tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post2737701610379069582..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: The Tale Of The Lost Wallet/PurseJune Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-2709822753223640852010-06-28T21:39:11.578-05:002010-06-28T21:39:11.578-05:00a beautiful and good story thanks Susan, do we val...a beautiful and good story thanks Susan, do we value our families and loved onessoftball playershttp://www.softballplayer.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-24914746605459869032009-04-03T11:02:00.000-05:002009-04-03T11:02:00.000-05:00Susan, thanks.Somewhere, sometime, I believe MadPr...Susan, thanks.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere, sometime, I believe MadPriest said that English people don't talk to strangers, but he must associate with different English people than those I encountered, because not a few English folks initiated conversations with me. And once they heard me speak, they were even nicer after recognizing that I was from the US. Lovely.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-75173042698758154022009-04-03T10:05:00.000-05:002009-04-03T10:05:00.000-05:00Ah, Mimi, who could resist chatting with you? ;-)Ah, Mimi, who could resist chatting with you? ;-)susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-843694618090858162009-04-03T07:42:00.000-05:002009-04-03T07:42:00.000-05:00PJ, dinner with DP? I nearly moved in with him an...PJ, dinner with DP? I nearly moved in with him and his family. They were very kind. I forgot to ask about his tatoo. I showed them mine, and I think one of his daughters was a bit shocked.<BR/><BR/>Both drivers may have been decent. Perhaps the first driver could not speak English well.<BR/><BR/>Pat, thank you! <BR/><BR/>Steph, what to call the wallet/purse thing is history now, for me. I give up. What I lost was a wallet with a purse for coins attached to the side - not something that could be folded.<BR/><BR/>A good many of the taxi drivers chatted with me, even the few English drivers that I rode with. <BR/><BR/>With the train, the problem for me is finding the right platform and all the up and down the steps to cross the tracks to get to it.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-43752541035487699912009-04-03T07:02:00.000-05:002009-04-03T07:02:00.000-05:00I have never found English cab drivers of any orig...I have never found English cab drivers of any origin very chatty. I don't think the English encourage them to be friendly. As a chatty person myself, conversation with a cab driver is as difficult as squeezing blood from a stone.<BR/><BR/>I hate the English rail too. I do things like try to get to Scotland from London and after umpteen dozen different trains complete with breakdowns, snow, overflowing lavatories and kaputt coffee machines, end up in Cornwall.<BR/><BR/>However I am sorry for your drama with your wallet. Nevertheless I wouldn't suspect any ill doings of either driver. Maybe he first was worried about handing it in in case he was accused of stealing it - he was foreign after all - and was relieved when the second driver met you and offered to return it to you directly.stephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-55264024779258376452009-04-03T06:49:00.000-05:002009-04-03T06:49:00.000-05:00A handbag is definitely a handbag but a purse is n...A handbag is definitely a handbag but a purse is not a wallet and a wallet is not a purse. A purse is small with a click/snap fastening or a zip and the money is stuffed in the top. A wallet opens out and notes go in the slip pocket at the back flap and coins in a small pop or zip flap in the front or on the side. Men and women carry wallets. Men generally wouldn't own a purse.stephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-1254384288317425342009-04-02T20:40:00.000-05:002009-04-02T20:40:00.000-05:00Welcome home, Grandmere Mimi!Thanks be to God for ...Welcome home, Grandmere Mimi!<BR/>Thanks be to God for your safe and happy journey. As for your repeated question in this post: No! I'm never bored reading posts in Wounded Bird!Pat Klemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206542501782835734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-82305539380929641542009-04-02T19:54:00.000-05:002009-04-02T19:54:00.000-05:00Welcome back, Mimi! Wow, you actually met the MadP...Welcome back, Mimi! Wow, you actually met the MadPriests! And I'm jealous of the dinner with D.P. (Did you see his tattoo?) :)<BR/><BR/>My take on the lost wallet/purse: I think the second cab driver was just a decent guy. I'm glad everything worked out!pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263601584230477201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-29693164686887300112009-04-01T19:25:00.000-05:002009-04-01T19:25:00.000-05:00Susan, I agree. The driver who returned the walle...Susan, I agree. The driver who returned the wallet was a "fixer". <BR/><BR/>I missed all y'all, too.