BrianWade4
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[Misc] Have you ever found anything and kept it?
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Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
I am still spending the fiver I found in a bar in 1980. It hasn't run out yet.
£250 I'd hand back, even now, however, in 89, as a skint 17 year old, just after pay day, I went to a cash point in Hastings to get £30 for a Saturday night, and fill my scooter up for the commute to Brighton the coming week. . . . As I walked up to the cash point, there was a note sticking out . . . . I took it . . . . It was £30 . . . I felt lucky but guilty for a bit, but figured it was the banks not an individual loss. They've had enough from me over the years.
If you walk away and forget the cash, the machines take it back in. . . . . A mate did that pissed some decades back, took a few days but £150 was re credited. . . I guess thats assuming a passing shark doesn't sniff it out!
AZ Gull
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£250 I'd hand back, even now, however, in 89, as a skint 17 year old, just after pay day, I went to a cash point in Hastings to get £30 for a Saturday night, and fill my scooter up for the commute to Brighton the coming week. . . . As I walked up to the cash point, there was a note sticking out . . . . I took it . . . . It was £30 . . . I felt lucky but guilty for a bit, but figured it was the banks not an individual loss. They've had enough from me over the years.
If you walk away and forget the cash, the machines take it back in. . . . . A mate did that pissed some decades back, took a few days but £150 was re credited. . . I guess thats assuming a passing shark doesn't sniff it out!
A £30 note?
I'f you'd found the fiver in 1780, and moved to India, I could consider the validity of your statement, but I know Cheshire is posh, so you must be down to your last £2 now
HSBC Tottenham Court Road. Easy come, easy go.
I remember being at Hamilton Racecourse when I was younger.
I got off the bus and found a fiver which wasn't unsubstantial back then when I got off the bus on my way home. Only to realise I had left a pair of expensive binoculars on the bus.
So couldn't get excited about finding the fiver but kept it to help reduce my loss
I got off the bus and found a fiver which wasn't unsubstantial back then when I got off the bus on my way home. Only to realise I had left a pair of expensive binoculars on the bus.
So couldn't get excited about finding the fiver but kept it to help reduce my loss
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
Back when a £10 note was a decent amount of money, I found one on the pavement. I was fairly certain I knew who had dropped it as there was a gang of schoolboys ahead of me. But I kept it anyway, even when they looked enquiringly at me. This happened to be right outside Eton School and the lads were from there. I really still feel rather good about striking a small blow for the 99%.
My daughter picked up a £10 note on the beach one year on holiday. I let her keep it and it paid for her ice-creams all week.
On the other hand I found a purse in Hove Sainsburys and handed it in to Customer Services. A few days later I found a box of chocolates and a thank you note on my doorstep from a very grateful pensioner.
On the other hand I found a purse in Hove Sainsburys and handed it in to Customer Services. A few days later I found a box of chocolates and a thank you note on my doorstep from a very grateful pensioner.
Insel affe
HellBilly
Eton school boys eh, I used to play football sometimes on their playing fields until we would get chased off as a young nipper in about 76-79 when we lived just outside Dachet, I went to St Mary’s for about 3 years then we moved.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
About 15 years ago I found a digital camera in the car park whilst driving away from Paris Disneyland. Kept it, well not much I could do with it. Checking the card later it had some photos of a family plus their car. I was going to contact the DVLA and send them the camera hoping they could pass it on.
I've still got the camera which is of no use as a charger is very expensive, and it troubles me that I never sought out the owner.
I've still got the camera which is of no use as a charger is very expensive, and it troubles me that I never sought out the owner.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Found an unsigned Amex Gold Card on the train home about a year ago. Being an honest citizen and ex-Amex employee, I tried to ring Amex Customer Services to let them know, but found it impossible to get through their automated answering machine without an account in my name. Gave up after 3 or 4 attempts and just destroyed the card.