So....Do you think you're lucky?
shack
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If so...You would have to go a long way to beat my daughter.
Here's the story. Classes at UT (University of Tennessee) start tomorrow. My oldest had to work tonight from 5:00 PM to 10:30 PM at a local restaurant. She needed to download some stuff from the university network so she took her laptop with her intending to go by after she got off from work. Like an idiot, she stuck it under the passenger side seat in her car. After work (ends up working till 11:00 PM) she decides she is too tired and comes home. As soon as she gets home she comes in flying through the house say here computer is missing. She went to get it out from under the seat and it was not there.
We figure she:
A) overlooked it in the car
put it in the trunk instead of under the seat
C) took it out at work and forgot it
D) never got to the car with it in the first place and it was in the house somewhere.
(Our money was on D)
After a thorough search of the house and car and with a firm assurance that she did not take it out of the car one she got to work we determined that it must have been stolen. She did not notice anything amiss in the car (of course with all the clothes, makeup, books, magazines, etc...who could tell) and was sure the car was locked. As we were going through the insurance papers to see if it was covered under the homeowners or auto policy and trying to decide when to call the police to report the theft, she jumps up, gets in her car and takes off. I call her on her cell and she says she is going back to the restaurant (15 miles away) to see if anyone saw anything. We get a call pretty quickly and she's yelling on the other end...I FOUND IT..OH MY GOD I FOUND IT! As she was driving down to the restaurant, which is off the main road and close to the Tennessee River, she saw something shiny under some trees. This was about 100 yards or so away from where she parked. She stopped and looked....It was her laptop. Damp from the dew, some ants running through it and some new scratches....but it worked and was not noticeably damaged.
Now this is not just any student $1,000 PC. This is a powerful laptop with lots of graphic stuff and tons of expensive software. She is a architecture/interior design student and last year the laptop cost $3,000 before software. One of her professors had given her the full-blown version of Autocad, we had just loaded in the newest top end photoshop and put in another gig of ram. We figure to replace it and all the software would be close to $8,000 (Autocad if purchased new is about $4,000).
As I said she is one lucky girl. Even if it was covered under insurance (and we are not sure it is - but that will be taken care of tomorrow), it would be a pain, costly (deductable) and time consuming to get it straightend out. She has no idea what posessed her to get up and go back to the restaurant. If she had asked me if she should go I would have told her that there was NO WAY that computer would be around and it would be a waste of time. I'm glad she didn't ask. She just happend to look to the spot where it was lying. It must have been taken by someone who paniced and dropped it, was too stoned/drunk to figure out what to do with it or someone that couldn't get past the passwords to sign on and figured it wasn't worth it. When she got back to the house she had a death grip on the computer and smile that went from ear to ear. In any case, the odds of her finding that laptop, under these circumstances were pretty slim. She's a good kid, stays out of trouble, makes good grades...maybe...just maybe...her guardian angel is taking care of her...If you believe that sort of thing. I do
Here's the story. Classes at UT (University of Tennessee) start tomorrow. My oldest had to work tonight from 5:00 PM to 10:30 PM at a local restaurant. She needed to download some stuff from the university network so she took her laptop with her intending to go by after she got off from work. Like an idiot, she stuck it under the passenger side seat in her car. After work (ends up working till 11:00 PM) she decides she is too tired and comes home. As soon as she gets home she comes in flying through the house say here computer is missing. She went to get it out from under the seat and it was not there.
We figure she:A) overlooked it in the car
put it in the trunk instead of under the seatC) took it out at work and forgot it
D) never got to the car with it in the first place and it was in the house somewhere.
(Our money was on D)
After a thorough search of the house and car and with a firm assurance that she did not take it out of the car one she got to work we determined that it must have been stolen. She did not notice anything amiss in the car (of course with all the clothes, makeup, books, magazines, etc...who could tell) and was sure the car was locked. As we were going through the insurance papers to see if it was covered under the homeowners or auto policy and trying to decide when to call the police to report the theft, she jumps up, gets in her car and takes off. I call her on her cell and she says she is going back to the restaurant (15 miles away) to see if anyone saw anything. We get a call pretty quickly and she's yelling on the other end...I FOUND IT..OH MY GOD I FOUND IT! As she was driving down to the restaurant, which is off the main road and close to the Tennessee River, she saw something shiny under some trees. This was about 100 yards or so away from where she parked. She stopped and looked....It was her laptop. Damp from the dew, some ants running through it and some new scratches....but it worked and was not noticeably damaged.
Now this is not just any student $1,000 PC. This is a powerful laptop with lots of graphic stuff and tons of expensive software. She is a architecture/interior design student and last year the laptop cost $3,000 before software. One of her professors had given her the full-blown version of Autocad, we had just loaded in the newest top end photoshop and put in another gig of ram. We figure to replace it and all the software would be close to $8,000 (Autocad if purchased new is about $4,000).
