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Do you think anyone's ever "lost" a house?
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Posted 2004-10-29, 06:38 PM
Yea...I'm not talking about like having a house "lost" to fire or to debt or something. I'm thinking about someone who just forgot how to get to his house, and had to buy a new one....

I mean, it sounds possible...maybe the guy just moved in to a new part of the country and doesn't know the area too well, and then for some reason he has to drive somewhere really far away. When it's time to drive back, he just can't find his way back to his house. Maybe he spends several nights sleeping in his car, every day his odor getting more and more foul, and his beard getting longer and longer...until he just quits and buys a new house.

Do you think something like this has ever happened?
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Posted 2004-10-29, 07:19 PM in reply to Mantralord's post "Do you think anyone's ever "lost" a..."
Possible, yes. Probable, no.
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Posted 2004-10-29, 08:06 PM in reply to Mantralord's post "Do you think anyone's ever "lost" a..."
mantralord said:
Yea...I'm not talking about like having a house "lost" to fire or to debt or something. I'm thinking about someone who just forgot how to get to his house, and had to buy a new one....

I mean, it sounds possible...maybe the guy just moved in to a new part of the country and doesn't know the area too well, and then for some reason he has to drive somewhere really far away. When it's time to drive back, he just can't find his way back to his house. Maybe he spends several nights sleeping in his car, every day his odor getting more and more foul, and his beard getting longer and longer...until he just quits and buys a new house.

Do you think something like this has ever happened?
I would say more than likely. Out of 6 billion people in the world, it's bound to happen. And there is always that case of Alzheimers.
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Posted 2004-10-29, 10:58 PM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "I would say more than likely. Out of 6..."
I'm gonna have to say yes. I can barely find my own house sometimes when I walk home from school, and I've lived here for 15 years. XD
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Posted 2004-10-30, 10:14 AM in reply to SurrealWaking's post starting "I'm gonna have to say yes. I can barely..."
No... it's not fucking possible.

If you just bought a house, you know where the fuck it's at. If you don't, your insurance agency will know where the fuck it's at. If not, your your loan officer/bank will know where it's at. If not, the previous owner should be easy to get in touch with and will know where it is at.

It's entirely NOT possible to lose a house.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 11:05 AM in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "No... it's not fucking possible. If..."
Unless you lose your phone book.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 11:08 AM in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "No... it's not fucking possible. If..."
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No... it's not fucking possible.

If you just bought a house, you know where the fuck it's at. If you don't, your insurance agency will know where the fuck it's at. If not, your your loan officer/bank will know where it's at. If not, the previous owner should be easy to get in touch with and will know where it is at.

It's entirely NOT possible to lose a house.
If you're in a car (now stick with me. This is going wayy back before the day of Cell Phones) how will you get in touch with these people, especially if you don't remember their numbers. What about someone who hits his head, forgets who the fuck he is, and has no family and no recollection of where he lives. I'm sure he's lost a house.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 11:23 AM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "If you're in a car (now stick with me...."
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If you're in a car (now stick with me. This is going wayy back before the day of Cell Phones) how will you get in touch with these people, especially if you don't remember their numbers. What about someone who hits his head, forgets who the fuck he is, and has no family and no recollection of where he lives. I'm sure he's lost a house.

Hmm.. good point, but now and days, shit like that just doesn't happen
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Posted 2004-10-30, 02:29 PM in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "No... it's not fucking possible. If..."
I'm still thinking maybe it's a demented old man with Alzheimers...
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Posted 2004-10-30, 02:50 PM in reply to Mantralord's post "Do you think anyone's ever "lost" a..."
If you know your name and you own your house, go to city hall and inquire as to what land properties you own and their location.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 02:51 PM in reply to Mantralord's post starting "I'm still thinking maybe it's a..."
It is so possible. Even with cell phones. What if you were driving across country to some convention or something, got in a car crash, broke your cellphone in it, didn't have id or family that could identify you, and got amnesia. Mantra and Jordan are right.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 03:07 PM in reply to SurrealWaking's post starting "It is so possible. Even with cell..."
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Mantra and Jordan
Hmm... that's got a certain ring to it that fits just right.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 03:40 PM in reply to Thanatos's post starting "Hmm... that's got a certain ring to it..."
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Hmm... that's got a certain ring to it that fits just right.
Fuck you, craqqa.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 04:51 PM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "Fuck you, craqqa. :p"
Hey mjordan, wanna make sex babies?
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Posted 2004-10-30, 06:42 PM in reply to Mantralord's post starting "Hey mjordan, wanna make sex babies?"
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Hey mjordan, wanna make sex babies?
Fuck you, craqqa!
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Posted 2004-10-30, 09:01 PM in reply to SurrealWaking's post starting "It is so possible. Even with cell..."
I argue that if you don't know that you have a house, it can't be lost.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 09:06 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "I argue that if you don't know that you..."
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I argue that if you don't know that you have a house, it can't be lost.
Lost - To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay

You could not know that you have something but still lose it.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 09:34 PM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "Lost - To be unsuccessful in retaining..."
Your definition affirms my assertion.
A. You still posess it
B. It's right where it should be
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Posted 2004-10-30, 09:38 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "Your definition affirms my assertion...."
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Your definition affirms my assertion.
A. You still posess it
B. It's right where it should be
In the example given along with that definition, along with the connotation of this question, I think it means mislay, although in this case you would just be unable to find it because you can't exactly mislay a house. So it depends on how you look at the question. I am thinking that "lost" means unable to find. You can own the house, yet not be able to find it.
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Posted 2004-10-30, 09:45 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "Your definition affirms my assertion...."
Well WW, let's assume that the guy with Alzheimer's knows he has a house, he's just completely forgotten where it's at.

And you can lose something but still have it in your posession...for example, say NASA sends a probe to an asteroid to have it bring samples back to Earth. However, something goes wrong and the probe can't thrust itself out of the asteroid, so it's stuck there.

NASA still "owns" the probe, but it's now lost. Naaaaah mean?
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