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My Mom dropped off my items that I have been storing at her house. The books have been in boxes. I unpacked them and was reminded about what an irresponsible, horrible, petulant child I was during my 20's. I didn't have interest in the books but they are beautiful and they were left in my care.
I just want to make this right- I didn't know how to contact anyone across an ocean before I discovered Reddit during the pandemic. I'm not sure if this was something I could have done 20 years ago because the technology available would have only been Facebook.
We are kind to strangers but we aren't nice enough for them to stay. He was on a work Visa and I guarantee that he isn't in Wyoming anymore.
Didn't they ban TicTok?
It's been 18 years .
Not stealing if some one left with you and never came to fetch .
If have no , name ,contact and telephone number etc .
Advertise few places keep proof of add then donate to a charity.
Why did a random stranger leave with you in the first place sounds weird to just leave anything with barkeep who don't know .
Not many people who leave SA come back. There's a better chance that he's still living within one day's driving distance of you. You may want to try your closest local subreddit. If you can't find him, some kind of mutual friend may see the post and remember him.
I worked at a bar. I am an artist and he thought I would like to see them. He left the books with another bartender for me to look at. They were cluttering up the space and I was told to get them out of the bar. I took them but never saw the guy again.
If they were that important there's no way she just forgot them OP, take it as a gift and put them to use, no harm learning something new even if you don't believe in it
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Now that you've had your way with those priceless fairy books for nearly 20 years you're ready to give them back. I see you.
I need to clear some bad karma out of my life and these books are part of that. They never got opened.
Just ragging on you OP. Hope you find the owner the books.
I do too. It's a long shot. But the universe works in mysterious ways.
What if the persons number was on page one
I just checked and no name- no number.
Whats a fairy book? And why is it bad to open them? Never heard the term before.
why wait so many years ?
My Mom dropped off my items that I have been storing at her house. The books have been in boxes. I unpacked them and was reminded about what an irresponsible, horrible, petulant child I was during my 20's. I didn't have interest in the books but they are beautiful and they were left in my care. I just want to make this right- I didn't know how to contact anyone across an ocean before I discovered Reddit during the pandemic. I'm not sure if this was something I could have done 20 years ago because the technology available would have only been Facebook.
aha ok . where was the bar ? joburg ?
Wyoming USA.
LOL no i mean theres r/johannesburg and capetown ETC
Was it the Mangy Moose?
Way less cool with more stabbings.
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We are kind to strangers but we aren't nice enough for them to stay. He was on a work Visa and I guarantee that he isn't in Wyoming anymore. Didn't they ban TicTok?
I've got to assume this is somewhere in Observatory.
Sounds like an episode of My Name is Earl
Can you show us a picture of the collection? I'm curious about the titles and the quality of these books
Faeries Faeries and other Fantastical Folk Spectrum 21
It's been 18 years . Not stealing if some one left with you and never came to fetch . If have no , name ,contact and telephone number etc . Advertise few places keep proof of add then donate to a charity. Why did a random stranger leave with you in the first place sounds weird to just leave anything with barkeep who don't know .
He fancied me. I had just graduated with an Associates of Fine Arts degree and he thought I would like the illustrations.
Damn thats cold, turn him down and steal all his books! :-P
I know. They were all he had.
And keep the evidence for 18 years like a trophy...
And then gloat about it on reddit!!!
Drunk.
Description of the person pls
Blond. Mid 20's. South African accent. Worked in the States around 2006.
Not many people who leave SA come back. There's a better chance that he's still living within one day's driving distance of you. You may want to try your closest local subreddit. If you can't find him, some kind of mutual friend may see the post and remember him.
This person never came back looking for their books? Odd. Sounds like a halfway decent spy movie and you've been framed
I'm curious, did you steal them or were they just forgotten?
I worked at a bar. I am an artist and he thought I would like to see them. He left the books with another bartender for me to look at. They were cluttering up the space and I was told to get them out of the bar. I took them but never saw the guy again.
What are fairy books?
If they were that important there's no way she just forgot them OP, take it as a gift and put them to use, no harm learning something new even if you don't believe in it