Remember the commercial with the fishbowl on top of the car...
Jun 12, 2021 16:37:00 #
craigart14 wrote:
I left a full coffee cup on the sunroof one time. It slid off at the first left turn.
I’m usually ok with the right turns too. But those lefts get me all the time🤪
Jun 12, 2021 17:30:21 #
Fifty years ago I was taking pictures at a friend's wedding and when we left I temporarily placed my Leica M3 with 50mm summicron lens and a speedlight attached on the top of my car. It had a vinyl top so I thought it wouldn't get scratched. After I stowed all my other gear I drove a few blocks away and stopped at a traffic light. All the pedestrians were all pointing at my roof then it dawned on me. It hadn't moved. I think the vinyl top gave enough grip that it stayed in place. Luckily I was just about to turn onto the highway.
Jun 12, 2021 18:04:40 #
I’ve had wins and losses leaving stuff on top of the car, but more recently, like some of the previous hoggers, I’ve sworn off leaving anything on top. Funniest “left on the car” story in the family had to be when my mother-in-law was in Yellowstone back in the late 50’s or early 60’s, when people used to feed the bears alongside the road. She was taking pictures then set the camera on the hood, not realizing that behind her bears were approaching their car. As the story was relayed to me, a fair amount of screaming and scrambling ensued, and nobody in that car was going to retrieve the camera. The details of what ultimately happened to that camera differ depending on who retells the story but suffice to say it didn’t come home with them.
Jun 12, 2021 18:56:34 #
A bar owner I know left a bank bag with $$$$ on top of his car and drove away from his house. He remembered it a few blocks away and turned around. Found it laying in the street with $$$$ still inside!
Don
Don
Jun 12, 2021 20:18:57 #
Dragonophile wrote:
Well, I had my hands full and the dog was wanting ... (show quote)
Lost my glasses that way.
Jun 13, 2021 06:13:09 #
Destroyed my first i-pad when it fell off my car roof and landed in busy traffic.
I mention this because Apple replaced it free of charge, after I presented the cracked device, and explained my mistake at the Apple Store.
Years ago.
I mention this because Apple replaced it free of charge, after I presented the cracked device, and explained my mistake at the Apple Store.
Years ago.
Jun 13, 2021 08:40:44 #
I feel a lot better! Or at least I am consoled that I am not the only absent minded one. Yesterday I put the bar on my car rack on the trunk that I use to hang my "easy entry" bike on the rack and several hours later drove off never to see it again, at least not until now.
Jun 13, 2021 11:05:19 #
I have lost several ceramic mugs of coffee first thing in the morning in this fashion, but (so far) thankfully nothing as valuable as a camera!
Jun 13, 2021 13:37:45 #
Flakes Mill wrote:
When I need an extra hand while getting into the car, I put things on the hood. That way you see them if you get in the car first. It works.
I tried that but I have a Hyundai Elantra and the hood is short and sloping. When I laid the camera on the hood, it looked too precarious. I tried putting it behind the windshield wiper but that was also awkward. If I still had my old 1966 Firebird convertible that would be a perfect solution.
Jun 13, 2021 14:15:04 #
Nathanielross
Loc: Northeastern Maryland.
Dragonophile wrote:
Well, I had my hands full and the dog was wanting ... (show quote)
For many years I carried stuff tied to the roof of my car and always had a rope on my roof racks. Whenever I placed a load on the racks I threw the rope down across the windshield, other wise I placed items in the hood in front of the drivers side
Jun 13, 2021 15:25:45 #
My mother-in-law put a decorative plate she purchased, still in the box, on top of the car after visiting Zinn's Diner (PA residents know this place, now gone) and it smashed to the road in a couple of blocks. A year later when visiting the diner again, she purchased a replacement and THE SAME THING happened. My father-in-law refused to go back to check on the box.
Jun 13, 2021 19:50:55 #
Stan Gould
Loc: La Crosse, Wisconsin
In response to: Remember the commercial with the fishbowl on top of the car...
I left my keys on my bumper of my pickup once. Later my wife and I went into town in the truck using her key. Several days later I couldn't find my keys, not uncommon. I promised a reward to my kids if they could find them. Finally after several searches of my house and garage, we came to the conclusion that they were lost for good.
A week later, I went to the Post Office to see if I had any mail in my PO Box. I did, and on top of the mail were my keys with a note attached! A man found the keys at a railroad crossing. He went to the post office asking if they could use the key to my PO Box to return the keys to me. What a pleasant surprise... it reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
I left my keys on my bumper of my pickup once. Later my wife and I went into town in the truck using her key. Several days later I couldn't find my keys, not uncommon. I promised a reward to my kids if they could find them. Finally after several searches of my house and garage, we came to the conclusion that they were lost for good.
A week later, I went to the Post Office to see if I had any mail in my PO Box. I did, and on top of the mail were my keys with a note attached! A man found the keys at a railroad crossing. He went to the post office asking if they could use the key to my PO Box to return the keys to me. What a pleasant surprise... it reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
Jun 13, 2021 20:28:39 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
I was in the parking lot of my local Wawa and a guy put his coffee on the roof. He got in the car w/o the coffee. I started to beep at him pointing. The gut thought I was beeping to make him move faster out of his spot and was giving me dirty looks. When he started to pull out the coffee spilled all over his window and I waved at him and smiled.
Jun 14, 2021 10:37:18 #
A few years back I seen a news report about a cop who had left a cased submachinegun on his roof and drove off. They were asking for public help in its recovery. Needless to say it was never recovered.
Jun 14, 2021 12:34:48 #
After a day of plinking and target practice on a farm not far from Kankakee, IL, laid our Browning Challenger pistol in its soft sided case on the roof of our car and drove off. Somewhere along northbound I-57 a vehicle pulled alongside and the driver was making a frantic gesture. Pulled onto the shoulder and there was the pistol case with contents on the car roof. From that point on always triple checked before driving off.
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