UDATE: SEARCH CALLED OFF..Has This Ever Happened To You?

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meako

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A much loved and treasured knife goes walkabout and can't be found.
Despite never having left the house other than to have the word MEAKO lasered on to the sheepsfoot blade.... this one has mysteriously vanished.
I know it's here somewhere and I'm beginning to search in ridiculous and improbable locations...

Did I give it to my Youngest Son? NO because I gave him the same knife with different scales and the missing one was gifted to me by Dwight Fodderwing Fodderwing who kindly sent them to me during the great Case International sales debacle a couple of years ago.

So, if anyone sees a Case Chestnut Bone 3 blade Sowbelly with MEAKO etched on the sheepsfoot...please inform the authorities and have it sent straight home to me.
Cheers.
 
It is always sad when a favorite knife gets itchy feet. I hope it comes back to you.
 
So there is a movie in your head of every step you made that day. You need to play that back.

The catch is that memory doesn't store in sequential order but instead it sorts in folders of similar actions. So you can be sure you were whittling that day but in reality you never picked up a piece of wood. That's why "eyewitness" testimony is often called to task.
 
I usually find things where I got distracted while using them, like in the kitchen or at the workbench. I have also found if a folder is in a pocket while throwing my pants in the laundry, it can tumble anywhere almost silently on a carpeted floor.
 
meako said:
Not all not yet...prime suspects in my investigation

Cheers...at least im getting the house cleaned up...
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I read in yesterday’s paper that one of your fellow countrymen was killed by his pet kangaroo. Is this the beginning of a roo revolt? Is there a rogue Roo armed with a sowbelly lying in wait? Beware Jon!
 
I usually find a missing item when I am looking for something else....in other words, in a place I never considered for that particular item. It's happened to me many times.
 
I am systematic. I first search all known spots. If that doesn’t result I ponder it and think of new spots. If that doesn’t work, I start in one room and look every place in the room then move to the next room.
 
Are you me?

I lose stuff all the time. Right now I'm looking for an old school leatherman with the square handles.

It has an orange paracord lanyard and someone else's name on it. The blade is sharp where it's not completely chipped out.

It was a gift to someone years ago from that person's employer.

Maybe it walked back to them not knowing that I paid for it and its mine.

So. BOLO my O.G. leatherman too please.

I hope O.P. finds his knofe!
 
Riz! said:
My couch is the biggest cutlery thief.

Its amazing how far down in there a pocket knife can slip.
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and the recliner/armchair.... they are notorious thieves of pocket knives, coinage, small folding cellphones ... pretty much anything that can fit in a pocket.

If you have front load washer & drier, check the freezer, ice maker tray, and in the opened ice cream. Hopefully is isn't in the simmering stew pot/crock pot or that fresh baked mulberry-blueberry cake or pie. In the laundry check the add detergent/bleach/softener pit, lint trap, the door gaskets, and between the lowest 3 or 4 tumblers, between behind, and under both machines.
Have you checked the cat(s)/raccoon(s)*/skunk(s)* nest in the sofa, recliner/armchair?

Perhaps it is visiting the TV or sound system Remote?

If you have a pet Magpie, Crow, screech owl, or barn owl, have you looked in its nest?


*When I was a teen we had pet raccoons and a pet skunk. They both enjoy boxes, paper grocery sacks, and hiding inside the sofa/recliner/ armchair as much as our cats, Spots and Plaid, did. Sally Skunk was also about as fond of picnic baskets as Yogi and Boo Boo. More than thrice the marina a mile off called to have us come get Sally Skunk. She was "scaring" the 💩 out of the folks having a BB-Q or picnic, by going in their picnic basket, boxes, and paper bags. 😁
She never sprayed anyone that I know of. She was "fully equipped". My mum lived in the country. Sally Skunk had to be able to defend herself when (not "if") she left the house.
 
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