If you live in/near Toledo, Ohio or the I-80E corner of Indiana/Ohio and feel nice...

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-03-2009, 12:46 AM

...I kinda need a favor.

While en route to Erie, Pa. we discovered my wedding band was MIA. Tracing back my steps it is either sitting on the IN/OH border or next to a bank in Toledo. I know this because it is the only time prior to the stop pre-Erie that I took my gloves off.

I'm fairly strange, but usually stuff like this has a way of working out, which means no one is taking my ring...it thankfully looks like part of a messed up bearing cage and will sit there until I can find someone who's in this area and wouldn't mind checking for me.

I have gps tracks from my physical location if you're interested in checking either spot, just drop me a PM. I'd post them here, but the power of the internet can be bad sometimes.

Yeah I know I can buy a new one and stuff, but it ain't the same.

Thanks to anyone that can assist...and I don't want anyone going out of their way for this. If you happen to be through either area, cool

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-03-2009, 12:48 AM

Oh yeah...for the robots,

The ring has inscribed on the inside:
rxhil & ssg 10-18-08 - infinity symbol

This thread is in relation to my missing platinum titanium wedding band

SheepOfBlue · 07-03-2009, 01:29 AM

Dude! There is folks here that belong to a club in that area if I remember correct. Hopefully you find it.

CBRVFR · 07-03-2009, 09:27 AM

PM sent - we have friends in Toledo, maybe something good will happen..

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-03-2009, 10:27 AM

PM's replied to

and in regards to the aforementioned locations...here goes...

I'll post up the exact GPS coords later tonight when I get home and can extract the tracks from the GPS itself (lack of a damn cable here). In the interim, take the cheezy links and combine with cheezy drawings and maybe something good will come of it

I should point out, this is "just a titanium hunk of metal" that I'm attempting to come to grips with the loss of. It's not some million dollar thing that I am going to be poor if I replace, but I am even more glad that I didn't go that (expensive) route right about now

Thanks again to those who have inquired...hopefully this story has an interesting happy ending

seamus · 07-03-2009, 01:19 PM

U got sik MSPaint skillz.

Will look for an update on the situation before we leave on Sunday.

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-03-2009, 11:21 PM

dude I rawk the paint.exe,

I'm too damn stiff to unload all the GPS stuff ATM, but if there are still any questions I will make sure I answer them before such time.

I've mapped that trip to indy and I could do it in about 13:48 1-way, the only problem is I wouldn't need the ring anymore if I insisted upon such things

. Even tried to get a couple scorpion bowls down the hatch tonight and sell my plan...no dice. I was however informed I need to get a camper and a trackbike before we go to Grattan again cause the GS's limit is about ~400 miles per day not in succession.

slickwill · 07-03-2009, 11:59 PM

I lost my hunk of titanium in January. Mine also looked like a worn out bearing. That was the first thing my dad said when he saw it. It was mostly black titanium. I dropped it in a Dr's office I was working in and one of the kids snagged it.

TogaTim · 07-04-2009, 12:40 AM

I am in Toledo for the next 24 hours. Give me details...and I mean details of where you think it may be and I'll go do some looking tomorrow.

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-04-2009, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TogaTim

I am in Toledo for the next 24 hours. Give me details...and I mean details of where you think it may be and I'll go do some looking tomorrow.

Cool...click the image on the left in my post above, there is a street addy. in the upper left of that. Some places it says "Oregon, OH" and others it says "Toledo, OH" for that exact same address

but all the same, if you are heading E on Navarre in that area and see the big K mart on the right and a bank in the foreground...flip to the picture and you'll see exactly where I think it might be if still there...

Thanks either way for the thought, offer & assistance

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-04-2009, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slickwill

I lost my hunk of titanium in January. Mine also looked like a worn out bearing. That was the first thing my dad said when he saw it. It was mostly black titanium. I dropped it in a Dr's office I was working in and one of the kids snagged it.

Thanks for the reminder Will...a photo might be handy, eh?

I realize it's probably easy to figure this out, but mine is the one on the right.

