As long as we're sharing uplifting stories, I left my *ist-Ds w the M85
FA43 limited and A24mm in a bar in Newport RI a few years ago. Realized
what I'd done about an hour later after crossing the Newport Bridge
returning to the mainland. Called them immediately. The bartender told
me he'd found it and would hold it for me. I was able to pick it up the
next day, with nothing missing. Nice people.
On the other hand I've been in bars where I've watched stolen goods be
exchanged, being unarmed made me feel naked.
On 10/24/2012 2:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Doug Brewer <d...@alphoto.com> wrote:
Yeah, I left my black lowepro bag stuffed full of gear in a darkened
room corner of a motel in Greeneville, SC once, not realizing it until I
arrived home three hours later that it didn't make the trip with me.
Fortunately, I was a regular there and they recognized the bag as mine,
so they held on to it until I could get back down there a couple days
later. I tell you, though, it was a rough realization when it wasn't in
the Jeep.
I once left my 31/1.8 Ltd at a site in a park where I was doing a dawn
shoot for a (paying!) client. I realized what I'd done about an hour
later. Since it was a dawn shoot in the middle of a large park and it
was still before 8:00 a.m. when I returned, the lens was still there
sitting on a rock in the middle of a stream.
Once in Winston-Salem before GFM my car was broken into with ALL my
gear in the back -- including 80-200/2.8, 300/2.8, medium format kit,
etc... The thief took only a case of music CDs from the front seat (I
think the alarm may have induced him to grab something small as fast
as possible without investigating the vehicle's contents further).
--
Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthly search.
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