But we can’t find post #13. Waah. It’s lost along with all those other items. 
I do that, but what works even better is to walk into the house with a bag, maybe some groceries, AND something wallet-sized. Then watch where you put it.
One time I did that charade to find my keys, and as I was putting the pretend groceries away, opened the fridge and thought “Man, that fresh-squeezed OJ looks good”, and to pick up the bottle, I had to put down the “stunt keyring”. Which I did, in the pile of misc. mail next to the fridge… and there were my real keys!
“But I would NEVER put keys there!” Well, turns out I did, twice…
I’m a ‘loser’
Things disappear on me.
I have wrist straps on everything I carry in public because I lay things down to use my hands.
My last wallet I lost was in the burn barrel. Slightly charred and melted cards. Money was still good.
Usually I lose stuff and bits and go crazy hunting for it.
And my cats are theives.
When you guys find those things, could you see if the remote to my car is there as well? I broke down and replaced it a year ago, but that sucker is somewhere in my house.
Hey, it’s @InternetLegend ! They’ve been missing for eight years!
Hey gang, we can stop looking now - found them!
PS - I think you’re needed in the Cat Avatar thread…
Great news! Saint Cad only has another 7 years 364 days until he finds his wallet.
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Hey, it’s @InternetLegend ! They’ve been missing for eight years!
Hey gang, we can stop looking now - found them!
PS - I think you’re needed in the Cat Avatar thread…
[/quote] At least something’s been found through this thread, right?? I also gave up the illusion of anonymity on the internet a while ago, although I couldn’t resist keeping the legacy name, so you can call me Donna if you like!
You must’ve really pissed off the Committee.
Once when I was on my way to work a guy knocked on my window while I was stopped at a light. He then handed me my wallet. I had driven about 35 miles, most of it on the highway, with my wallet sitting on the back bumper of my SUV.
I set it there while putting Celtling’s belongings in the back. I had dropped her off at school, opening that big back door again and pulling out all her things, still not noticing the black wallet on the black bumper. It’s crazy to think that it stayed through all that starting and stopping.
Another time my blackberry went missing. I searched all morning and made myself late for work. That night I found it in the fridge next to the blueberries. Celtling had “put it away” for me when we were tidying up the previous evening. You can see she chose the most logical place she could think of. LOL!
I never did find that peppermill that disappeared. Two other Dopers lost peppermills that year, which is especially weird to me.
Peppermills disappear. It’s a thing.
We’ve lost them on average about every 6 mos around here.
My theory is that’s the reason they made those huge ones a few years ago.
I have hidden a big can of ground black pepper in the pantry for emergencies.
(Hope it’s not disappeared)
I have a can of black pepper in the car for emergencies. Seriously!
It’s a wonderful temporary fix for a radiator leak as the pepper will clog a small hole / leak.
As for the OP, I have your wallet; I, ahh, found it. Yeah, that’s the ticket, I ‘found’ it It’s amazing how much we look alike, you handsome devil; even similar height & weight, too
I have it not so safely in my pocket, I’ll return it to you right after I go to the bank to rob it. Really hope I don’t ‘accidentally’ lose it whilst making my getaway
The countertops in my kitchen are granite, verde butterfly or something like that they’ve a dark greenish/black matrix. The first six months anytime I laid my black case phone or black leather checkbook on that stone I’d lose track of it. Turn the house upside down rummaging for the lost item. In and out of the kitchen numerous times. Lost my bank book for days, only to find it sitting out on the counter blending in. 
I never place anything on the roof. I’ve known way too many people to lose phones, purses, and coffee that way. I always set it on the dashboard in similar circumstances. Went between the seats again, talking it over with my son and you know if you’ve put it in you pocket or not. Yes It could have fallen out but half the time I have a hard time getting my wallet out when I’m trying. The one guy in 7 11 was never close enough to pickpocket me.
Did you check with the store to see if it was turned in (assuming the “it fell out of the pocket or missed the pocket” theory to be valid)?
I did the next morning and looked in the parking lot along the path I took. I looked in the trash can but it had been empty/
Psst: you mean @Little_Nemo …
In 2020, I found my long-lost wallet from 2009 in a storage box in the basement. Turns out, when my daughter was a wild 16-year-old, she wanted to swipe $20 from my wallet, but knew I’d notice. So she swiped the money and hid the entire wallet so I’d think I’d lost it. (She had no concept of the hassle of replacing driver’s license, credit cards, etc.)
Thankfully she’s now a fully responsible and honest adult. When I found the wallet, I called her up (at age 27) and told her she was grounded. She replied, “I can’t believe what a terrible child I was!” I replied, “I can!”
I don’t remember this, but when I was very young, maybe 2 or so, my grandfather gave me his keys to play with. Apparently he lost sight of me briefly, and when he was ready to recover his keys, I didn’t have them anymore. Questioning me did not result in useful information, and the keys were never found.
Until some 40 years later when the house’s furnace was being replaced, and the keys were found in a heating duct.
UPDATE: wallet found!
And when you hear how you’ll say, “Of course it was.”
I went into the bank to pull out some cash and report my debit card lost because for some reson you can only do that during business hours. I had just gone by the DMV to get my license replaced so I joked with the teller that now that all may cards have been reported that I’ll walk in my front door and my dog will have my wallet hanging out of her mouth. Ha ha ha.
No! It was better (worse?) than that.
I go next door to the 7 11 to get a drink, the same one that did not have my wallet the next morning after I lost my wallet. Because I’m stupid, I ask if anyone has turned in a wallet. The manager goes back and asks, “Is it a brown Coach wallet?” 
The $300 cash was gone (yeah, I kept meaning to go to the bank) but everything else was there.
Woops.
Well, we can all sleep better tonight! Great objective lesson in this thread about retracing steps. Glad you got all your stuff back (sans the money). Also, the sooner you get going on replacing DL, credit cards, and everything, the sooner the wallet turns-up, right?