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Things that turn up in weird places ages after you lost them.

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Witzend Mon 21-Jun-21 11:43:14

I just remembered this - one of the two small and very thin remotes for our radio/hi fi - one of which is nearly always on the dining table, which is my ‘office’ and craft space.

It vanished for months on end, so after looking everywhere I could think of, I assumed that it had somehow been gathered up with newspapers (also often on dining table) and chucked in the recycling bin.

That is, until shortly before last Christmas, when I started wrapping presents. Leftover Christmas paper lives in a big bag in the loft, with a smaller bag containing ribbons, tags, sellotape, etc.
Lo and behold, the missing remote was in the ‘tags’ bag! That’ll teach me to be more careful when tidying up - it must have been me.

2nd was less explicable - a silver claddagh ring a dd had been given. She wore it a lot and was upset when it was lost.

At least 2 years later it turned up - black with tarnish -not in, but actually behind one of my deep saucepan drawers, after I’d taken them out for a proper clean - a rare enough occurrence!

How on earth it ended up there I will never know - I don’t think we’ve got a poltergeist.
I’m sure some of you will have even weirder ones!

BlueSky Mon 28-Jun-21 18:09:15

In my case I can’t find something somewhere I know it is, only to find it when I look again. It’s weird, somebody said fairies? shock

Chardy Mon 28-Jun-21 19:30:36

Marydoll

If anyone can tell me where my missing Fitbit is, that would be very helpful. I took it off to go for a bath and have searched high and low, to no avail! ☹

I lost mine this morning. It had dropped off the side into the wastepaper basket. Now if you can tell me what happened to the expensive hairdryer DD bought me that I lost well before Lockdown 1, I'd be grateful.

Georgesgran Mon 28-Jun-21 20:01:57

I can’t find the deeds to this house. DH died in March and he’d had them out a couple of times in 2020 to show a boundary line (that’s in dispute) to neighbours. He was the most methodical, careful man but I’ve no idea where he put them afterwards. Should be in the safe but they aren’t, nor any of his filing cabinet drawers. Mystery!

storynanny Mon 28-Jun-21 21:29:04

Many years ago one of my teaching colleagues couldn’t find her sandwiches at lunchtime. We all searched high and low to no avail.
Over a year later I decided to make my little boys some pyjamas out off a bag of material said friend had given me.
Out of the bag fell a packet of very very mouldy green sandwiches!

Marydoll Wed 30-Jun-21 00:05:39

Georgesgran

I can’t find the deeds to this house. DH died in March and he’d had them out a couple of times in 2020 to show a boundary line (that’s in dispute) to neighbours. He was the most methodical, careful man but I’ve no idea where he put them afterwards. Should be in the safe but they aren’t, nor any of his filing cabinet drawers. Mystery!

Georgesgran, could your late husband have lent them to your neighbours to have a look at? I know it's highly unlikely, but you never know.
I do hope they turn up.