Ok I am a bit nervous about starting this post as I haven't posted a discussion in a long time and have only recently managed to get back on the Lot but you got to bite the bullet some time so might as well get on with it!blink
At the beginning of December our car finally died - it was a sudden death but the car had been extremely ill for some time so not totally unexpected! We got a new (used but new to us) car which I love and which is a far better car than the previous one ever was. The biggest drawback was the music provision - it had a radio and a tape deck! I mean who still has tapes? Sorry p1ke it was a rhetorical question - you can put your hand down now!wink
A few times in the last 3 months I have offered to buy a new cd player for the car but my other half and I decided against it for a few reasons and decided for now we could live with the radio.
Saturday my other half was cleaning out the car when what did he find under the passenger seat but a 6 disc cd player connected up to the car stereo! lol It works brilliantly and is a real hidden treasure! Not bad it only took us 3 months to find it! I have an excuse as I cannot bend over to look under seats but if I still could I would have found the cd player months ago - no excuse for the other half! lol
So have you ever found any hidden treasure? Discovered something that you love but didn't know you had? I don't want to keep thinking we are the only dim wits on the planet! lol
Talk to me folks please?xxxxx
[question posted by mummymo]
responses and comments:
The only thing i can think of is when I put my coat away and then the next winter I bring it out and find money i stashed in the pocket. Last year i found 20 bucks. lol It came in handy too coz i was flat broke. Boy was i happy i forgot about it. lol Hugs to my favorite twin :)happy [mssnow]
Hi mummymo. I am up late too! I found a hidden treasure but lost it almost as soon as I found it. sad I had it in my grasp, or thought I did, but unfortunately it slipped out. I can't be more pacific than that, but I did want to respond because I know how hard it is posting one after such a long time. btw....cds are so last year, never mind tapes. It's iPod or mp3 player connections you want. Chuck out the old and in with the new. I have the Beatles in four different formats. Cost me a fortune it has! lol [Scoop_Dogg]
I don't know that I've found that many hidden treasures here lately. Although, around Christmas time, we needed a new ink cartidge for our printer, and we didn't really have the money to get one, and I didn't want to use a credit card to get one. I happen to be looking through one of our cabinets, and I found the kind of cartidge we needed. We didn't have to go to the store for one after all. [CRSunrise]
Here you go - Cheers! xxx [mummymo]
I know you are feeling better because I can hear the humour in your posts and I can almost see the winkle in your eye and your mouth is ever ready to let go a giggle or a chuckle. It's lovely to see and hear. What a marvellous find! Driving along and having no music is simply unnatural to me. I'm just uncomfortable and unhappy if there is no music. So for me, finding something like that would be fabulous. Mind you, a radio is ok too because the reception is ok around here for a classical channel and various pop/rock channels too. Well done Mo.....love you...xxx [MsTickle]
nothing like that for I always look under seats lol But I loved it wehn I found extra money in pants pockets that havent been worn for years! [Lakota12]
I usually find money in the dryer. Sometimes I forget that there is money in my pocket and then I wash the item and I find the money later in the dryer. It is exiting to find it lol. That is my treasure for sure! [seabeauty]
So true seabeauty! We have found many 'treasures' in our dryer in the past - my 15 year old leaves everything from money to earphones to spectacles (don't ask) in his pockets when he puts things in the laundry! lol xxx [mummymo]
Bravo, sis! Starting a new discussion, returning to the lot and entering the 21st century all in one week. Lol This one has already been mentioned, but it happens to me on an ongoing basis. I wear a lot of blazers. Wool, or short sleeve, winter and summer.... it is my secret to dressing up a pair of jeans in a pinch. I am constantly finding money in the pockets. It happens to me so much that I should not even notice, but it always thrills me. I feel lucky every time. happy [makingpots]
It would always give me a thrill too sweet sis! I hope you spend it on something nice each and every time! Of course she is a british convert - her loving sis is British! lol Hugs xxx [mummymo]
