Things You've Lost?

[Steve D]

One of my most cherished possessions  was a ugly stick ultralight fishing pole with a light spinning reel. One time while bass fishing opening weekend in the islands with some friends I accidently threw it over the side. After a thousand casts and who knows how many beers. When I made the cast the handle hit the rail on the side of the boat and took it right out of my hand to the bottom of the St. Lawrence. I have regretted that incident and missed that pole every since.

One other time while ice fishing trying to clean out a hole my spud went to the bottom of the lake because I didn.t have a rope tied to it.

Other than a couple of coonhounds that always came back that is about it for me.

[Uncle Nicky]

Not big ticket per se, but it wound up costing a small fortune. About 10 years ago, I lost my keys while scouting at my camp in Allegany county. I had to pay for a tow, a bribe (tow truck driver wasn't supposed to go off road), a new electronic key for my truck, and a room in Hornell while I waited for the Dodge dealer to open and make me a new key. NEVER again, I ALWAYS leave my keys back at the truck now, and never locked inside.

Last fall in Nebraska I set my dog's GPS collar and receiver on the back bumper of my truck. I drove to town to get gas, miraculously the receiver stayed on the bumper, but the collar was gone. The next day, when it was light, I tried backtracking, and about 2 miles from the ranch on the highway, the collar was laying in the road. It hadn't been run over that I could tell, and worked fine. I felt VERY lucky that day.

 

Edited January 25, 2018 by Uncle Nicky

[Robhuntandfish]

Lost my innocence to a cute redhead on a porch right on Oneida lake, and really don't ever expect to find it again.

Been a sucker for redheads ever since.

[Pygmy]

I never realized that wedding bands were such a popular item to lose UNINTENTIONALLY...

I lost mine in a muskrat hole, or thereabouts...I was setting traps and feeling in undercut pond banks for den entrances..When I got home, my wedding ring was gone, no doubt lying in the mud in some muskrat hole....Never replaced it...About 30 years later I got divorced, so I did not need it anymore, anyhow  ....

[Elmo]

23 hours ago, Pygmy said:

I never realized that wedding bands were such a popular item to lose UNINTENTIONALLY...

I lost mine in a muskrat hole, or thereabouts...I was setting traps and feeling in undercut pond banks for den entrances..When I got home, my wedding ring was gone, no doubt lying in the mud in some muskrat hole....Never replaced it...About 30 years later I got divorced, so I did not need it anymore, anyhow  ....

I did lose my briefly as well.  As I was packing up, I noticed it was gone.  Dug around the ground where I was.  Comb the entire area.  Finally, I decide to check my backpack and found it there.  Apparently as I was stuffing my sweater into the pack, when I pulled my hand out, it pulled the ring off.

[cynthiafu]

You know the house phone set? Well we bought one can lost the second phone with it's base lol was on the desk now it is gone the whole thing.nobody knows where it is .