How to find a 'dead' ipod...

mumcoll

My son lost his ipod last year, moved the seats in his car in case it had dropped out of his pocket- he was sure he had it last in the car.

It was lost for months then it turned up under the seat he had moved to look for it. Each time he moved the seat back the ipod moved with it! He found it when he was cleaning under the seat from behind it.

Kaz2904

I lost a blue jumper when I was about 13. I put it into the washing basket. It never came out. It was a huge jumper and my Aunty never found it. We still joke about it now. Darn thing!
DS lost his inhaler within 10 minutes of us being home from holiday. We had to get him another. I'm hoping it will turn up when I empty his pit.
I lost my purse years ago when DD was about 18 months old. Cancelled all the cards after I had torn the flat apart. 18 months later, it turned up in her toy chest. Very handy as it had about a tenner in it and I was skint

kelr101

Emmarillo wrote: »

This is a really good book for anyone interested in lost things http://www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Called-Here-Cecelia-Ahern/dp/0007198914 I'm not usually that fussed by Cecelian Aherns book, but I loved this.

Just wanted to say I loved this book and had the concept running through my mind the whole time the OP was talking about the missing ipod

hazyjo

My BF's bipolar and a common trait is that he's always losing things. I've learnt to find it endearing rather than being ready to strangle him! Currently, an electric razor and lead are missing. Turned the house upside down, no idea what he's done with it. He puts things down then goes mental looking for them. Wears glasses to watch telly and ALWAYS takes them with him into another room, takes them off then returns without them. He can never see things for looking after that - often they're staring him in the face. Sometimes the strop over 'OMG where are my glasses!' is enough to have him heading up the stairs to bed. I have to be the calm one - go fetch them from wherever he's just been, and calm is restored.

Oh, and in my house, there's always the possibility it's in the bin. I've found many things in there, such as the sink plug (the metal type you push in to keep the water in the sink so a PITA if that goes!), a cup, and gawd knows what else... at least a few other things I've now forgotten about. Tonnes of spoons are missing and I'm sure they've gone straight in the bin with yoghurt cartons or bowls.

Glad you found it... was thinking of where to suggest looking but thankfully you got there first

Jx

pimento

A phone that my son had lost turned up about six months later as I took a sharp bend in the car and it slid out from under the passenger seat.

i_wanna_save_money!

My daughter lost her iPod a few weeks ago & we looked absolutely everywhere, went through her room - every toy box, in between books on shelf etc. About a week after I lost it, my friend suggested saying a prayer to St. Anthony who is the patron saint of lost items.

I was sceptical, but gave it a try, and took it seriously and said a prayer aloud. The next day, the very next day, my daughter found it in her bedroom in a tin on the window sill which I'd already checked!

Very, very strange. I can't explain that one

Shelldean

had issues with sons school jumper. We was on top floor 3 floor town house) trying on uniform to see what was needed and what could be used still. Whilst doing this a knock at front door, I lean out of window to see who it is, and it's one another of my sons. I yell down Your brother will come and let you in. So DS3 trots off down the stairs wearing the jumper he is trying on - the ONLY one that fits we discover later. He comes back up without it.
I ask where is your jumper? He says I left it here!. No you didn't go and find it.
He had only walked down the stairs and back again, we hunted high and low even checking rooms he'd not been into.

as this was only second week of the holiday I left buying a new jumper until he was back at school ( esp as you can only purchase from school) Was really cross as of course we have too small jumpers and too big jumpers, but lose the one that fitted.

On the bend in our stair is a shelf unit with board games stacked on it, we checked and double checked this unit. NOTHING till the day before school when I'd resigned myself to buying a new one, when it appeared not only on the shelf unit, but on top of it in PLAIN view where NO one could've missed it.

kboss2010

hazyjo wrote: »

My BF's bipolar and a common trait is that he's always losing things. I've learnt to find it endearing rather than being ready to strangle him! Currently, an electric razor and lead are missing. Turned the house upside down, no idea what he's done with it. He puts things down then goes mental looking for them. Wears glasses to watch telly and ALWAYS takes them with him into another room, takes them off then returns without them. He can never see things for looking after that - often they're staring him in the face. Sometimes the strop over 'OMG where are my glasses!' is enough to have him heading up the stairs to bed. I have to be the calm one - go fetch them from wherever he's just been, and calm is restored.

Oh, and in my house, there's always the possibility it's in the bin. I've found many things in there, such as the sink plug (the metal type you push in to keep the water in the sink so a PITA if that goes!), a cup, and gawd knows what else... at least a few other things I've now forgotten about. Tonnes of spoons are missing and I'm sure they've gone straight in the bin with yoghurt cartons or bowls.

Glad you found it... was thinking of where to suggest looking but thankfully you got there first

Jx

My bf is severely dyslexic and he can't organise himself to save his life! He's forever losing keys, iPod, phone, work passes, shirts. It's like logical organisation just passes him by and he gets so stroppy and blames me! :mad:

DigForVictory

*Sometimes* a metal detector helps. However, it only really works if you have a second iPod to learn the particular tone of beep with first. Otherwise you hear all sorts of chirps & you've no idea what the machine has found - ten pence, a nail, a vibrator... (Oh that I was kidding.)