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-32568618514736277222009-04-01T18:47:00.000-05:002009-04-01T18:47:00.000-05:00I'm so glad you are back and have gotten enough re...I'm so glad you are back and have gotten enough rest to tell us of your adventures, Mimi. I missed you.<BR/><BR/>If as DP says, most taxis in Leeds are driven by Asians, and you told one who obviously spoke very good English, I would venture to say that he went back to the 'garage' where they all meet up and are dispatched from and told all the drivers. Perhaps they all pitched in some money when it was discovered that your wallet had been divested of the original pounds. Just like we sometimes take up money to help when people travel... Padre Mickey and the Lovely Mona, f'rinstance! I also have a feeling that your manners and your age had much to do with the wonderful way you were treated.susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-22605544320077796202009-04-01T18:23:00.000-05:002009-04-01T18:23:00.000-05:00JCF, that's true. We don't even know about a good...JCF, that's true. We don't even know about a good many of them.<BR/><BR/>Counterlight, thanks. My life too often seems like one "adventure" after another, so I've grown accustomed to dealing wth the unexpected.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-15496236599928954182009-04-01T17:08:00.000-05:002009-04-01T17:08:00.000-05:00"Counterlight, would you and Michael really have d..."Counterlight, would you and Michael really have done that?"<BR/><BR/>We can get a little bitchy on tour, though Michael is a very generous tipper with hotel staff and cab drivers. We both like traveling. We just don't handle sudden adventures very well. I thought you handled yours with exemplary grace. I hope it rubs off on us.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-12450424928988369932009-04-01T15:21:00.000-05:002009-04-01T15:21:00.000-05:00Life is full of coincidences and conspiracies........Life is full of coincidences and conspiracies...<BR/><BR/>...and MOST of them are <I>benign</I>.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-77719513383464488422009-04-01T13:50:00.000-05:002009-04-01T13:50:00.000-05:00Counterlight, would you and Michael really have do...Counterlight, would you and Michael really have done that? I find that hard to believe. After all it was my mistake in the very beginning.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-37296626243259051252009-04-01T13:45:00.000-05:002009-04-01T13:45:00.000-05:00Song, I'm sorry we did not get to meet. I underst...Song, I'm sorry we did not get to meet. I understand about the distances. Perhaps another time....<BR/><BR/>Crapaud, we did not talk religion. The men wore hats like <A HREF="http://www.shukronline.com/accessories-hats.html" REL="nofollow">these</A> and had beards, so I assumed they were Muslim. If they were Pakistani, I used the wrong language to thank God, because the official language of Pakistan is Urdu. Whatever. It's the same God.<BR/><BR/>Renz, the whole episode is fascinating. I'm making another donation to the Padre Mickey fund to pass it on.<BR/><BR/>DP, love, I know. I already said that. I think you were my guardian angel.<BR/><BR/>The "Glad Game" worked for me in England, but it doesn't work all the time.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-7616648094281762132009-04-01T13:13:00.000-05:002009-04-01T13:13:00.000-05:00And remember, cabbies here often share cabs on dif...And remember, cabbies here often share cabs on different shifts.Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-22046051892191513642009-04-01T11:29:00.000-05:002009-04-01T11:29:00.000-05:00A good story, Gram, and welcome back. They say th...A good story, Gram, and welcome back. They say the "devil is in the details" and so I say "Get thee behind me, Satan!" The details don't matter - through an accident, the loss of your wallet in the taxi - someone in that community learned a lesson and the community resolved to take care of you properly. If you truly believe the money returned was in excess than what an excellent opportunity to pay it forward?RENZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981050766307343246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-82966178395193615672009-04-01T11:21:00.000-05:002009-04-01T11:21:00.000-05:00You're a very brave traveler, Mimi, making the bes...You're a very brave traveler, Mimi, making the best of a bad situation. If it was Michael and me, bitchy queens that we are, we would have been freaking out and thoroughly offending all the locals regardless of creed or class. I'm glad you enjoyed the little detour to Sheffield and back. That's just the right attitude, and you had a wonderful time.