Just a story of dumbness for entertainment

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[cool][#0000ff]Once in northern California I drove up to a favorite fishing spot before daybreak and noticed a long bundle leaning up against a tree. I checked it out and found several top quality steelhead rods that someone had obviously left behind when driving off in the dark the night before. Fortunately, the owner had made sure to attach a tag with his name, address and phone number. So when I got back home in Sacramento I called to let him know I had found his rods. Couldn't believe it. At first he seemed to think I was a crank caller and was about to hang up on me. I described the rods and where I had found them. He assured me that he had not lost any of them. So I just gave him my phone number and invited him to call be back if he discovered them missing. A half hour later I got the call from him. He was almost crying with apology and relief. Turns out his fishing buddy had taken them out of his truck for some reason after he had already packed them for the ride home. When he showed up to reclaim them a few days later I forgot to ask whether or not he had fired his fishing buddy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Can't remember all the rods I have found along the road or left behind at fishing spots. Many have been properly returned but others ended up in a new home after diligent effort to find the owners.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Believe it or not, I have never lost a rod that way.[/#0000ff]
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