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I have a confession to make. I took your advice and then ignored it.

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cyberdan (SoCA)

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About a month ago I got an email from someone that lost his watch in his house. I asked for your advice on should I go and look for it or not with my XLT. I think most of you advised against it. Very sound advice.

Well I put him off and recommended someone I knew that hunted for lost items for a fee. I thought he was reliable but he never contacted the guy that lost the watch.

About once a week since I took your advice he (Greg) would email me and basically beg me to come and look for it. Well, I did some research on this guy and found out he is a :pulltab: criminal defense attorney in my county so I knew he didn't think twice about charging high fees. So I emailed him with an offer. My fees would be $50 per hour with two hour minimum and if I found it a $500 reward in lieu of the hourly fee. Also everything needed to be in writing and a family member should accompany me at all times. I figured if he wasn't serious he would decline and stop bugging me. The watch he lost was a $22,000 Patek Philippe solid gold one that was a gift from one of his "clients". (I wonder which scumbag he got off the hook to get that.) Anyway he agreed so I had a 75 mile round trip to make up in the canyons (multi million $$$ homes) Turns out he didn't really lose it, he was going on a vacation and he took it from his regular hiding spot and re-hid it someplace that he thought might be safer and when he got back he couldn't remember where he hid it. :confused: and this was two years ago.

Well he and I put in two very exhausting hours searching every square inch of a huge walk-in closet, attic & office. He figured those places could be the only place he could have put it.

I didn't find the watch but did find other things which were not lost but hidden very well, which I handed to him to replace (22 hand gun, 38 revolver, 44 magnum, two ladies gold watches and heavy gold class ring) The 44 was another gift from one of his clients (or else he was just "holding" it for him)

I was planning on hunting for several hours but we covered everything in just two. So he gave up and asked how much he owed me, I told him an even $100, he pulled out $200 because I worked so hard. (I didn't refuse the extra)

He turned out to be a decent sort of guy but I wonder who he defended to get that watch as a gift.
 
A touching Holiday Story

In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Mbemb was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.

The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly....... Probably wasn't the same elephant.

Moral: If someone gives you a $22,000 watch, don't forget where you placed it.
 
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