TogaTim · 07-04-2009, 09:37 PM

Went down this afternoon. We walked from the ATM down to where you marked on the map and did not see it.

seamus · 07-05-2009, 08:43 AM

SSG, may be a crazy question but did you call the bank to see if anyone turned in the ring?

Since Tim hit the Toledo point, we're going to hit the other one. It only adds 6 hours to our 12 hour trip but I don't mind and MrsSeamus has no say since she's not driving.

j/k, it's only 11 hours total and the detour is less than an hour. We're heading out in about 30 minutes.

seamus · 07-05-2009, 11:41 AM

Frodo and MrsFrodo shall keep this ring safe until such time as it can be returned to its rightful owner.

CBR929RE · 07-05-2009, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamus

Frodo and MrsFrodo shall keep this ring safe until such time as it can be returned to its rightful owner.

you found it, that's awesome.

SheepOfBlue · 07-05-2009, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamus

Frodo and MrsFrodo shall keep this ring safe until such time as it can be returned to its rightful owner.

another demonstration of why people are great here.

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-05-2009, 12:02 PM

So I just got a call from my buddy Seamus who informs me the ring is in his pocket

AWESOMENESS!

Fairly speechless for once in my life, not only at the fact that 3 people I'd never met in person a week ago were willing to take time out of their day(s) to help me on this quest, because that was pretty damn cool and I thank all of you for your help.
I'm more blown away that we actually FOUND this thing!

I am way excited and that lump I've had in my throat since losing it is now gone. Seamus I apologize for sounding fairly dumb on the phone but, I had pretty much resigned myself that this wasn't going to end favorably for my ring. We had even discussed going to order another one tomorrow etc.

What a great day this is...I'm/we're amped, I've gotta go tell the wife...she ain't gonna believe this one

NinerPilot · 07-05-2009, 12:15 PM

That's awesome!

Hammer · 07-05-2009, 12:18 PM

Just another chapter as to why this site is great!!!!!

The People on it.

evl_twn · 07-05-2009, 12:23 PM

Read my sig line, still true...

MrsStrangeGuy · 07-05-2009, 12:25 PM

I am absolutely speechless as well. You guys are awesome!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I had a gut feeling that one of you would find it and I am glad I was right! Truly a great day!

luvtolean · 07-05-2009, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamus

Frodo and MrsFrodo shall keep this ring safe until such time as it can be returned to its rightful owner.

Holy crap...

Shenders1 · 07-05-2009, 12:37 PM

Very, very cool

HondaGalToo · 07-05-2009, 12:59 PM

Way cool, nice work everyone!!! The folks on this site rock!!

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-05-2009, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBR929RE

you found it, that's awesome.

so totally kickass I cannot explain

Quote:

Originally Posted by SheepOfBlue

another demonstration of why people are great here.

not that we needed one

but I totally agree

Irony being what it is...

We had a goal of making at least PA or NY on our journey home the other day. We stopped in In. for a quick lunch at BK. It dragged out into a 1:15 hour lunch because this old timer was really interested in the luggage on the GS and just about everything else on it too and wanted to chew our ear off. Me being Mr niceguy I figured this must have been the highlight of his week so I sat and chatted with him until he ran out of questions. This put us a bit behind plan and we were now scrambling to make up for lost time so never put our raingear on and just hopped on the bike and left after. 20 minutes after this we realized our idiocy and (enter spot #1) we pulled over quick and tossed all our stuff on as the droplets started. It's evident we rushed through this too fast based on this storys ending

I won't even bore you with the reasoning for why we were in Toledo (spot #2) other than "rt 2 sure looks interesting on a map but make sure you zoom in enough". That bauble put us a keen (second) hour behind schedule.

Several hours later in E. Ohio we pulled into a service center on I-80/90E and as soon as I got off the bike I realized

no ring! Freaking out I started to look for it, and I had finally accepted it wasn't there and had to be somewhere else we'd stopped.
As I stood there and my mind started panning the possibilities this random dude came up and asked if we had a cellphone he could use. He was running late for his kids swim meet due to traffic and had busted his phone somehow and was screwed.
My crisis was shelved and I moved onto the cellphone thing for a sec while handing him my blackberry. After his call I inquired what was wrong with his phone and even had a second thought that maybe I could fix it or something for him. No dice as it appeared the issue was his charging port was disconnected from the mainboard. The dude was uber appreciative though and add another 15 minutes to my now running behind thanks to my 2nd instance of being Mr. niceguy today.

