Handyman finds secret gold stash in kitchen

[Tinbox]

Absolutely, 'do unto others as you would have done unto you' is the golden rule,and the basis of almost all true law...




And they will face their retribution one day...

and you know this how? are you some sort of all seeing eye?

[gtopillado]

This poll just stirs the pot.... I don't have bad or good feelings to each answer, are we all suppose to think the same? Is my judgment better than yours? I think not.....:bird:

[arminius]

and you know this how? are you some sort of all seeing eye?

Does one just 'see' with their eyes...

Is the world in front of you all that there is...

[Zilver]

when reading GIM I often open a bunch of links in tabs
and then read them at my convenience in between doing other online work (Ebay listings etc.)

When finally getting to this thread after some time had passed
the first thing I saw after clicking the tab was the; Would you have turned the gold in?
I answered "no" thinking the thread was about the Government gold confiscation

but then I read the story and had no way to retract my "no" response
therefor the poll results are off by one because I would have
however considering my initial response premise;
if the .Gov ever required us to turn in our gold;
I would also do the right thing;
and take it for a boat trip:biggrin:

[Tinbox]

Does one just 'see' with their eyes...

Is the world in front of you all that there is...

ok I'll make it simpler for you, how do you know these people will be receiving retribution one day?

[arminius]

ok I'll make it simpler for you, how do you know these people will be receiving retribution one day?

LOL, you sound very concerned.

Why would that be...

[em ty]

When I was 12 I took $1000 out of the bank to go to an investment house to buy a $1000 bond. When I got there I realised that I had 11 $100 bills, not 10. When I was done I went back into to bank, waited until the teller who gave me the money was available, and gave it back to her. I'd busted my ass for years and saved everything for that $1000 and could have made 10% right away, but it wasn't mine and I didn't want the teller to get into trouble. She looked like she wanted to kiss me and, instead of keeping it quiet, told the bank manager and the other tellers. I was always treated like gold in there after that and, truth be told, it felt like the right thing to do.

I've since found money, jewelry and wallets, sometimes with a lot more than $100, but I've always made sure it got back to the rightful owner. I don't accept rewards and I really don't expect I'll get back anything I've lost (I never have), but I decided long ago that I was going to live life the way I wanted to and that meant being honest. I'll admit I've always been tempted, and been pretty broke at times, but it's nice to know that I've always done what I thought was right. I'll admit, though, that I sometimes wish I wasn't so damned honest at times.

[Unca Walt]

Well... I had my "trial".

I always got to work first at my "retirement" job <-- The job I took AFTER I retired.

I was walking up toward the door, and a car went by in the parking lot. I heard a loud clunk, and saw a really nice metal briefcase that had fallen offa the trunk of the passing car.

The driver did not hear me shout... was gone in a fargin hurry, no error. Picked up the briefcase and brought it inside. When I opened it, I almost catted on the spot.

There were a half-dozen packets of currencies in folders. There were fifteen or so credit cards. And some prescription medication. Passport.

One person comes up to me and sez: "Take the money, and leave the briefcase at the nearest police station." It was hard to figure how much money was in there (this was PRE-euro timeframe), but we added it up and it came to about $18 thousand.

I really had no choice. I called the phone company. Tried to get the guy's phone number by telling them the story of the briefcase. No can do.

Axed for a stupidvisor. When the stupidvisor came on, I told her to just call the fargin guy without letting me hear or know the damned number, and tell him I had his fargin briefcase. I pointed out the prescription medicines might be sorely needed even as we gumped onna phone.

They went along with that.

The guy shows up two hours later, and I gave him his stuff. I had to ask one question:

"Why the hell do you have several duplicates of credit cards??"

He answered: "As you can see, I travel for a living. Some countries (like Germany) will put the value of the car you rent on your credit card. So when you go to check into a hotel, you may find your credit card maxed out. I keep several different accounts with the same credit card companies."

Made sense.

Oh. The guy bought lunch for our whole company (22 people). And I got a rep as an honest idiot.