My virginity.....I was 13 and she was 16.

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what have you lost along the side of the road?

My temper more than a few times, and a girlfriend once.

My first thought when reading the title of this thread was, if you know where you lost it, it wasn't really lost.

At the boat ramp, I used a small Knipex smooth jaw pliers to put the square brass plug in the boat. I started to walk back to the truck, then realized I forgot to take the other strap off the stern. I set the pliers on the trailer fender took the strap off and set it in the bed of the truck. Put the boat in the water and parked the truck and trailer.

Five hours later, I pull the boat out of the water and go to pull the drain plug. The pliers aren’t in the side pocket of the door of my truck and this is the point I realized I left them on the fender of the trailer. I check the parking lot, ask at the office, and they are nowhere. Now I spend the half hour until sunset wading barefoot in the muck in 55 degree water up to my navel at end of the ramp. Still no pliers.

Couple of lug nuts....

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Spare tire off my F-350.

Check those winch cables for corrosion.

Just drive along I-96, U.S.23 or I-75, you’ll soon find a replacement.

Also forgot, in the lockdown I lost a Spyderco Delica in the local Kroger. And of course no body turned it in. Had that knife just about as long as I’ve been a member here, 2002.

Keys. Back in 2000 my Dad and I took a driving vacation up to Alaska in my F-250 and camper. One day along the Denali Highway (130 miles of dirt/gravel road, east of Denali Park) we stopped to take some pictures. While we were there I unlocked the camper to get lunch, and set the keys on the rear bumper. When we buttoned up and left I forgot about them, and when we got to the west end of the highway to stop for the night, of course they were long gone. Not just the key to the camper door, but also the ones for the storage compartments where some of our gear was.

Fortunately when we got to Wasilla a couple days later we were able to find a dealer who was able to replace them.

A bunch of tools at once.

Had been working on my stepson's Jeep, and using the tailgate of my truck as a workbench on which to lay the tools. Ended up having to run off to the parts store for one more item, so I hopped in my truck and took off, never even thinking about all the tools on the tailgate.

Noticed the case for one of my socket sets sitting in the gutter when I turned onto my street on the return trip, and realized what I had done. Luckily, that case was closed, but that was the only tool that I recovered. I guess it was the first to fall/slide off, but not the last.

Retraced my route, but didn't find anything else. Ended up losing a different socket set, along with several pliers, wrenches, and screwdrivers.

1984 in the area of Erlangen West Germany while cruising the back road areas on my motorcycle I lost my Zippo cigarette lighter when it fell out of my jacket pocket. I bought that lighter on July 10 1964 at Woodworth in Lancaster Pennsylvania while waiting for my Army Recruiter to take me to the induction station to enlist. Engraved in Vietnam , returned to Zippo 3 times for repairs.

Kenwood air to ground portable radio. Left it on the roof of my cruiser during a helicopter-assisted marijuana eradication operation. Fortunately as I was driving away another Deputy spotted it on the roof and was able to radio me on my agency mobile and I retrieved it before it fell off. Radio had a value of like 2K.

Nobody tied an aunt's dog to the rear bumper and forgot it was there?

My car keys.
I just stepped out of my car and dropped the keys, I heard the splash when they dropped into a storm sewer.

I walked home, about 3/4 mile, and picked up my spare keys and was back on my way.

This happened around 1990 or so and I am sure the keys are still there.

Keys.
I was approaching a traffic light at split. The split to the right had a constant green arrow for those in the right lane.
It was night and middle of winter. I stepped on the brake pedal to stop for the light and the peddle went all the way to the floor.
I moved into the right lane w/ the green arrow, threw it in N and came to a stop.

At the time I was under age for the beer in the trunk and I didn't want to get caught w/ it so w/ the key ring on my finger after opening the trunk, I threw the box of cans down into the dark, snowy embankment nearby. The keys went w/ them.
That one was hard to explain.

Only God knows… I drive a convertible and some things just takeoff on their own.

Lost the garage remote one time by accidentally waving to somebody, and I hit the sunvisor… I found it by the side of the road, but it was inoperable after some 20 cars ran over it.

Wheel badges (with the manufacture logos) seem to just fall off after 12+ years.

I can think of easily another 20 objects in similar circumstances lol

My wallet and a cell phone, both while on a motorcycle. The wallet, I recovered. The phone, I didn't even bother to look for because I was going 75mph on a freeway and figured it was toast. The phone was a company phone and they replaced it, no questions asked.

Jim

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Keys.
I was approaching a traffic light at split. The split to the right had a constant green arrow for those in the right lane.
It was night and middle of winter. I stepped on the brake pedal to stop for the light and the peddle went all the way to the floor.
I moved into the right lane w/ the green arrow, threw it in N and came to a stop.

At the time I was under age for the beer in the trunk and I didn't want to get caught w/ it so w/ the key ring on my finger after opening the trunk, I threw the box of cans down into the dark, snowy embankment nearby. The keys went w/ them.
That one was hard to explain.

Keys! Lost keys, one of the biggest things I don’t miss about retiring and getting out of automotive dealership parts departments.

Like they used to say “There are eight million stories in the Naked City” and everyone of them I swear has been tried on me over the years to get duplicate keys made with no proof of ownership.

We had to sign on to get key codes using GM’s corporate site with an individually assigned PIN agreeing that if we did not follow approved procedures and record the identification and proof of ownership, we could be held civilly and criminally liable if this transaction was found to be fraudulent.

And they would still try and con, beg, plead, scream, yell, and threaten us.

Had three guys come in once with a title wanting keys. I asked for a license, the guy played dumb. I asked who is the guy named on the title. I needed to see his license. Now it gets good.

Guy with the title says “He’s not here” I replied “can’t help you, the guy on the title has to be here.” Guy replies “He’s over in Jackson.” I then said “Well he’s going to need to be here with a license or go to a dealer in Jackson to get these keys cut.”

Title guy says “You don’t understand, he can’t come here. He’s doing three to five in Jackson presently.”

He didn’t get the keys either!

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Was on a hiking trail, but a very nice Benchmade that I've had for nearly a quarter century.

↑ ↑ Answer to first post on roadside finds. We were looking for my buddies lost cash when I found the knife. It was our last time hanging out before I left for college. He had $2,400 in cash in his backpack which was his first/last month rent and security deposit for his first place after highschool. We looked for hours the next day, I found my knife during that search.

He had to live with his parents another 3+ months to re-save the money again.

Here's the knife.

Like 64dodge I lost my Blazers spare tire. It was under the rear of the Blazer held up by a cable.
One day on the way to work, a windy nasty dark morning I felt my Blazer shudder but didn’t notice anything else.
Every morning on the way to work I saw a spare tire on rim in the freeway median. I laughed and thought to myself some dumb ass lost his spare. How could he not notice? Finally after a few weeks it disappeared. Fast forward to
I was having an oil change and my mechanic always checked the spares air pressure while it was up on the lift. When I went to pick it up he asked me what I did with my spare as it wasn’t underneath or in the rear of the Blazer. He showed me the rusted in half cable. It was then I realized I was the dumb ass who lost his spare.
It took awhile to find a rim. It was during the time China was buying all the scrap and every junk yard was selling all the rims for scrap. I finally found one, and a used tire but always kept it in the back from then on.

I lost so many hats that I've lost count.

A Motorola portable and 5 days accrued time off.

A couple of sunglasses and two phones, sleeping bag and a tent all off of motorcycles.