latimes.com— Bill Fulton doesn't remember losing his wallet, but getting it back more than 60 years later helped him remember the past.
Jun 30, 2009View in Crawl 4
I would remind myself that I went to high school in a disgusting place. Seriously, they didn't clean under these bleachers for 63 years? What kind of filthy gym is this?
I found two wallets so far. The first I gave to lost and found. The second one I found at a public parking lot about 5 years ago. It was dark and I stepped on it. It was a big ladies wallet with about €150 in it. By searching through the cards I got her name und after some google I had her number. I called her and arranged a meeting. She told me she already called the police and pressed charges against an unknown black man. I demanded her to cancel the false accusation and she told me, she will.The next day I met her. She was accompanied by a male. Both in their 40ies. She then told me, the evening before, she was adressed by a black man who said he had no money for a train ticket to London or sth like that. She gave him some money and then accidentally dropped the purse before shutting the car door. Right after realizing the lost, she thought the stranger must be a con-man and made a report.However, when I gave the wallet to her, she was squealing with glee and gave me an envelope with a €50 reward in it. I felt really good by returning it. Although I tiny bit insulted because of the male guy. As if she first had to evaluate, if I might be a part of this "fraud".
"Where did all the time go?" Fulton said with a deep sigh. "It's hard to believe that the times have gone so fast."Reading something like this always gives me goosebumps. Time just flies by, and in not time you'll be in your 70s reflecting on your life.
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I would remind myself that I went to high school in a disgusting place. Seriously, they didn't clean under these bleachers for 63 years? What kind of filthy gym is this?
avelisJun 30, 2009
I got state ID back after it has been missing for two years. The USPS decided to charge me the postage for sending it to me. Way to go USPS. /sarcasm
lacrimosa2008Jun 30, 2009
I found two wallets so far. The first I gave to lost and found. The second one I found at a public parking lot about 5 years ago. It was dark and I stepped on it. It was a big ladies wallet with about €150 in it. By searching through the cards I got her name und after some google I had her number. I called her and arranged a meeting. She told me she already called the police and pressed charges against an unknown black man. I demanded her to cancel the false accusation and she told me, she will.The next day I met her. She was accompanied by a male. Both in their 40ies. She then told me, the evening before, she was adressed by a black man who said he had no money for a train ticket to London or sth like that. She gave him some money and then accidentally dropped the purse before shutting the car door. Right after realizing the lost, she thought the stranger must be a con-man and made a report.However, when I gave the wallet to her, she was squealing with glee and gave me an envelope with a €50 reward in it. I felt really good by returning it. Although I tiny bit insulted because of the male guy. As if she first had to evaluate, if I might be a part of this "fraud".
neb28Jun 30, 2009
"Where did all the time go?" Fulton said with a deep sigh. "It's hard to believe that the times have gone so fast."Reading something like this always gives me goosebumps. Time just flies by, and in not time you'll be in your 70s reflecting on your life.
doubleoh7Jun 30, 2009
Where did all the time go? It's hard to believe that the times have gone so fast.
klipseracerJul 1, 2009
Thank you for this.
lacrimosa2008Jul 1, 2009
sonicfreak, we met in the public...at daylight ^^