If I can put my hand down, I'll let you spit out that bullet! LOL I lose things all the time. I put them somewhere safe and they are gone for years. I'm still looking for an ounce of wacky tobacky a friend sent me 11 years ago! LOL It's like Christmas when I find something though. I've forgotten all about it and then BOO! There is is right in front of my face and I'm like a kid in a candy shop with glee! Now if I could just misplace the hubs for awhile.............. [sparkofinsanity]
Hugs herself with pleasure - good luck sparks - glad I know you quite well! lol xxx [mummymo]
Hi mummymo, happy I'm just so thrilled to see you here, and posting a new discussion. I haven't been spending much time here lately, for one reason or another. I do miss 'very special friends' like you. Congrats on your "hidden treasure" discovery, and the acquiring of your new 'old' vehicle. It really is a good thing, that you didn't go out and purchase that new CD player. Nothing comes to mind right now, except that there have been times when I've discovered new articles of clothing, never worn, and with the tags on them. It's always exciting, and I can be one to hang them at the back of my closet, and forget all about them. We 'must' have a chat on MSN or Messenger sometime soon. Take care. Love and Hugs to you. [someonesmom]
Me too! Love you. [someonesmom]
Mo i aboot fainted when i saw you had done a discussion hee hee...me kiddin.. wooooooo great job finding the cd disc changer music player thingy. So what CDs ya got ? happy Hidden treasures ...well cannit say i huv like cos me is a dim wit too. Haha gota lol at dim wits eh. How did Nimah get on at hospital ? happy [LoudnProud]
LOL Your son is no ones fool is he - making his Mum pay for music and film! lol Me? Sound lovely? lol I have the most awful singing voice ever - the only person who can bear to listen to me is Niamh and she is a very strange child!!! lol I shall have to spend more time there listening though! She is back at school - she has missed so much lately it is just as well that she is very bright, she hasn't managed a full week at school since November and she asks for work home when she is off for more than a day or 2! If you asked her she would tell you she hated school but she loves it really! xxxx [mummymo]
Hi mummymo, I just got to throw in my support for your fresh discussion. wub It's great to read that you've got a new car that you like over your previous. That's real cool and I reckon the idea of having a new car perks you up just thinking about it (at least till the "novelty" wears off). lol And a hidden treasure!! Congrats!! I haven't come across any hidden treasures myself that I can remember. I am happy for you. So the tape problem is solved! Good thing you had not gone ahead to buy a CD player. Now you are all set to rock on "modern" CDs lol. cool [lordwarwizard]
I love it when our wizzy gets excited! lol Hugs xxxx [mummymo]
"I haven't posted a discussion in a long time "????? Are you kidding? How about as long ago as yesterday! You post more discussion each and every day than any of my other "friends"!!! [whiteheather39]
So glad I saw the response below before I started to cry honey! lol xxx [mummymo]
OOps SORRY SORRY SORRY! Wrong mummy! I am so used to getting dozens of notifications daily from someone else..I thought here we go again. I am so happy to see you back. I have missed you. I thought you were gone for good. Hope you are your family are healthy. Please give my best to Weemam she is also MIA. [whiteheather39]
WEll I am very proud of you that you managed to lose that amount of weight too! Weemam does look great - she has faded away a bit more ever time we see her! I have managed to stop smoking for 8 weeks so far too - so we should all be proud of ourselves! (could you tell I was dying to tell you about the smoking? lol) Hugs xxxxx [mummymo]
hello,you r lucky to hidden the treature,maybe i am more lucky than you,thing was that : one day ,when i am goin gto shop around to discover that i havn't any money in my hand bag ,then i just lok aroud with my friends and buy small litle ones goods,at last i can not insist on getting purchasing ,then i hurry to he money from cash machine tiket,please one of my friend has waited me by side ,then i quickly to take out my money,nerver find somrthing un different,but the next i recerved a call from bank that asking me whether i ahve lost something in the bank and tell to to go tot bank to check soemthing ,oh,my god ,then i think of my lost money,yes,because of the short time ,i forgot to take our my credit card,and the funny was that the people who own my card taking the lest money then take it homw ,but the next morning he come to the bank quickly and hand the money to bank,then give it to me,my god ,he has alreay taken out my cash,but after some consideration ,he returned it to me . haha ,really lucky,but in a few days i has lost some moeny ,i guess the money was stolen by our host,so just eaqul ,the thing should be lost at the time ,i can not hidden it , [lucy19851120]
