Sort of). ... except maybe the SIM card ..

IceEnclosure · Jan 29, 2008, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by driven

I think the most valuable thing in it (to me) is my late mother's driver's license. It's something I've carried with me ever since she passed. I carry it to remind me of her. It's worthless to anyone else, but it's quite valuable for me.

All the other crap I can replace. (Sort of). ... except maybe the SIM card ..

Mom's ID, that's cool.

You carry your SIM card around in your wallet? A spare for your phone? I don't follow

Doofy · Jan 29, 2008, 06:59 AM

I'm quite fortunate here in that I've never lost a wallet. Ever.

Of course, it probably helps that I've never owned one in the first place. Keys in left pants pocket, money loose in right pants pocket, crds in shirt pocket. Job done - no wallet to lose.

Try it folks - it works. You don't have to have a wallet just 'coz it's the done thing for blokes to do.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 29, 2008, 07:56 AM

Yeah, but you're sudden;y forcing me to have a shirt pocket.

andi*pandi · Jan 29, 2008, 08:44 AM

do you have a cat, dog, or small child who thinks it's fun to play with your things? interrogate them.

Railroader · Jan 29, 2008, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Yeah, but you're sudden;y forcing me to have a shirt pocket.

I avoid shirt pockets like I avoid the malaria virus.

Eug · Jan 29, 2008, 09:46 AM

Sorry to hear that, driven.

P.S. Anyone want to go on a shopping spree with me today?

Sorry, bad joke.

Anyways, if it really was in your house, look under chairs, beds, etc, as mentioned.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 29, 2008, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

I avoid shirt pockets like I avoid the malaria virus.

You don't travel to Africa?

Railroader · Jan 29, 2008, 09:50 AM

BAD JOKE AHEAD:

A man spots another guy dressed as a pirate walking down the street with a ship's wheel stuffed down his pants swerving all over the sidewalk. Obviously he's quite drunk.

So, he stops the pirate dressed man and asks him "Doesn't it hurt having that wheel stuffed in your pants?"

The pirate dressed guy pauses, thinks for a second, ponders his answer, and states:

Originally Posted by driven

This is starting to drive me nuts.

Railroader · Jan 29, 2008, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

You don't travel to Africa?

I hear they have shirt pockets there.

Doofy · Jan 29, 2008, 10:00 AM

Shirt pockets: The chicks dig 'em.
Especially if they have credit cards in them (Ummm... the pockets, not the chicks).

Which is why Railroader obviously stays clear of them. As a married man, it wouldn't do to have to beat the hordes of totty off with a stick every time he went out of the house. Which surely he would if he had shirt pockets. Might make the wife a bit miffed.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 29, 2008, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Shirt pockets: The chicks dig 'em.

Chicks dig it more when I have my shirt off.

reader50 · Jan 29, 2008, 10:03 AM

Recreate that morning, with an empty wallet. See where you put it down while picking up the phone or something. Bonus points if you lose the empty wallet too when the exercise is done.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 29, 2008, 10:04 AM

Nothing will screw up predictability as to where you left it if you were interrupted while doing something.

Paco500 · Jan 29, 2008, 10:06 AM

I lost a wallet in High School- I was pretty depressed.

Seven years later, a girl a few years behind me at school's family bought a restaurant near the school, but one I had never been in. Upon moving the beer cooler to clean they found a wallet. The girl recognized the name from school and contacted my parents.

It made me happy.

Railroader · Jan 29, 2008, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Shirt pockets: The chicks dig 'em.
Especially if they have credit cards in them (Ummm... the pockets, not the chicks).

Which is why Railroader obviously stays clear of them. As a married man, it wouldn't do to have to beat the hordes of totty off with a stick every time he went out of the house. Which surely he would if he had shirt pockets. Might make the wife a bit miffed.

For some reason they still flock. Much to the dismay of Mrs. Railroader (and Mr. Railroader). I think it's the gold band on the left hand. As did the teeny tiny ultra-cute baby girl in the stroller I was pushing whilst out shopping. I had to carry a stick for a while.

Railroader · Jan 29, 2008, 10:17 AM

I always keep the "holy trinity" together. Phone, Wallet, and Keys. I haven't misplaced them in decades.

sek929 · Jan 29, 2008, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

I'm quite fortunate here in that I've never lost a wallet. Ever.

Of course, it probably helps that I've never owned one in the first place. Keys in left pants pocket, money loose in right pants pocket, crds in shirt pocket. Job done - no wallet to lose.

