How To Find Lost Items

 Take measures to prevent repeated loss.

Note where you lost your spectacles last time. My list is

LOST & FOUND LOCATIONS

In the car - in the glove box. Between the seats. Under the seats. Under a blanket. 

In the Bedroom - dropped on the floor between the bed and the  bedside table (which Americans call the night stand).

The Bathroom

The windowsill

The side of the bath

On top of towels o the towel rail.

On the toilet lid - this is the best place.

On Your Chair

1 You are sitting on them.

2 They are behind the cushion behid your back.

3 On the floor under the chair or desk.

4 Dropped inside your shoes.

Clothes

Accessories

In the straw bag you took to the bach on holiday.

Inside the straw hat or baseeball cat.

1 How To Locate Spectacles

Keep spectacles in a glasses case. Mark the case with a coloured ribbon. Attach the ribbon to a bedside light. Attach the ribbon to a desk lamp.

How to List Lost and Found Places

List in an email sent to yourself filed under WHERE IS IT?

In a whatsapp labelled LOST & FOUND.

Inside the front cover of your diary.

In a list on the fridge door.

On a pincbard in the office or home study.

LOST NEEDLES

In the item you were sewing.

On the floor under your chair.

On your lap or in your clothes.

In a pin cushion.

In the corner or edge of the sewing box.

In the cotton reel or polyester thread.

BOTTLE CAP OR JAR TOP

In the sink.

In the dishwasher.

On the work surface.

Under the bottle or jar.

In the waste paper bin.

LOST KEY(S)

In your pocket.

In the lining of your jacket.

In your bag, tote bag or rucksack.

Still in the door lock.

Hanging on the key rack.

Picked up by mistake by a visitor or workman.

How to find a lost pen - and not lose another; lost pens, coins, keys, more

My good friend and president of a club lost a pen at a club meeting. At least ten of us went hunting. It was a valuable pen. A Waterman.

A waterman pen.

Other valuable pens include Parker pens (£60 upwards), Mont Blanc pens with a white star shape cap like the snow-capped top of Mont Blanc (about £300), any pen which you care about.

Here's where our lost and found searches went:

I  checked

every pocket of my coat jacket inside and out, all my pockets in my vest emptied out, turned my bucket bag onto the floor, and shook out the books and manuals, and inspected my pens now on my kitchen table/desk which say Angela Lansbury or Writers Holiday or hotel names or are very cheap.

A Waterman pen

My other thoughts are:

Usual place to find pens are:

1 Dropped through hole the pen tip made in pocket - coin or pen is in lining of jacket.

2 Left behind on lectern and gathered up by next speaker, SAA or President who takes care of it or puts it in cupboard.

3 Rolls under radiator or cupboard at venue.

4 Left with papers gathered up to throw in bins.

I remember somebody asking me if I had a pen very early in the evening. I usually carry a cheap pen to lend out. Many meetings have a box of cheap pens. 

 On one occasion I was unusually not willing to lend my pen nor look for a spare because I needed it right away to write timings.

If a pen is not in the room near you the other possibilities by way of elimination are:

1 Left/dropped by you or another in toilet or toilet anteroom

2 Fallen behind a box at the doorway

3 Rolled back to the wall under the window or behind your chairs

4 In the kitchen rolled behind the clutter on a work surface

5 Rolled under seat of a car such as yours or the person who gave you a lift or another relative's or friend's or hotel's car

6 Dropped outside the venue you visited underneath the car (check with a torch) or 

7 Dropped at doorway of building while using keys. (Recalling I have in previous years found items I dropped on my own doorstep!)

You could put up a notice in the hall so if anybody finds it they know who to phone.

If very valuable claim on car or house insurance.

If smaller value get money towards it as gift to yourself from the club at end of season.

Replace with pen with your name written on it (from several companies online which do promotional pens).

The good news is the lost pen was found!

When I'm going to a busy place or out on a journey I often put a label on my pen.

Angela Lansbury, author of How To Get Out Of The Mess You're In.
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