Thank you Lucy! xxx [mummymo]
I still can't believe that he never saw it , Every time I pass he is washing and cleaning the car lol , Yes I found a hidden treasure (You) can't believe you were staying just across the sreet and we didn't know , You are one very special lady and thank you for now being part of our family Mam xx [weemam]
Hiya Mom , nice to see you too pal , It is Hubbys 70th tomorrow and our DIL is giving Mam and Dad their dinner for 2 days so we can have time to ourselves , we went shopping today and having the family visit tomorrow .Looking forward to your email pal missed you all Wee xx [weemam]
Being a good boy I was in bed when you posted this discussion. If my arm was raised it was ask permission to go to the loo! Funny how the young and the increasingly aged have the same nocturnal habits! What a find though. I just went out and looked under my seats - a pen top and a National Trust car park ticket from Avebury from last year. No 6 cd changing, clay pigeon shooting disc players for me. Do you have six cds? LOL. I found a £10 note in my jacket the other day. That was a very exciting find. As for you being the only dim wits on the planet - what hope do have the rest of us have? Because we're all decidedly dimmer and less witted than you my darling Mummymo. XXXX [p1kef1sh]
Oh My , my beloved p1kefish you always know how to make me feel good about myself! I am glad you were in bed sleeping like s good boy when this was posted as I was being a very naughty girl and up very late ( so was Scoop Dog though) Sorry there was nothing of value under your seats but on the bright side you got £10 the other day - hope you spent it on something silly and nothing sensible! We actually do have 6 cds - Niall got me Meredith Brooks cd for Christmas as he knows she sings my favourite song - but not many more! lol We did buy 50 cds at the weekend though so we can burn the music we have on the computers and have lots of cds to listen to! xxx Love you xxxx [mummymo]
Cute post. Trying to think if I have found anything like that. Not off the top of my head. I find hidden treasures in thrift stores but nothing in my own home. If I think Of anything I will let you know!!!! I will tell you my husband has been driving our new SUV envoy for 3-4 months and he just discovered a button on the side of the stick shift that gives him traction control...He was very excited to find that...so no you are not the only dimwit around...lol [mag_keizer2007]
LOL Mag - I know how difficult it can be to think of examples off the top of your head - it usually takes me days (if not weeks) to do so! Sounds like your hubby is almost as bad as us and I am glad we are not alone! Nice to meet you! xxxx [mummymo]
hiya mummymo i think this is my first response to a discussion you've posted. I don't know much about cars but when i read on about the tapes i just had to respond. LOl @ 'put your hand down pike' I gave my mum all my tapes when i moved onto CD's but because most of them weren't to her taste she gave a lot away. I heard that you could get a good price for those 'NOW' tapes which i knew i had given her, so off i went to try and retrieve them. Unfortunately they were all gone, but while looking through her tapes i came across one that my stepdad had made for her when they first met. When we played it i could see the memories written on her expressions, to me that's not just hidden treasure , it's priceless. I later downloaded all the songs for her and burned it to CD. Doesn't matter the format, just the content. Alice :D [Aliceinwebland]
My Grandad used to say the same thing Alice! My guess would be the ex has gotten rid of the tapes a long time ago - he is a bit of a snob and a lot of the things I couldn't take with me (we lived in a different country when I left him) were binned! He got the house and all our expensive stuff but I got the best of him - I got our son! I do share him though and have been very careful not to say anything negative in front of hi about his father although he has seen for himself what his Dad is like and has no respect for him! xxx [mummymo]