I look at the wife and she is giving me that "please don't make me ride another 4 hours for this" face. While she held up well...she was not a comfortable person back there for the duration of time we'd experienced over the road.

It was a weird thing for me now. I'm normally the one trying to do nice stuff for others if it's in my capability much like many other folks on here. Now somehow I had to ask for help but I didn't feel right asking, my pay it forward mentality was blocking me here.
I said phucket, if I'm meant to have my ring back, I will. It will have to be via the kind actions of a friend I know or a friend I don't know yet, cross fingers hope for the best and focus on the road ahead now. I did my best to push it out of my mind while silently hoping not to be let down.

I wasn't, as the addicts come through unquestionably again

and for that I have a big THANK YOU

f1_hurricane · 07-05-2009, 01:20 PM

Way to go Seamus.

bwhip · 07-05-2009, 01:42 PM

Wow. I'm not really surprised, actually, just humbly grateful to be associated with the great community that is this group of friends.

nhfirefighter13 · 07-05-2009, 02:46 PM

Another job well done to the Seamii!

CBRVFR · 07-05-2009, 02:50 PM

That's fantastic!

Though with Seamus, you have to wonder if he just took a piece of titanium from off the ground - say, underneath an Aprilia - and fashioned it with his hands..

RedRider · 07-05-2009, 03:00 PM

Seamus, you da' man!

07-03-2009, 01:29 AM	#3
SheepOfBlue Vote Sheep Or Else Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Huntsville, AL Age: 47 Bike(s): CBR1000RR, RC51, VT500FT Posts: 10,444	Dude! There is folks here that belong to a club in that area if I remember correct. Hopefully you find it. __________________ Find one in every car. You'll see.

07-03-2009, 09:27 AM	#4
CBRVFR Age of bike + rider = 78 !! Join Date: 12-13-2006 Age: 57 Bike(s): VFR SV TZ250 RC30 Posts: 7,918	PM sent - we have friends in Toledo, maybe something good will happen.. __________________ Eigoga Mothafucku - Hanashimaska? Godspeed, # 20 - Rich Herald, the Gentle Giant

07-03-2009, 10:27 AM	#5
SomeStrangeGuy maybe this was a bad idea. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Age: 2 Bike(s): GS RR Posts: 7,665 Images: 5	top notch folks here. PM's replied to and in regards to the aforementioned locations...here goes... I'll post up the exact GPS coords later tonight when I get home and can extract the tracks from the GPS itself (lack of a damn cable here). In the interim, take the cheezy links and combine with cheezy drawings and maybe something good will come of it I should point out, this is "just a titanium hunk of metal" that I'm attempting to come to grips with the loss of. It's not some million dollar thing that I am going to be poor if I replace, but I am even more glad that I didn't go that (expensive) route right about now Thanks again to those who have inquired...hopefully this story has an interesting happy ending Attached Thumbnails __________________ Come find yourself - GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency. The Seamii are awesome.

07-03-2009, 01:19 PM	#6
seamus Turning is for p***ies Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 35 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 8,077	U got sik MSPaint skillz. Will look for an update on the situation before we leave on Sunday. __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. ---Leonardo Da Vinci

07-03-2009, 11:21 PM	#7
SomeStrangeGuy maybe this was a bad idea. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Age: 2 Bike(s): GS RR Posts: 7,665 Images: 5	dude I rawk the paint.exe, I'm too damn stiff to unload all the GPS stuff ATM, but if there are still any questions I will make sure I answer them before such time. I've mapped that trip to indy and I could do it in about 13:48 1-way, the only problem is I wouldn't need the ring anymore if I insisted upon such things . Even tried to get a couple scorpion bowls down the hatch tonight and sell my plan...no dice. I was however informed I need to get a camper and a trackbike before we go to Grattan again cause the GS's limit is about ~400 miles per day not in succession. __________________ Come find yourself - GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency. The Seamii are awesome.

