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UPDATE

First off, I would like to thank everyone who offered advice. I never expected this post to crack the 50 reply mark, let alone 100.

I tried the MTA police via phone and the Nassau County police in person. Both gave the impression that I was bothering them. In fact the Nassau Co. Desk Sgt even said "So, what do you want me to do about it?"

So then against the advice of many here (and my better judgment), this past Wednesday, I posted a very generic flyer on the side of the pay phone where I found the money. It stated: "Found something at the base of this phone on Friday 12/9/05. If you are the rightful owner please describe what you lost and give the approximate time you lost it." I then gave my cell phone number. Though like someone here said when you lose money you could have lost it in one of a hundred different places. So I guess the odds are low that the rightful owner will ever see this flyer.

In what may be the biggest surprise thus far no one has called at all.

Thanks again,
Chris
119 posted on 12/16/2005 1:26:41 PM PST by NYCynic
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To: NYCynic

Thanks for letting us know. Now buy yourself a present.


120 posted on 12/16/2005 1:39:24 PM PST by billhilly (Demo cammo is yellow and white)
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To: NYCynic

Chris, what is your cell number????? :-)


125 posted on 12/16/2005 1:50:38 PM PST by msnimje (CNN - Constant Negative Nonsense)
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To: NYCynic

I guess the person who lost it had no idea where the money was dropped or maybe they went back there before you posted the notice. I am truly surprised no one has called with a fishing expedition, so to speak. LOL


127 posted on 12/16/2005 1:53:27 PM PST by Ditter
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To: NYCynic

If I saw that note, I would prank call you. There are just too many things to report missing....starting with my dignity and my long lost virginity.


129 posted on 12/16/2005 1:56:30 PM PST by Feiny (Every Time Someone Says HAPPY HOLIDAYS an Elf Dies.)
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To: NYCynic

Glad you did the right thing. A generic ad like that could probably be posted for free in the Lost and Found section for FREE (usually).....if you think you need to go even further....


136 posted on 12/16/2005 2:46:27 PM PST by Fawn (http://www.stickdeath.com/bank.htm)
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To: NYCynic

You did good...Merry Christmas!!!


144 posted on 12/16/2005 3:06:53 PM PST by tubebender (You can't make Chicken Salad from Chicken Bleep...)
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To: NYCynic

If you don't mind, after you decide what to do with the money, pimg me and tell me how much it was.


145 posted on 12/16/2005 3:08:37 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: NYCynic
Hopefully you won't get crank calls late at night or the same rolled over on your voice mail.

On a side note, there is a building craze in Texas for new High Tech Police Stations. High Tech means that you cannot step foot inside a station unless you are under arrest and in custody.

146 posted on 12/16/2005 3:21:47 PM PST by Deguello (You never even called me by my name...David Allen Cole.)
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To: NYCynic

Good Luck and I think your solution is a fair one for the times we live in.


152 posted on 12/16/2005 4:31:29 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: NYCynic
In what may be the biggest surprise thus far no one has called at all.

In my experience, posting 'found' notices does sometimes get you some odd contacts with interesting people!

When we took a lost dog home last Christmas Eve, we posted an ad in the paper describing the dog... large black lab mix with a white chest, white feet and white on his face. We only got one call, from a woman who sounded increasingly kooky the longer the call went on... She said... "Well, our dog is all black and doesn't have that much white on him, but my daughter likes to dye him different colors, so it might be our dog..."

HUH? Lets just set aside the fact that the daughter dyes the dog in the first place.... How do you dye a black dog different colors, and how do you dye white onto a dog?

Between that, and the odd obscene name she said they had for the dog, and we knew one thing... this dog was not going to go to her...

He's the one sitting upright below :~D


160 posted on 12/17/2005 8:41:10 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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