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66. This would bother the heck out of me too...

Fri May 24, 2013, 07:58 AM

May 2013

...I would have to convince myself that at least he put it into a business that helped employee people. I would also try to convince myself that it wasn't millions of dollars or else he would have just retired to some tropical destination.

But I'll bet that contractors find lots of things when they do renovations and never share it with the homeowners.

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What's the most amount of $$ you ever dropped/lost/misplaced?? [View all] dorkzilla May 2013 OP

I was out of the country and found 700 dollars stashed in my backpack. Not sure if that counts. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #1

Wow! Lucky you! dorkzilla May 2013 #7

I was in Ghana. It was likely drug money of some kind. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #21

Did you know 90 percent of $100 bills have cocaine residue on them? rightsideout May 2013 #53

Yum...maybe we should eat our money for a high. Auntie Bush May 2013 #59

I was just about to say 700 bucks that arely staircase May 2013 #15

$23 billion. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #2

A good chunk of that was probably turned into Submariner May 2013 #8

my ex-wife. ChairmanAgnostic May 2013 #3

Hahaha! My ex-husband stole $75k from me... dorkzilla May 2013 #5

Not counting Las Vegas? Galileo126 May 2013 #4

I can remember losing or misplacing or (quite likely) getting robbed of seven dollars as a child. MADem May 2013 #6

Thanks MADem, but it was my own damned fault... dorkzilla May 2013 #11

I am the same way--and I have to say, I think the pain I felt from losing that seven bucks has MADem May 2013 #19

got you beat JanMichael May 2013 #9

Damn, that SUCKS. I am sorry, truly sorry. dorkzilla May 2013 #12

Oh HELL yes those keys are on different chains now! JanMichael May 2013 #25

$1,600 TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #10

If you still live in the house, there is still hope!!! n/t dorkzilla May 2013 #13

Every now and then I'll take a peek in some place I've checked before.... TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #41

Seems like a good place to throw in a real estate story... Bay Boy May 2013 #30

I'll share one with you... dorkzilla May 2013 #37

Oh how cynical... Bay Boy May 2013 #43

I know, I'm such a cynic. dorkzilla May 2013 #44

This would bother the heck out of me too... Bay Boy May 2013 #66

a $2,000 money order made out to me. Pathwalker May 2013 #14

Don't beat yourself up. It's very unfortunate but it happens. For me, $20 almost. Twice. richmwill May 2013 #16

Beating myself up is what I do best! dorkzilla May 2013 #24

I don't remember ever doing that ..... oldhippie May 2013 #17

You're not my brother, but you sure sound like him!!! MADem May 2013 #22

$1200 in a penny stock. nt Pragdem May 2013 #18

One day my brother got drunk and rode his scooter Bryn May 2013 #20

$10,000?????? WHOA!!!! dorkzilla May 2013 #23

About 7K. NoOneMan May 2013 #26

I am ultra cautious with money and never carry cash. RebelOne May 2013 #27

3,600 while in Australia. No one to blame but myself. Just careless. Had it in a small travel bag. BlueJazz May 2013 #28

About $200. Incitatus May 2013 #29

$450 demwing May 2013 #31

I went through a period where I was very ill. CrispyQ May 2013 #32

How do people live with themselves? dorkzilla May 2013 #33

There is something different about them. CrispyQ May 2013 #45

scammed out of 1500, the stupidest thing I ever did northoftheborder May 2013 #34

Even smart people get scammed... dorkzilla May 2013 #38

$200. To this day, I don't know where it went or how I lost it. Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #35

spent a couple of hundred thousand dollars on a few college degrees librechik May 2013 #36

My mother and I had a chunk of dough in a very high paying General Moters "stock that CTyankee May 2013 #39

$20 GeorgeGist May 2013 #40

$18,000 on a stock kimbutgar May 2013 #42

You do know that restaurants lose money at first.. right? Motown_Johnny May 2013 #46

Thanks for your wisdom, Johnny; much appreciated... dorkzilla May 2013 #48

I made an $8,000 accounting error at work. Brickbat May 2013 #47

A relative of mine made a very large deposit to the bank. MADem May 2013 #62

That sounds like "it's a Wonderful Life" minus Mr Potter! n/t dorkzilla May 2013 #64

Hee hee--no runs on the bank, and no "George Baileys" in my family, either! MADem May 2013 #65

I've made millions of dollars in errors on several occasions. ieoeja May 2013 #70

One afternoon I went to pick up fish at the usual place malaise May 2013 #49

How about stolen? Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #50

LOL!!! While you were typing this... dorkzilla May 2013 #52

It's hard to say, Snowflake was a Siamese that was always very odd. She was really a sweet kitty, Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #56

I am totally LMAO... dorkzilla May 2013 #60

Oh, Jesus. I'm peeing myself laughing. What a story. What a cat! Nay May 2013 #61

$100 from the magic window at the bank Warpy May 2013 #51

You know, Warpy, even though I am stone-cold broke... dorkzilla May 2013 #54

I dropped $600 in money orders in a parking lot mokawanis May 2013 #55

The loss that affected me most was only One Dollar. annabanana May 2013 #57

I'm sending a big hug to the little annabanana dorkzilla May 2013 #58

a month's salary, in cash. it was in my home on a counter and a coworker who'd come to visit HiPointDem May 2013 #63

$1,200.00 SoCalDem May 2013 #67

Good luck on your restaurant!!! nt. NCTraveler May 2013 #68

Thanks! I'm excited and stressed out of my mind!! n/t dorkzilla May 2013 #69