07-03-2009, 12:46 AM	#1
SomeStrangeGuy maybe this was a bad idea. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Age: 2 Bike(s): GS RR Posts: 7,665 Images: 5	If you live in/near Toledo, Ohio or the I-80E corner of Indiana/Ohio and feel nice... ...I kinda need a favor. While en route to Erie, Pa. we discovered my wedding band was MIA. Tracing back my steps it is either sitting on the IN/OH border or next to a bank in Toledo. I know this because it is the only time prior to the stop pre-Erie that I took my gloves off. I'm fairly strange, but usually stuff like this has a way of working out, which means no one is taking my ring...it thankfully looks like part of a messed up bearing cage and will sit there until I can find someone who's in this area and wouldn't mind checking for me. I have gps tracks from my physical location if you're interested in checking either spot, just drop me a PM. I'd post them here, but the power of the internet can be bad sometimes. Yeah I know I can buy a new one and stuff, but it ain't the same. Thanks to anyone that can assist...and I don't want anyone going out of their way for this. If you happen to be through either area, cool __________________ Come find yourself - GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency. The Seamii are awesome.

07-03-2009, 12:48 AM	#2
SomeStrangeGuy maybe this was a bad idea. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Age: 2 Bike(s): GS RR Posts: 7,665 Images: 5	Oh yeah...for the robots, The ring has inscribed on the inside: rxhil & ssg 10-18-08 - infinity symbol This thread is in relation to my missing platinum titanium wedding band __________________ Come find yourself - GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency. The Seamii are awesome.

07-03-2009, 11:59 PM	#8
slickwill ? Join Date: 08-31-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa Age: 30 Bike(s): XRR 'tard, VFR Posts: 5,019	I lost my hunk of titanium in January. Mine also looked like a worn out bearing. That was the first thing my dad said when he saw it. It was mostly black titanium. I dropped it in a Dr's office I was working in and one of the kids snagged it. __________________ ...dude you ride an offroad bike with slicks, 1/2 the weight of a GS, double the suspension, with a browning 50 cal going off 32" from your skull as a daily freaking driver - I'd expect anything except a nitro dragbike to be bland by comparison - SSG

07-04-2009, 12:40 AM	#9
TogaTim Join Date: 07-05-2007 Age: 37 Bike(s): 07 CBR600rr Posts: 208	I am in Toledo for the next 24 hours. Give me details...and I mean details of where you think it may be and I'll go do some looking tomorrow.

07-04-2009, 09:37 PM	#12
TogaTim Join Date: 07-05-2007 Age: 37 Bike(s): 07 CBR600rr Posts: 208	Went down this afternoon. We walked from the ATM down to where you marked on the map and did not see it.

07-05-2009, 08:43 AM	#13
seamus Turning is for p***ies Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 35 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 8,077	SSG, may be a crazy question but did you call the bank to see if anyone turned in the ring? Since Tim hit the Toledo point, we're going to hit the other one. It only adds 6 hours to our 12 hour trip but I don't mind and MrsSeamus has no say since she's not driving. j/k, it's only 11 hours total and the detour is less than an hour. We're heading out in about 30 minutes. __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. ---Leonardo Da Vinci

07-05-2009, 11:41 AM	#14
seamus Turning is for p***ies Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Rocket City Age: 35 Bike(s): 1KRR; VFR; FMX650 Posts: 8,077	Frodo and MrsFrodo shall keep this ring safe until such time as it can be returned to its rightful owner. __________________ Ducit Amor Patriae Richard Herald, The Gentle Giant For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. ---Leonardo Da Vinci

07-05-2009, 12:02 PM	#17
SomeStrangeGuy maybe this was a bad idea. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Age: 2 Bike(s): GS RR Posts: 7,665 Images: 5	So I just got a call from my buddy Seamus who informs me the ring is in his pocket AWESOMENESS! Fairly speechless for once in my life, not only at the fact that 3 people I'd never met in person a week ago were willing to take time out of their day(s) to help me on this quest, because that was pretty damn cool and I thank all of you for your help. I'm more blown away that we actually FOUND this thing! I am way excited and that lump I've had in my throat since losing it is now gone. Seamus I apologize for sounding fairly dumb on the phone but, I had pretty much resigned myself that this wasn't going to end favorably for my ring. We had even discussed going to order another one tomorrow etc. What a great day this is...I'm/we're amped, I've gotta go tell the wife...she ain't gonna believe this one __________________ Come find yourself - GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency. The Seamii are awesome.

