04-04-2013, 12:29 AM | #1 |
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It's a miracle
So the story is that the night, not day, after I lost it, the son (i was talking to his mom), a 6th grader, was surfing near the marine room and somehow came upon it in shallow water. He went around to different clubs asking if anyone had lost it. Their whole family didn't know what it was so he looked it up and did some research on it. After two weeks of trying to look for the owner he decided to put it up for sale. That's when one of the members here let me know about it. There are several things that I could not believe and thought were somewhat miraculous. 1. The fact that the heavy mirage drive was tossed all the way from the boat launch area to the end of the beach to near the marine room is amazing. 2. The fact that someone was looking out for me from this forum and let me know when something came up is amazing and I am very thankful for that. 3. The fact that someone actually found this in the ocean after it was lost and the fact that it didn't get swept out to sea or buried in several feet of sand (which a lot of people said would happen) is pretty amazing. It almost feels like a miracle. The mirage drive was once lost but now is found and reunited with its owner. LOL. It feels like the prodigal son has returned home. Haha. I just want to thank all of you that commented, gave input, gave advice, and looked out for me even though we don't know each other. I guess fishing and kayaking creates a stronger bond between people than I thought. hehe. I'm grateful for this forum and all the people involved in helping me find my lost piece of equipment. One last thing...hearing about where that boy found that equipment makes me wonder what else is down there. If you lost any equipment lately, I'd consider going near the marine room and doing some snorkeling. LOL. I'll definitely be doing that looking for my rod that I lost on the same day. haha. Thanks again and thanks for reading. |
04-04-2013, 01:09 AM | #2 |
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WOW! Great read and congrats on getting your mirage drive back
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04-04-2013, 01:20 AM | #3 |
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Awesome story !!!!
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04-04-2013, 05:56 AM | #4 |
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NICE! now get a leash for it
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04-04-2013, 06:13 AM | #5 |
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You've got some KARMA!
. . . . (Now it's your turn for a good deed)
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04-04-2013, 07:15 AM | #6 |
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Thats awesome that you got the drive back. As expensive as those things are it would kill me to lose mine.
After you posted your initial story I immediately did two things: 1) went right out and bought a leash 2) Got out the pTouch labeler and put a tag on everything that could possibly be lost with my phone number. |
04-04-2013, 07:53 AM | #7 |
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The internet made the world a much smaller place
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04-04-2013, 08:03 AM | #8 |
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Awesome, good to know there are good people are out there!
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04-04-2013, 08:05 AM | #9 |
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Mirage drive
Nice! I'm gonna go make me a leash for mine. See you out there!
Janine
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04-04-2013, 08:10 AM | #10 |
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That is an awesome ending. Good job to all.
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04-04-2013, 09:21 PM | #11 |
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Congrats on getting your Mirage Drive back!!!
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04-04-2013, 10:54 PM | #12 |
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Fantastic, so happy for you!
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04-05-2013, 07:57 AM | #13 |
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Great story...
That is God's work....you are right that it is called a miracle!!!
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04-05-2013, 08:49 AM | #14 |
Here fishy fishy fishy...
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Now you have the upgraded "Miracle" Drive... it pedals itself.
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04-05-2013, 02:39 PM | #15 |
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04-05-2013, 03:13 PM | #16 |
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That's crazy. My buddy was telling me yesterday that you got it back. We talked about it a few times after your first post.mglad to hear you got it back.
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04-07-2013, 08:52 PM | #17 |
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04-07-2013, 08:53 PM | #18 |
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04-07-2013, 08:55 PM | #20 |
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Yes. Good job to all. And thank you to all. I took it out for a test drive today and it worked well. Tried going out to sea through the mission bay jetties but the swells were way too high. At least i got a good work out. If I lose my mirage drive out there I'll for sure never get it back. lol. |
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