As I said she is one lucky girl. Even if it was covered under insurance (and we are not sure it is - but that will be taken care of tomorrow), it would be a pain, costly (deductable) and time consuming to get it straightend out. She has no idea what posessed her to get up and go back to the restaurant. If she had asked me if she should go I would have told her that there was NO WAY that computer would be around and it would be a waste of time. I'm glad she didn't ask. She just happend to look to the spot where it was lying. It must have been taken by someone who paniced and dropped it, was too stoned/drunk to figure out what to do with it or someone that couldn't get past the passwords to sign on and figured it wasn't worth it. When she got back to the house she had a death grip on the computer and smile that went from ear to ear. In any case, the odds of her finding that laptop, under these circumstances were pretty slim. She's a good kid, stays out of trouble, makes good grades...maybe...just maybe...her guardian angel is taking care of her...If you believe that sort of thing. I do
"Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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Karma, baby. Karma!
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I like a happy story.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Wow what a story. Great karma to have found that laptop. You dont normally get that lucky.
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Great story Shack!
Karma's golden ain't it?:)I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
Maybe, before she got in her car, she set the laptop on the roof of the car, then forgot about it and drove off. Then it fell off, along the way where she found it, which would explain the scratches.
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PolkThug wrote:Maybe, before she got in her car, she set the laptop on the roof of the car, then forgot about it and drove off. Then it fell off, along the way where she found it, which would explain the scratches.
Nope....This did not happen. The scratches are very small and in one location. She put the laptop in the car, under the passenger seat before she went to work and never touched it again. Also, show me a laptop that will survive a fall from the roof of a moving car.
I remember the old Sony workbook commerical where it would survive a fall from a desk...a moving car is a whole other thing. It was taken from her car. "Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson -
Yep, thats some luck.
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shack wrote:Nope....This did not happen. The scratches are very small and in one location. She put the laptop in the car, under the passenger seat before she went to work and never touched it again. Also, show me a laptop that will survive a fall from the roof of a moving car. I remember the old Sony workbook commerical where it would survive a fall from a desk...a moving car is a whole other thing. It was taken from her car.
Okay. A thief slim jimmed his way into her car, took the laptop, locked the car back up and headed for the treeline, then a guardian angel swooped down and grabbed the laptop and smacked the thief in the face with it and the thief ran off. The thief's teeth left some new scratches in the casing. Then the guarding angel got another house call and had to drop the laptop where it was found. -
Wow, what a panic y'all must've been in! Certainly a miracle that she found it!
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PolkThug wrote:Okay. A thief slim jimmed his way into her car, took the laptop, locked the car back up and headed for the treeline, then a guardian angel swooped down and grabbed the laptop and smacked the thief in the face with it and the thief ran off. The thief's teeth left some new scratches in the casing. Then the guarding angel got another house call and had to drop the laptop where it was found.
If this explanation works for you, have at it. I could care less about the how...I'm just glad she found it.
She probably did not get the car door locked. We had a heart to heart talk about this.....It should not happen again."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson -
audiobliss wrote:Wow, what a panic y'all must've been in! Certainly a miracle that she found it!
Especially in Knoxville! In some parts, thats a rough city! What part was she in?God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8 -
Nice story thats good that you found it in time. I remember forgetting my watch while I was waiting for the bus, came back within 20mins and it was gone.
My luckiest time was when I got playoff tickets for the Western Conference Finals Mavs vs the Suns. Most expensive tickets I've gotten all year $65/each my girlfriend gave me the tickets as we got out the car, I put in my back pocket(stupid decision). While I reached for my tickets when we got to the entrance they were GONE. I walked back exactly the same way towards the car, we were the only ones walking back while everyone was walking towards the stadium pretty embarrassing. I get to my car didn't find them, I was about to leave then decided to go to the box office, to see if they could look it up or if they could do anything at all. I gave them the seat numbers/section he goes to talk to his manager, and the manager comes back with our tickets! He said someone turned them in. After that I decided my girlfriend should take care of the tickets for the remainder of the playoffs.Setup:
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hmm everyone else thinks it karma, but i think its that supreme being that lives above us all, even karma
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Cool story. She was definitely acting from her intuition.
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Homeowners would cover the laptop, regardless of where it physically was at at the time of loss. I don't know who you're insured through, but ask them if they have a personal articles sub-policy. I have one for things that I'm always out and about with (PDA, Laptop, Digital Camera, camcorder) and the benefit is that it's a policy that will insure your items with a zero deductible. It writes as it's own policy, with a minimal premium (mine is like an additional $6 a month on top of my renters), but it saves you in the long run from the typically larger homeowners deductibles comparatively.comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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earkemerson wrote:hmm everyone else thinks it karma, but i think its that supreme being that lives above us all, even karma
Ganesha has been good to them.
