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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silverthwaite II, post: 257977, member: 4291&quot;]LOL!&nbsp; I <i>THOUGHT </i>I had deposited the money in the bank.&nbsp; A week or so later, I went to the ATM to withdraw the magnificent sum of $20.&nbsp; The slip spat out by the machine kindly informed me that I had a dollar and change left!</p><p><br /></p><p>PANIC!!</p><p><br /></p><p>A visit inside the bank also informed me that the money had never been deposited.&nbsp; GAAAK!</p><p><br /></p><p>Three days later, having looked in, around, under and over everything in my 11-room house, I sat at my kitchen table with a cup of tea (I only drink it when I am in England, or sick), and let the tears drip.&nbsp; Then the light bulb went off.&nbsp; Pray to St. Anthony! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hadn&#039;t called on St. Anthony for quite ages, as, while I do occasionally mislay something, I almost never actually lose an item.&nbsp; However, I closed my eyes, and prayed my little prayer a few times.&nbsp; Then a few more times.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a book sitting on top of the bookcase under the telephone.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And I remembered!&nbsp; I had stuffed the money in there when someone telephoned &quot;so that I would remember where I had put it,&quot; as I hadn&#039;t yet finished the book.&nbsp; Of course, at the time, I had about six thousand books, out of which probably 50 or so were here and there, out of the shelves and all over the house.&nbsp; And at least 15 were in reading progress.&nbsp; But that was the book I hadn&#039;t checked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once of many, many times![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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