Lost Driver's license (coupons, big house, to buy)

[tcrackly]

As I fished through my wallet for a routine purchase I noticed that my license was gone! Now I haven't had to pull it out very often...no speeding tix or anything. Just occasionally I produce it for new bank tellers to avoid any confusion. I swear that I must have done that and not gotten it back. Of course it's stupid of me to not look for it. I might be guilty of that when I'm harried or having a senior moment, but do you suppose someone might contact me about returning it? Could I be a potential victim of stolen identity? What could they get? My meager bank account or access to my 12 year old vehicle? Or maybe at this moment some juvenile is trying to buy liquor with it...no small feat to make themselves look like a 50 year old Black woman!!!
I'm mad at myself for letting this happen but then , life today is complicated. I mess up once in a while.
Thank God I'm in the new digital system, so replacement is easy!

[CoastalMaine]

Hey T... I thought mine was lost too, but I found it a few days later in the pocket of a denim shirt I'd bopped around doing errands in because a coat would've been too warm. When I lose stuff, I sit and try to trace back my excursions... what I'd done, where I've been, all that sort of stuff. It usually comes to me. Good luck!!

[cdodge04]

I "misplace" my house keys every other day. It's a vicious cycle with me...I have my keys for 2 days, I set them down somewhere and they are gone for about a week then I come across them in the weirdest places...drives my girlfriend nuts because I never have keys. It's gotten to be a big joke for those around me. One of my buddies is always asking if I have my keys or if this is an off week .

[island mermaid]

Doesn't Maine still offer the system that if you find one you just drop it in a mailbox and the state pays to mail it back to you?

[arthwys]

Check bank envelopes. Often they'll put your ID in there with the cash. I've lost mine for a couple of days that way.

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by arthwys

Check bank envelopes. Often they'll put your ID in there with the cash. I've lost mine for a couple of days that way.

Bingo!! That's where I found it. Luckily the bank envelope was in a bag of Jeep trash yet to be discarded. I feel much better now! I had already ordered a replacement online (takes 2-3 weeks they said) , got a handy-dandy temporary print out...cost me $5.00.Oh well, just like taxes. That's what I say to myself every time I buy a losing lottery ticket, just another tax.
Thanks everyone for all the tips and support. I'll just have to learn to get used to these senior moments!

[msina]

I'm glad it turned up, an extra might be a good idea to put in safe spot, just in case.

[CoastalMaine]

T, don't feel bad. A couple years ago I had the pick-up all packed up and ready to take off from Ft. Lauderdale for my two day run back home to the Cape. I hadn't been home in 7 months. Everything was ready. All I had to do was put the pets in there and then myself. Except, I couldn't find my keys. ANYWHERE.

The man my dad had used for eons as the groundskeeper had helped me load everything up tight on the truck and tie it down real good. We went on a search. Of the whole house. BIG house. We looked everywhere. About 3 times. Very sloooooooowly. I was SO frustrated I wanted to cry. There is a certain order to my road drive... being in a 'certain' place by such and such a time to avoid traffic congestion, commuter traffic, etc., and my time was running away from me. I called my neighbor from across the street in total despair. SHE came over and the three of us scoured the house again. Nothing!!

Now, I DO have a spare set, and I always have one under my license plate which can be gotten to by using a quarter on the screw if necessary (yes, I've needed to do that once too!) But THIS key ring has the door locker/unlocker gizmo on it and also, the key ring has the little tags many stores down around here give you for scanning -earns you coupons, etc.- and there were 4 keys to outbuildings and the toolbox on my truck on there. Arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! SO freaking frustrating.

Finally, after an hour and a half of the three of us looking, I am dejected and my time for leaving has been passed. I thank them, tell them both, the heck with it, I'll have to take the spare set tomorrow and take off earlier.

We go out to the driveway and I lift the tailgate up to shut it. There on the bumper were my keys!!!!!! OMG in heaven!!!!!!!!! I don't know if I have EVER been so flippin' mad at myself!!! roflmao

Welcome to menopause! It ain't great, that's for sure!!! hahahaaha

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by tcrackly

As I fished through my wallet for a routine purchase I noticed that my license was gone! Now I haven't had to pull it out very often...no speeding tix or anything. Just occasionally I produce it for new bank tellers to avoid any confusion. I swear that I must have done that and not gotten it back. Of course it's stupid of me to not look for it. I might be guilty of that when I'm harried or having a senior moment, but do you suppose someone might contact me about returning it? Could I be a potential victim of stolen identity? What could they get? My meager bank account or access to my 12 year old vehicle? Or maybe at this moment some juvenile is trying to buy liquor with it...no small feat to make themselves look like a 50 year old Black woman!!! I'm mad at myself for letting this happen but then , life today is complicated. I mess up once in a while.
Thank God I'm in the new digital system, so replacement is easy!

This comment made me squirt beer through my nose I'll have you know! Too funny!! When I was a kid we would have tried to do something like that. Luckily there were no photo ID's back then!
Glad you found the license!

[tcrackly]

Would have tried?! Did you succeed in any of these kooky antics? Hmmmm?