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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Lost wallet guy found

It turned out to be pretty easy to locate the owner of the wallet that the Mrs. found yesterday:

1. Google the address on the ID contained in the wallet.

2. Google Maps handily provides the name of the apartment complex along with a satellite view thereof.

3. Google the apartment complex for its manager's phone number.

4. Call the manager and ask that she alert the wallet owner to contact us.

5. A few minutes later, our phone rings; it's the wallet owner's family calling us.

We've staged a wallet-owner reunion for the morning.

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Comments (5)

Good on ya!

Posted by PDX Native | May 6, 2008 11:38 PM

Awesome! Looks like he'll have a little brush with fame. ;) Maybe he'll leave a comment on the blog?

Posted by colin maloney | May 7, 2008 12:27 AM

He doesn't seem like a regular blog reader. Too much real life.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 7, 2008 12:31 AM

Using Google was brilliant. Thanks for the leason!

Posted by David E Gilmore | May 7, 2008 7:32 AM

I was pleasantly surprised when the name of the apartment complex popped up on the satellite view.

Google knows all.

Posted by Jack Bog | May 7, 2008 1:13 PM




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