07-05-2009, 12:15 PM	#18
NinerPilot Join Date: 12-14-2006 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Age: 30 Bike(s): 1/5 of a 08 Concours Posts: 327	That's awesome!

07-05-2009, 12:18 PM	#19
Hammer DILLIGAF Join Date: 12-17-2006 Location: Indiana Age: 40 Bike(s): 05 Suzuki 600 Posts: 6,823 Images: 12	Just another chapter as to why this site is great!!!!! The People on it. __________________ Amateurs practices until they get it right. A professional practices until they can't get it wrong.

07-05-2009, 12:23 PM	#20
evl_twn CAN CRUSHER Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Central Illinois Age: 41 Bike(s): worm gear Posts: 2,349 Images: 6	Read my sig line, still true... __________________ Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... - Hunter S. Thompson

07-05-2009, 12:37 PM	#23
Shenders1 2 Cylinders, 4 Valves, No Waiting Join Date: 01-14-2007 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 44 Bike(s): Ducati HM Posts: 1,437	Very, very cool

07-05-2009, 12:25 PM	#21
MrsStrangeGuy Join Date: 11-16-2008 Location: Some Strange Place Age: 28 Bike(s): KLR, back of a GS Posts: 111	I am absolutely speechless as well. You guys are awesome!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I had a gut feeling that one of you would find it and I am glad I was right! Truly a great day!

07-05-2009, 12:59 PM	#24
HondaGalToo See you next year, Eagles... Join Date: 12-16-2006 Location: New Jersey Age: 49 Bike(s): '01 929, '07 gsxr 600 Posts: 2,790	Way cool, nice work everyone!!! The folks on this site rock!! __________________ “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.” ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

07-05-2009, 01:20 PM	#26
f1_hurricane Four feet tall with three feet teeth Join Date: 01-06-2007 Age: 22 Bike(s): 1998 GSXR 750 Posts: 1,125	Way to go Seamus. __________________ 01111001.01101111.01110101.00100000.01100001.01110 010.01100101.00100000.01100001.00100000.01101110.0 1100101.01110010.01100100.00001101.00001010.000011 01.00001010.

07-05-2009, 01:42 PM	#27
bwhip An addiction no rehab can cure Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Idaho, USA Bike(s): A modest variety Posts: 5,540	Wow. I'm not really surprised, actually, just humbly grateful to be associated with the great community that is this group of friends. __________________ My Gallery http://www.latebraker.com

07-05-2009, 02:46 PM	#28
nhfirefighter13 P90X RAGE! Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Concord, NH Age: 34 Bike(s): The Mighty Nissan! Posts: 4,497 Images: 58	Another job well done to the Seamii! __________________ http://www.kezerphotography.com http://www.kezerphotography.com/blog "Holy Jesus God. My teeth taste like street." -Unknown

07-05-2009, 02:50 PM	#29
CBRVFR Age of bike + rider = 78 !! Join Date: 12-13-2006 Age: 57 Bike(s): VFR SV TZ250 RC30 Posts: 7,918	That's fantastic! Though with Seamus, you have to wonder if he just took a piece of titanium from off the ground - say, underneath an Aprilia - and fashioned it with his hands.. __________________ Eigoga Mothafucku - Hanashimaska? Godspeed, # 20 - Rich Herald, the Gentle Giant

07-05-2009, 03:00 PM	#30
RedRider Join Date: 12-13-2006 Age: 50 Bike(s): 929 Posts: 4,071	Seamus, you da' man!

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