Try it folks - it works. You don't have to have a wallet just 'coz it's the done thing for blokes to do.

Good god that would be disaster for me. As it is now my phone, wallet, and keys are usually in three different articles of clothing when I need them. All ditching the wallet would insure is that ten bucks would be in my pants, my driver's license would be in a different pair of pants and my credit card would reside in a jacket I only wear in the fall.

iLikebeer · Jan 29, 2008, 11:55 AM

Check, the empty slots of the 6 packs, under the bacon, in the drawers, in the cabinets, in the bathtub, and behind the toilet. I'm assuming you were drunk since you already checked the fridge. If those don't work, search your car, starting under the seat. Then go to the last place you could have possibly used it at, in person.

Or search the last place first.

Shaddim · Jan 29, 2008, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

Chicks dig it more when I have my shirt off.

That stops after you reach 35, unless you're doing 200 crunches /day.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 29, 2008, 02:14 PM

To be honest, I've been gluing hundred dollar bills all over my chest. Should work past 35, though.

Shaddim · Jan 29, 2008, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

I'm quite fortunate here in that I've never lost a wallet. Ever.

Of course, it probably helps that I've never owned one in the first place. Keys in left pants pocket, money loose in right pants pocket, crds in shirt pocket. Job done - no wallet to lose.

Try it folks - it works. You don't have to have a wallet just 'coz it's the done thing for blokes to do.

I just keep my cash in a money clip and memorize my debit card number, my driver's license usually stays in my vehicle with my registration. That way all I'm carrying around is money and that's not as painful to lose.

driven · Jan 29, 2008, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

Mom's ID, that's cool.

You carry your SIM card around in your wallet? A spare for your phone? I don't follow

Yeah ... I have a few spares in there. I work in mobile tech and I carry a number of devices with me. The one that was in my wallet was there for an upcoming international trip. (Local to the country in question.) <-- Long confusing story.

driven · Jan 29, 2008, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

do you have a cat, dog, or small child who thinks it's fun to play with your things? interrogate them.

I water-boarded both of my children but they didn't fess up. They are probably innocent. I'll most likely give in and let them sleep indoors again tonight.

Shaddim · Jan 29, 2008, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by driven

I water-boarded both of my children but they didn't fess up. They are probably innocent. I'll most likely give in and let them sleep indoors again tonight.

You use plastic wrap or just a wet rag? Plastic is far more effective.

Did you check the gap between the porch and the front door?

driven · Jan 29, 2008, 02:26 PM

Railroader ... thanks for the driving nuts joke. It made me laugh.

Just to be on the safe side, I've cancelled the cards that were in the wallet. (2 ATM cards, 1 CC). Fortunately I keep my license and a different CC in a separate thin bill-fold that I still have. (The downside is that my wallet doesn't have my address in it.) I'd like to get that one item I mentioned earlier back. :-(

I'm hoping it turns up, but after tearing the house apart and then bugging the heck out of the folks at Chili's (the ONLY place I went) I'm at a loss. It's a total mystery.

Tiresias · Jan 31, 2008, 09:45 AM

There is a two-inch gap between the refrigerator and the free-standing bench in your kitchen. You will find your wallet there. A cat or a small dog, whose name begins with either a J or a G (I'm seeing brown, browny-yellow, perhaps yellow) is to blame.

You're welcome.

Tiresias · Jan 31, 2008, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by driven

I don't know. My wife lost her's at a Chili's in the airport last year

Hers.

Dakar the Fourth · Jan 31, 2008, 10:04 AM

Laminar · Jan 31, 2008, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSky

With Laminar, I think it was his keys.

Wow, that's impressive. Yes, it was my keys. They ended up under the seat of my roommate's truck when they fell out of my pocket.

Rumor · Feb 1, 2008, 03:00 AM

Perhaps looking here may help.

Eriamjh · Feb 1, 2008, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by driven

Ok ... I'm upset.

I picked up my wallet off of the coffee table this morning. Less than five minutes later I wanted to leave the house and I couldn't find the wallet. I've looked high and low and I can't find it.

I swear my brain has a bad memory chip.
...

Must be bad third party ram.

driven · Feb 1, 2008, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by Tiresias

Hers.

Of course. Thank you.

driven · Feb 1, 2008, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by Rumor

Perhaps looking here may help.

I would think I had started to get Alzheimer's if I weren't so young. (Under 40) It's probably just stress.