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Mar. 13th, 2018 11:58 pm11:34pm: Because I totally forgot to update you all with a good news story, the sort that makes one have faith in humanity. Two Fridays ago, Mrs S lost her wallet when the strap broke, and to add to the horribleness of this situation she had $400 of her mother's money in it which she was going to convert into US dollars (long story)!
When I came in on Monday she had decided to call the local police station to see if maybe it had been handed it, but alas...it was not there. I convinced her to try the other police station, which is near the bus stop, since maybe someone picked up the wallet and then ran to the bus before dropping it off. But no luck there either. :O(
Thoroughly depressing, yes? But as I'm sure you can gather from my title, that is not the end of the story! On Thursday Mrs S was in Dee Why where the second police station is and on a whim decided to pop in in person to see about the wallet.
And the wallet was there!! Somehow it hadn't been entered into the compute system - which is supposed to be done and since the system is connected it shouldn't matter which cop shop you call - and the wallet had been sitting there the whole week! However, the police officer didn't hold much hope the $400 would be in it because all lost wallets are checked for money and if its in there, they'll put it in the safe.
But when Mrs S opened it and reached into the cash compartment the money was there! Miracle! And how nice! I mean if I found a wallet with money in it I'd have turned it in without taking it, but you can't always depend on that. Once I lost my wallet and someone stuck it in a post box and Australia Post was nice enough send it on to me, but alas the money that had been inside it was gone.
So hooray! It was a Happy Friday when I came in and she told me what had gone down. Good news indeed, otherwise Mrs S was going to have replace that money herself!
In other news, I went over to M and Grandpa's house on Saturday for Canasta, I started off really well! But lo and behold as usual M rallied and won the game! I think Grandpa is her lucky charm, he was out at golf when I arrived, but he got back at which point M started winning. Oh well, kicking my butt at Canasta always cheers M up which is a good thing since she's recently had to get a wheelchair to get around, not to mention general stiffness and whatnot. So I'm happy to do my part...although I still wish I could win, LOL! ;O)
Anyway, I better wrap this up, it's almost midnight!
Before I go though one last thing, the Paralympic Games is currently on (although we're hardly getting any coverage, booo!) and great news, one of our men got a gold! Our first in 16 years! His name is Simon Pattmore and he's also got a medal from a Summer Games too! Brilliant news! Sure wish we had more coverage though...judging Channel 7 right now.
Right, and now I bid you all, goodnight!
When I came in on Monday she had decided to call the local police station to see if maybe it had been handed it, but alas...it was not there. I convinced her to try the other police station, which is near the bus stop, since maybe someone picked up the wallet and then ran to the bus before dropping it off. But no luck there either. :O(
Thoroughly depressing, yes? But as I'm sure you can gather from my title, that is not the end of the story! On Thursday Mrs S was in Dee Why where the second police station is and on a whim decided to pop in in person to see about the wallet.
And the wallet was there!! Somehow it hadn't been entered into the compute system - which is supposed to be done and since the system is connected it shouldn't matter which cop shop you call - and the wallet had been sitting there the whole week! However, the police officer didn't hold much hope the $400 would be in it because all lost wallets are checked for money and if its in there, they'll put it in the safe.
But when Mrs S opened it and reached into the cash compartment the money was there! Miracle! And how nice! I mean if I found a wallet with money in it I'd have turned it in without taking it, but you can't always depend on that. Once I lost my wallet and someone stuck it in a post box and Australia Post was nice enough send it on to me, but alas the money that had been inside it was gone.
So hooray! It was a Happy Friday when I came in and she told me what had gone down. Good news indeed, otherwise Mrs S was going to have replace that money herself!
In other news, I went over to M and Grandpa's house on Saturday for Canasta, I started off really well! But lo and behold as usual M rallied and won the game! I think Grandpa is her lucky charm, he was out at golf when I arrived, but he got back at which point M started winning. Oh well, kicking my butt at Canasta always cheers M up which is a good thing since she's recently had to get a wheelchair to get around, not to mention general stiffness and whatnot. So I'm happy to do my part...although I still wish I could win, LOL! ;O)
Anyway, I better wrap this up, it's almost midnight!
Before I go though one last thing, the Paralympic Games is currently on (although we're hardly getting any coverage, booo!) and great news, one of our men got a gold! Our first in 16 years! His name is Simon Pattmore and he's also got a medal from a Summer Games too! Brilliant news! Sure wish we had more coverage though...judging Channel 7 right now.
Right, and now I bid you all, goodnight!
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