Muskieman Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) Lost my wallet.. This is the first thing I remember losing since my virginity, other than countless fishing lures. I searched high and low for it and so did my wife... I retraced my steps from yesterday and to no avail. Now, I went to get a temporary driver's permit, bought my 2011 fishing tag and ordered a new Outdoors Card and temporarily suspended my Credit Cards. Went to get a new ATM card. At the provincial level all went well... Now I'm legal. I'm gonna give this another 24 hours before I go to the federal side. Operators Card, SIN, Birth Cert, etc... What am I forgetting? Has this ever happened to you? Randy Edited December 15, 2010 by Randy from Sturgeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I sympathise with you Randy, this is a good reminder to make a list of what I carry in my wallet if the same ever happens to me. BTW did you have a PAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 HTHM.. No PAL .. I let that thing go a few years back.. Oh and I forgot to mention.. my employer had photocopies of ALL of my important stuff. CPR/FA.. D/L .. SIN.. Health.. B/C... Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 You've got my sympathy. That happened to me once and it really sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Randy, I hear you. One thing I learned is to photocopy/scan everything front and back. It happened to me, I looked everywhere I could possibly look, then I went for replacements, My health card wasn't in it and haven't had SIN card for ages, It's in my memory. The rest of the stuff was simple. After going over what I may have happened I figured it out. I came home and put my wallet on the coffee table on top of previous day's newspaper; I finished reading that day's paper and put it on top of my wallet, since it was recycle day I wrapped every thing up and into the blue box it all went. York Region boys told me they would look for it just in case :wallbash: Hope it turns up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 that sucks don't carry your sin and birth cert in your wallet, there's no reason for it - leave them in a safe place at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Wow, that really sucks. As a friendly tip to you and others - you should NEVER, NEVER, EVER carry your SIN card in your wallet. If you lose it, thieves have everything they need to steal your identity. Conceivably, they can now become you. SIN number is a key document that should be in a safe at home. Sure, you have cancelled your current cards, but there is nothing stopping someone from getting another one. They can also open cell phone accounts and countless others. I suggest calling Transunion and Equifax to alert them to stop any credit bureaus and not issue a report until the requestor verifies identity of the applicant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishnwire Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) I lost mine a couple of months back. About 48 hours later I got a knock at my door and some guy handed it to me. I'd dropped it in a convenience store parking lot. It was short the $60 or so I had in it when I lost it, and it had clearly been gone through...all the stuff not where I normally keep it. I was still happy as heck to get it back. I offered to give the guy a reward, but he declined. It's possible he's the one who liberated the cash from it, but it was still good of him to bring it to me. Hope you get it back. Edited December 15, 2010 by Fishnwire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing n autograph Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 gotta file a police report for the lost federal documents.....to avoid identity theft and you won't be able to replace your SIN without an incident number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 i know how ya feel...but i found mine after replacing almost everything .. http://www.wikihow.com/Find-Lost-Objects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb4me Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Sorry to hear that Randy. Couldnt have happened to a nicer guy. I was stupid and left my wallet in my trucl one night. Some little bugger broke in stole all the change from the ashtray and scopped my wallet. I had a knock at the door from the local police. They had a ziplock bac full of wallets and cards. I had to go thru the bag and pick out what was my stuff. They found all the wallets on somones front lawn 2 blocks down in the snow. I got everything back except for all my credit cards. I was able to cancell them b4 they were able to use them. Good Luck Randy. Hope it turns up for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Lost my wallet.. I'm gonna give this another 24 hours before I go to the federal side. Operators Card, SIN, Birth Cert, etc... What am I forgetting? Unfortunately the federal government won't be able to help you with your operators card. You will need to contact the private company that gave you the card in the first place. If you can'f find them you will probably have to take the test over again. The government doesn't keep any records on the cards... wonderful system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogBoat Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/lifeevents/wallet.shtml ../Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I found my wallet this morning.... After spending 2 days on the running board of my Expedition.. :clapping: I'm a happy man!! Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Awesome, that's good news Randy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 great news randy. now wheres the video of you doing "the happy dance" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing n autograph Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 thats a skinny wallet dude..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Great! Now maybe call the local constabulary back to let them know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 thats a skinny wallet dude..... It might be skinny but it contains all of my most important cards.. All my cash goes in my pockets Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 thats a skinny wallet dude..... Spends all of his money on fishing stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 good news Randy !!! NOW CLEAN THE SNOW OFF YOUR TRUCK !!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Awesome and unreal at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 UhhhhMAZING!!! Yet another reason to live in the frozen north....if you drop anything, it will just stay put Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Maybe if you had a nice big fat George Castanza wallet like mine you would know when you dropped it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 go ahead and thank me ...i sent ya the link on how to find it ... yeahhhhhhhhhh me!!!!!!!! sometimes i amaze myself... especially when i keep hitting my head on this frigging wall and neither of them break... glad ya found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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