Lost Car Key
By Kareng
@kareng (59050)
United States
October 29, 2023 8:56pm CST
Yesterday we had plans made to go to Springfield, LA to pick up online auction win. I usually sit in on an online auction on Monday and Thursday nights and had some pieces of Fenton that I had won on Monday night.
They were also having a yard sale Saturday so I was happy to be able to check that out also. (More on that later and what I found!!)
Since we were going to Louisiana, I asked my hubby if we could drive to Covington about 30 miles from where we were going to visit my cousins. One of them has cancer and I really wanted to visit with her a little bit since I rarely get to see her. I asked her sister if she would run to the Goodwill Store with me while the guys talk fishing and boats. She agreed quickly and glad to get out of the house for a little while.
We got up Saturday and had a late breakfast, all the animals were fed and I was almost dressed when the man asked for my car keys. He lost his key to my car and we only have ONE key. I looked in my bathroom where I usually put it every night and it wasn't there. I looked all over the bathroom to see if I laid it somewhere else. Nope. Checked my pant's pockets that I wore the day before, not there. Checked the kitchen, not there. Checked the den, not there. I'm in a panic now. Hubby goes to see if I locked them in the car, not there. I looked in the other bathroom, not there. Go through every room again and look in my purse where I never put them and not there. Go back to the bathroom and look again and find them on the vanity less than 6" where I usually keep them. Really? I can't believe I didn't see them as many times as I looked in there and so close!
So that's my dumb story of what happened yesterday. What have you lost lately and found too?
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19 responses
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 Oct 23
I know how you felt. I lost my door key. I always drop them on the counter when I come inside but they weren’t there. I looked everywhere over and over in a panic, then I happened to glance at the floor under the counter and there they were. That was a second time I lost my keys. I think I wrote a discussion about the other time.
@kareng (59050)
• United States
30 Oct 23
I'm glad you found your keys! I do not like to lose keys! My hubby lost two key rings with lots of keys on them this past summer. It was a real pain getting duplicates made and he had to cut a few locks and replace them on equipment outside. Not fun.
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@popciclecold (38636)
• United States
30 Oct 23
I lost my car keys at Walmart not long ago. Another customer found them and turned them in. I had panicked. A real bad feeling. Glad you found them.
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@kareng (59050)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@popciclecold Can't do that with most car keys these days! A real eye opener!
@popciclecold (38636)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@kareng That is very expensive. Glad you found it. I went to a hardware store, and had more made.
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@snowy22315 (180399)
• United States
30 Oct 23
Sometimes things have a way of hiding in plain sight..I lose and find things all the time...probably the remote which is always in a different place. I have resolved to try to keep both of them in the remote holder when not in use, since I am tired of looking for them all the time.
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@kareng (59050)
• United States
4 Nov 23
@snowy22315 That is what my oldest daughter does! She has the habit down pat now.
@snowy22315 (180399)
• United States
3 Nov 23
@kareng I resorted to hanging my keys by the door when I come home, but the trouble is, I only put them there about half the time.
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@celticeagle (166718)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Oct 23
It is rather amusing how we can look right at something and not see it. Too familiar that our brain doesn't register it or what? Glad you found them.
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@RebeccasFarm (89831)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Oct 23
Oh my what is wrong with us? I have done something similar I am sure.
I am happy to know you found it though..imagine if you had not.
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@kareng (59050)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@LadyDuck @MarieCoyle said that some Auto Zone stores are making fobs now for cars so I will be checking in to that! It is not right for dealerships to have monopoly on that!
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
30 Oct 23
It's good you finally found it... Can you see yourself walking home? 
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@kareng (59050)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@DaddyEvil LOL! True, but we are good with losing it at home! Haha!
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@kareng *sigh* You're supposed to lose the key after you get far away from home... It make a much more dramatic story.
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@wolfgirl569 (105884)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Oct 23
I had my key and laundry detergent in my hand one day and dropped the keys beside the laundry detergent when I put it on the shelf. Took forever to find it and that is the only one for my truck
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@wolfgirl569 (105884)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Oct 23
@kareng I was bringing the shopping in so the detergent got put on the shelf as I came in. We enter through the utility room. Just didn't think about letting go of my keys too. We both really should get a second key
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@Marilynda1225 (82704)
• United States
30 Oct 23
I'm glad you found your key. It's funny how you can miss something that is right there. I've done that many times
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@MarieCoyle (37172)
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30 Oct 23
Oh, I think I would truly consider getting another key fob. If you were to actually lose your only one, the cost goes up, they often have to tow your car, and it takes a day or two to get it programmed, etc. Just a thought...I hate losing keys, knock on wood, haven't done that for years and hope I don't.
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@kareng (59050)
• United States
30 Oct 23
@MarieCoyle Yep, I need to find the name and number of the guy we used when my puppy locked the doors with the keys inside! He only charged $75 to open the door and key fobs were only like $175. Much better than $450 from the dealer!!
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@MarieCoyle (37172)
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30 Oct 23
@kareng
I had a friend lose a key fob last year? She said she went to an Auto Zone store and they can make fobs, which I did not know. However, she did say she thought it was a fairly new thing, so you might call first to be sure. I know there are cheaper options now other than the dealer, but of course we have to search for them. $450 is just ridiculous!
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@GardenGerty (160615)
• United States
31 Oct 23
Somehow I lose my phone every day, and I have to use it to clock in and out of work.
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@allknowing (135976)
• India
31 Oct 23
More often than not we do miss seeing things that we see when we get there again Good you found it.
This was a long time ago I found a 100 dollar bill which I though I had lost It was in the papers thatwere kept to be thrown in the bin
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Oct 23
I'm glad you found your car keys.
Nothing recently. I lost my keys a few years ago and found them in the car between the seats. Hard to get at them. I also lost my house key last year and found it in my purse after I called the locksmith. They were right where I looked before.
I think keys like to have fun with us.
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@JESSY3236 (19912)
• United States
7 Nov 23
Yeah my mother had lost her key fob twice. I found it twice. The first time she freaked out. She was no help. She called a locksmith which she wanted me to pay for it. I finally found her key fob on the ground near the back porch. She called the locksmith back to tell him I found it. The second time she freaked out again. This time I looked on her bed and they were under some pants that were laying on the bed.
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@LindaOHio (177898)
• United States
30 Oct 23
So glad you found the key. My husband is the one that loses things all the time. Some things are never found. Have a good week.
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@LindaOHio (177898)
• United States
31 Oct 23
@kareng Thanks. You stay warm too. I hate this weather!!!
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