Wow... that was certainly a good find, my dear friend. You have a popmobile now, then? ha ha ha. I can't recall ever finding such a "treasure" but if you want skitty, lol... when my son decided he would help clear out my attic so that he could take some unwanted stuff to the car boot sale, he found some Christmas presents that I'd bought no the year before, but TWO years before, and hadn't wrapped them! They were only small things but must have got lost or covered in my wrapping box that year, and put back in the loft with everything else. I didn't even notice they were missing when I gave out my presents the Christmas I bought them! ha ha ha. Don't tell Gabs... she'll get jealous of the blonde moment! he he. Brightest Blessings, my dear friend. It's good to have you back! xx [Darkwing]
LOL @Popmobile honey! Hey that is fantastic I hope you saved some money and used them for this Christmas! lol My Gran did that once - she is always buying clothes for Niamh and sometimes puts some of them away for birthdays/christmas etc til the other year when she went into a case she keeps presents in and found 3 bags full of clothes she had bought for Niamh and forgotten about and just in the right size! lo She couldn't even keep them for the next occasion as they might not have fitted her then - she just gives her clothes when she buys them now! lol As for Gabs I think you have a long way to go to get as 'blonde' as she is! wink It is so good to see you - Hugs xxxx [mummymo]
I remember one day I really needed some money! And I was frantically going through the hamper hoping to find a couple of bucks, I found $100 in my pants pockets! I was estatic!! =) [stacyv81]
Wow Stacy - finding forgotten money in pockets is popular - but $100 that is wonderful! No wonder you were ecstatic - hope that you had fun spending it! xxx [mummymo]
The most recent treasure I've found, mummy, is you. And p1key, and James, and Loud, and Spark, and Bo, and Irish. Maybe I should consider the art/jewelry I've been doing as a hidden treasure too. It's truly a gift to be able to do it. Keeps me busy, lets me create beautiful things, and I'm hoping to be able to sell some of them soon, when it's time for the art show that I'm entering. To tell you the truth, my whole life is one big treasure, mummy. I'm so blessed with so very many gifts.....gifts of friends, of my husband, my darling cats, my art, my sweet little home, my garden, and I could go on, but you get my drift, yes? I'm sooooo glad you're back. You were seriously missed while you were gone, and having you here again is yet another treasure, and not just for me, but for all of us. Kisses, mummy. XXXXX [novataylor]
definitely good tears nova sweetheart! Love you and the fact that your emotions are always so close to the surface! xxxx [mummymo]
i am so sorry to hear about the death of your beloved family car. it must of been an awful blow even though you say you were expecting. it is never easy when they pass away.... still...... bounced back pretty quickly, did'nt yeah? I once found a dead raccoon in the water tank. not treasure as such but quite unexpected in the middle of Scotland. (my house was once owned by Davie Crockett) [xboxboy]
LOL I wish - he would be loaded if he was! (manuel, jonathon ross) The worst thing is he cannot speak a word of Spanish - the upside to that is that he is right beside Gibraltar so plenty of people who speak English around him! I have been once before I started to crumble so badly , on my own that time. Not sure I could manage on my own but David and kids with me if I go this time so would be fantastic! You could never be pretentious sweety! xxxx [mummymo]
Hello, I have to say, my best "hidden Treasure" happened last summer. My family moved from Idaho to Kansas, and we left a bunch of stuff at my mom's house in Idaho. I looked and looked through all of the boxes looking for my "special" cookbook. That would be the one where I wrote all of the Recipes from my Grandma's cookbooks. It is the one I use the most and I could not find it anywhere. Anyway, apparently my husband called my mom and told her, and she looked through the stuff we left in her basement, and, without either of them saying a word to me, I got a package in the mail, and it was my cookbook. I was so happy I actually cried when I opened the package. My husband is the best!! [ellen_mom]
Oh Ellen that must have been such a wonderful surprise! Sounds like you have a fantastic Mom and hubby, that cookbook sounds absolutely priceless and a joy for you to get back! xxx [mummymo]
LOL that's fantasitc! Well, I don't think I've ever found anything like that. lol I don't think I've ever found a treasure. lol Congrats on such a good find! [icyorchid]