<BR/><BR/>I second the comments of the others above who felt that the cabbies were indeed just being honest. We have incidents like this all the time in New York and if the cabby finds your wallet first, it will almost always be returned to you intact as soon as you can be located.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-81842486500191769332009-04-01T10:26:00.000-05:002009-04-01T10:26:00.000-05:00I should think the entire journey was worth just t...I should think the entire journey was worth just this anecdote! Did the taxi drivers tell you that they were Muslim? Did you tell them you were Christian?<BR/><BR/>Maybe our assumptions about people are transcended by the manifest dignity, candor and charm of our little Thibodauxian.We' Po' Now, Crapaud!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15628784064853173388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-61244168417620450842009-04-01T10:08:00.000-05:002009-04-01T10:08:00.000-05:00DP, you should know. I'm grateful to have my poss...DP, you should know. I'm grateful to have my possession back. And now that I think about it, perhaps the scene in the hallway was a ritual that could not be rushed through. I believe in the good will of the driver who returned the wallet, and that he wanted me to have a good opinion of the Asian taxi drivers in Leeds. There was morality in play here, perhaps along with pity for the plight of an old lady. I do not believe that was the original money in the wallet. Imagine! Losing one's wallet and having it returned with more money than when it was lost!June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-52203168837536551662009-04-01T09:48:00.000-05:002009-04-01T09:48:00.000-05:00Most of the taxi drivers in Leeds are Asian and th...Most of the taxi drivers in Leeds are Asian and they have to put up with a great deal I suspect, particularly when the pubs and clubs chuck out. They are an easy target.<BR/><BR/>I have never met one who has been anything other than gracious and polite.<BR/><BR/>As to what happened, when and because of who's initiative, who cares? What matters is it came back and if, IF, that was in part due to conscience so much the better.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Elizabeth.Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-70366559166117977262009-04-01T09:35:00.000-05:002009-04-01T09:35:00.000-05:00I think the word went round the network of taxi dr...I think the word went round the network of taxi drivers .... and due to the second man, the wallet/purse was "discovered". The fact that the cash was complete and maybe even a bit more, and in larger denomination notes, tends to suggest it had been replaced. By the driver or by God? Who knows.Rev. Richard Thornburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348972142475605435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-20995292576324724972009-04-01T08:38:00.001-05:002009-04-01T08:38:00.001-05:00It is strange, though. Even if the first driver di...It is strange, though. Even if the first driver didn't speak English and so the second one returned the wallet/purse, he oculd simply have returned an empty one with all the cards in it. To actually put money into it is... odd, for honest as well as dishonest people. A dishonest person wouldn't have bothered, an honest one wouldn't have seen the need.<BR/><BR/>But to give them the room number is quite normal. If they knew your name - which they would from the card, they simply needed to ask in which room Grandmere Mimi was staying. I've only once or twice come across a hotel that wouldn't simply give people the room number.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-52383888605343436732009-04-01T08:38:00.000-05:002009-04-01T08:38:00.000-05:00I'm glad you're back safely, and that your wallet/...I'm glad you're back safely, and that your wallet/purse was returned. Sorry I couldn't get up to Leeds to meet you, I would have liked to but life has been rather exhausting recently.Song in my Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108400300327113931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-49407831130210946202009-04-01T06:20:00.000-05:002009-04-01T06:20:00.000-05:00It all happens for a reason. There was a reason y...It all happens for a reason. There was a reason you lost your wallet, a reason you were on the wrong train. What it is? I do not know? I believe God has the answer to thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com