Man returns $23,000 in lost money & jewelry....
Joe Monto of Ringwood found a backpack filled with cash and jewels in Ramapo State Forest and tracked down its owner.
So I was wondering if everyone else here at YNC would have went thru the trouble of tracking down and returning the loot.
I definitely would have returned the jewelry but I have a feeling some of the cash may have been missing.......times are tough.
Don't be unhappy for what you don't have, instead be happy for what you have.
Yo JOE...
Originally Posted by I_LOVE_UNFREE_LIFE
Yo JOE...
Don't be unhappy for what you don't have, instead be happy for what you have.
id have sold it on
For me, it is a means of confronting both evil and mortality, to see for myself things that will hopefully forever remain outside of my life. As a creative type, I need to understand these situations for future reference. No pleasure is gained from these viewings, only a better knowledge of humanity
I did something similar about twenty or so years back. I went to this bakers to buy some pasties for lunch. The shopkeeper gave me the goods in a paper bag and I went back to my truck to eat them. When I opened the bag there was £200 in twenties underneath the pasties. Without even thinking I just returned to the shop and gave the guy the money back. He looked at me like I was severly handicapped in the brain department. Once again on my way back to the truck, I realised the guy didn't even thank me!
I'm a lot older and a lot fucking wiser, my policy now is 'finder's keeper's' and fuck you!
I suppose Joe Monto is a real 'honest Joe'!
Last edited by Badger; 11-07-2010 at 07:59 AM.
I was a lot younger then and had a different view of the world. Like I said "older & wiser", a lot more shit has gone down in my life since then and I now see the world for what it is. So if it happened today the guy wouldn't see me for dust!
What if I found the rucksack? Stay out of my fucking way, I'll kill you for it!
i got less morals than a sewer rat, its a no brainer for me.
This, I'd have grabbed the lot.Yo JOE...
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keep the lot without a second though, I'm with Badger on that one, done a couple of good deeds years ago and got treated like shit for it, so bollocks, look out for number one.
The reason I would have returned the jewelery is because it may have sentimental value.
Last year after my back surgery, my wedding ring came up missing.....it wasn't worth a lot of money, but it was very valuable to me.
Don't be unhappy for what you don't have, instead be happy for what you have.
I think I would have done the same...except maybe take one or two thousand dollars. No will would notice
ill take some of the money and some of the jewerly, like half
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
M.X
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