Thanks icyorchid! At least now I can listen to what I want to when in the car and not have to listen to sport on the radio! lol Hope you find a treasure that was hidden really soon - we all need that from time to time! xxxx [mummymo]
Hi mummymo! So great to see a a new discussion of yours dear friend. I have missed you here although I have seen you dropping off comments on responses and discussions once in awhile but it is different when I get to see your own discussion. wink Wow, congratulations on finding that hidden treasure! I would love to uncover one myself but I have been looking all over my place and all over my father's place but I can't find a single treasure yet. Maybe I have to dig a little deeper. LOL! wink Take care and have a great day! lovelots..faith [faith210]
Gee, thanks! Sweet!happy lovelots..faith [faith210]
Hi Mummymo and welcome back! I heard about you from a discussion P1kef1sh started on you so I thought I would drop by and introduce myself and say Hi, Nice to meet you and any friend of P1key's is a friend of mine! :D Well, back to your discussion. I have found money in pockets of jackets and sweaters as I will put them away after the winter and when it gets cold again I drag them out. This is pretty rare for me though because normally when I put something in storage I clean or was it and get it all ready for wearing the next time in a few months but once in a while I am in a hurry and just hang something up thinking I'll get back to it and then of course I forget! And I found an antique gold, pearl and diamond ring in my jewelry box one day. That was strange as I had never owned it! But then I remember that many years ago when I was broke I pawned some jewelry and when it came time to get it out a friend of mine went and paid for it and picked it up as I had moved half way around the World and when my Father was coming to visit my friend called him and ask if he would bring it to me which he did. Well when my Father got here with the jewelry I just took it and put it in my jewelry box not bothering to look at it and a couple of years later I did go through my jewelry box and opened the envelope that the jewelry had come in and voila! There was this strange ring! Of course my friend and Father did not know what I had pawned so they would not know if it was mine or not. I did go through the trouble of calling over seas to America to the pawn shop and tell them what had happened but they told me it was mine to keep now as after all of those years they would have no idea who it belonged to! It's a very pretty antique ring and made of Spanish gold...I don't wear it very often as I think maybe it would bring me bad luck or something but...that's what I found! I've found a few other things but nothing like this or with this type of story! Welcome back and again it's nice to meet you! ;) [greeneyedlady]
I couldn't agree morewubwubwub xxx [mummymo]
That's pretty funny! lol. So it was there for 3 months???? Thank goodness you didn't actually go out and buy a new one! My bouts of hidden treasure finding these days seem to be limited to discovering the odd money not in one of my suit pockets or something like that! I AM in Egypt though, so it's only a matter of time before I trip over something and discover it's a pure gold sarcophagus! [James72]
LOL Yeah flaunt all your riches and extravagant lifestyle huh? Thats okay honey we'll still love you! xxx [mummymo]
Hi Mo, never had much treasure to lose, however I got a new car a couple of years back, and it only had a CD Player/radio, no cassette. Problem is I have several hundred Audio Cassettes (how sad!! sad ) which I like to listen to when I'm on my own, now I can't listen to them. I've now bought some on CS, but they are much more expensive than tape. - Don't know why as it is easier (and cheaper)to produce cd's than tapes. Guess you've got the best of both worlds (even if it took several months to find your cd player. happy Paws for thought!! [Eskimo]
So now you can treat yourself with the £50 you saved! yaaay! lol I do understand what you mean though - even the other half who is qualified isn't too keen on going back into electronic manufacturing when he gets paid off in May! Twas just a thought! xxxx [mummymo]
Hello Daughter Yes I have found a treasure..actually treasures while wandering the mylot lane of discussions I found many gems of which you top the list I have a whole mylot family now.. xoxoxoxoxoxxo [raydene]
That is so very sweet Mom! I have to say I consider myself to be one of your mylot family! Love you loads , hugs from all of us here xxxx [mummymo]