Lost Portable Found a Month Later

[lots of luck]

Since I'm layed off I have time on my hands and a real interest in reading classified adds looking at jobs and such. Well anyways I received my copy of the Herald Journal (free news rag with info in regards to Waverly, Howard lake, Winsted area) tonight in the mail and beginning looking through the classifieds and saw someone had taken the time and effort to have a classified add in regards to an ice shanty they had found.

I went on browsing and suddenly I had a total recall moment in regards to a thread posted on Ice Leaders a month ago. Winsted and lost shanty rang a bell. So I logged in and used the search function to find the Lost Portable thread and luckily a phone number was posted, called the number and left a message in regards to the classified.

Long story short it sounds like the missing ice shanty is going to be back in the hands of the owner very soon.

What are the odds? Someone finds it and takes the time to list in paper and I still have adequate brain cells to recall a thread I read a month ago on Ice Leaders.

Shawn sounded dumbfounded that a stranger was calling him in regards to a lost ice shanty.

This all took minutes. Now I hope I'm in for some good Karma. I am due for some good karma!

Jason Roberts

Mayer, MN

Link to Lost Portable:

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1761879/1

[petepeters]

boodikai. you got the touch.

[Bottle Fish]

Way to go Jason. I hope we can find a few others that are still missing.

[Sandmannd]

Way to go, that's some great work. You took the time to help someone, that's just awesome.

[IceIceAldrich]

Jason,

This is all to weird to understand. My wife and I were just talking on the way home about good karma and I didn't know what it meant so she explained it to me. I have been doing good deeds and I am getting them back in ways that I never thought I would. You are due for some good karma and you deserve it, you did a very good deed and my family and I are very THANKFUL for your good brain cells on remembering our thread on our lost portable fish house. We went and picked it up this evening. Thanks Jason and we will have to get together sometime and do some fishing.

[hoggs222]

Were you and your wife watching My Name is Earl? Hahahaha! Good deal that you found your portie!

I think somebody needs to contact a news station to give this site some "Extra Credit" on the crime scene!

I think I might do it myself tomorrow!

[Dellfin]

WOW, that's awesome news, guys. Way to keep your eyes open Jason and hat's off to Don.

Also being a believer in "karma" and the pain in the arse who keeps posting about his kids' stolen Arctic Cat ZR 120, I'm kind of a die hard who refuses to give up on looking.

(Shameless plug:

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ub...R12#Post1782859 )

I also believe this forum can be used successfully in ways beyond its original intent...while maintaining the sportsman flavor. Case in point is the success story in this thread.

Let me bounce something by you guys and give me your feedback. Stick with me here as I may stray far from the barn on this one...

You know how TV station news (I'm thinking KARE11) does 30 seconds of sports box scores just before going to a commercial break? I'm thinking do a brief segment, similar to that, showing 2-3 second pictures of twin city's lost and stolen property with a mention to go to the KARE11.com web site for more info on the property and how to make contact with the owner. They could probably squeeze 10-15 items in over a 30 second spot and maybe this would jog someone's memory as being something that they'd seen recently. KARE11 would increase visits to their site, which is what they ultimately want.

If (when) someone is reunited with their property they could do a follow up good-news story...something we could all use about now. This would obviously take some work on KARE11's behalf to manage the site, filter out the kooks from the legitimate stuff, and coordinate a data base of pictures to actual owners, etc.

I sent a email to KARE11 on the idea earlier this week but so far no reply. Perhaps I should pitch this to CCO, FOX9, and KSTP. It just seems to me that with such a wide viewing area this would be a great way to help people get their stuff back and the TV station could get some great publicity at the same time reporting on successes. Maybe this is more of a cable access bit, but that wouldn't reach as far as real TV.

Thoughts, comments, criticism...?

Again, nice job Jason and Don!!!

[DonBo]

Sounds like a great idea, but if KARE 11 took the few seconds needed for something like this then they wouldn't have time for all their abandonded kitten stories.

[Sifty]

Nice work.

Sifty