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Archive through January 14, 2006

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Jbean
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01-05-2002

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
1. keep
2. keep
3. keep

i'm with spy, on the finding ID to give it back, because how else do you know you could believe someone? unless they place a notice about losing it in the area it was found, then i'd give it back.


Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
keep
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keep
file a report at the police station if it were in some type of container, otherwise keep it too.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
1 keep
2 keep
3 keep
there would have to be id with it. I agree with Spy and Jbean

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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Again, sort of like Spy, any amount of money would have to be in a wallet, or bag or purse, in order for me to attempt to find an owner. But the part about it being an empty residential street makes a difference.

If I were in a different situation, I would look for an owner even for a low amount.

Smallest amount on a residential street? Ummm....1000 or more.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
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Wallets, purses, bank bags are different. Plain old cash floatin/sittin around is probably a "gift from above," and who am I to be rude and not accept a gift with dignity?

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
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multiples or any id on it or if someone was in the news or has posted they lost this exact amount etc. I would give it back

Max
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08-12-2000

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
keep
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Same as others - if it was in a container of some type with identification (like a money bag from a bank even), I'd try to find the owner to give it back. The amount wouldn't matter at that point. If it was $20 in a wallet, I'd try to find the owner.

Wink
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10-06-2000

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wink a private message Print Post    
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Keep and head to a country with no extradition.

For any amount if it had ID I would try to find the owner.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
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Same as everyone else. If there was some sort of ID, I would attempt to get it back to them. No knocking on strange doors for me!!!

Max
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08-12-2000

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
keep
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Same as others - if it was in a container of some type with identification (like a money bag from a bank even), I'd try to find the owner to give it back. The amount wouldn't matter at that point. If it was $20 in a wallet, I'd try to find the owner.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
<cough> I'd take all of it to the police, of course. <cough>

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    


Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
keep
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keep

Same as others


Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
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Keep
?

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ya know this question hits home for me, I have lost 100.00 bills in many of the states I have visited. Texas was especially heartbreaking, I think I lost at least 5 100's in that state.

I wish the people who found it would come forward and return it to me

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
keep
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only if there was some identifying information.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
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and like you guys..I would return if I found identification.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
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and what everyone else said.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
No matter the amount, I'd make an attempt to find the owner. If in a parking lot at a store or business, I'd ask an employee if someone mentioned losing it. If at a store I trusted, like the grocery store, and I knew they'd put it aside and hold it I'd leave it there, if I wasn't sure what store it came from and it was a smaller amount, (under $20) I'd end up donating it, over, straight tot he police.

Like Pamy this question hits close to home. I've lost money before and I know how frantic I am to find it if I can. What sticks out most though was a time when I was about 8. Mom was in nursing school and working at the hospital through an internship program. She was also working a crappy part time job to make ends meet and one day after cashing her paycheck (which really wasn't that much to begin with. It wasn't til we were in the grocery store that she realized her wallet was gone. I can remember her tearing apart the car, searching the parking lot, retracing her steps and asking at these places we'd been if anyone had turned it in. Can also remember after she thought we'd gone to sleep crying and telling granny she didn't know what she was going to do, no money, no groceries, and granny telling her not to worry, somehow we'd managed. And I remember the great relief when a few days later someone rang the doorbell and mom opening the door only to find her wallet on the porch, all her pictures, ID, and money inside and no one in site.

Everytime I find money the first thing to pop into my head is some poor single mom trying to make ends meet losing her grocery money and I just have to do everything I can to find her. Now I know I'm probably finding 5 or 10 bucks from someone who is disappointed in the loss but it doesn't make the difference between surviving this week and not, but what if I've actually found the money from someone who desperately couldn't afford to lose it? (LOL, and we wonder where Caleb gets his little worry wart nature from!)

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
All--file a 'something found' ad in the local paper, without identifying what the something is. Use the paper's box number for answers. Wait a week. If no answers, then keep it.

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Wargod, I agree with you completely. Maybe our first reaction is to keep, keep, keep, but if we stop and think about it, someone may really be suffering.

Sure 5, 10, or 20 may be nothing to me, but I can recall tight times when I counted every penny. If I had lost just a small amount, it would have been much tougher.

I really like the idea of donating the money if you can't find the owner; at least you would be helping someone less fortunate than yourself.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
No identification, no one in sight that could have dropped the bill/bills. Pennies from Heaven Dollars from heaven...hmmmmm keep, keep, keep and keep. Momma could use a new pair of shoes.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
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But I'd look for signs about a loss.

With ANY way to identify the owner I'd go to great lengths to return it.

Once I found a $5 in the gutter that had obviously been there more than a moment (debris on top of it). I picked it up and about 10 minutes later I was in a parking lot and I saw a homeless man and gave it to him.

Residential neighborhood is key, here. If it was outside a 7-11 I'd ask about loss reports or even hang around to see if someone returned looking for lost money.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
War, I was joking LOL

Irishtxgrl
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12-07-2005

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Irishtxgrl a private message Print Post    
$20: keep it
$50: keep it
$100 deffinately keep it
I agree if there was ID I would contact the owner otherwise how would you find the rightful owner...anyone could say it was theirs