My brother left for Rome, Italy on Monday to do a summer job for a lab there and we (his friends and family) still haven't had any contact from him.
I'm worried that something might have happened to him and his wife and kids are worried sick. Is there any good routes to trying to find him in case he's been in an accident?
I don't have the name of the lab he's working for or I'd just call them :(
posted by Ikazuchi
on May 15, 2013 -
20 answers
I was let go of my job of 12 yrs recently, due to a personal situation. This situation coincided with our annual appraisals and hence the boss decided that it was time to part ways, and I was given the option to submit my resignation with three months notice period.
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posted by jassi
on May 2, 2013 -
10 answers
I was just working on a proofreading file for hours. I closed it, thinking I had been saving it (I'm pretty sure I was saving it!). Then I went to email it , and it's nowhere to be found on my computer. I searched for it. I thought that if you don't save something it will be recovered when you open Word again, but nope. And I can't find it on my computer anywhere. Does anywhere have an idea where it could have gone and how/if I can get it back?!
Thanks!
posted by bearette
on Mar 3, 2013 -
16 answers
Pretty please, help me! I sold my car in California in the middle of a move. We completed a bill of sale to be as official as possible, and I told the buyer that I'd mail her the title once the dust settled from my move. Now that I've unpacked, I can't find the title anywhere. The California DMV website lists
some guidelines for replacing a lost title , but I'm still confused. Who's technically the legal owner right now? Would it be easiest for the buyer to fill out this form and check that the title was "not received from prior owner" and get on with it? Or would that incur some sort of penalty for either of us?
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posted by red_rabbit
on Feb 12, 2013 -
4 answers
What generic thank-you gift (between $10-20) can I give to someone working in SF when the only contact information I have is their iPhone number?
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posted by samthemander
on Feb 12, 2013 -
9 answers
My Nexus 7 was lost/stolen. I've changed my google, facebook and amazon passwords. Is there anything else I can do? It does not have 3G networking; only wi-fi.
posted by Alaska Jack
on Feb 9, 2013 -
6 answers
I have an album by The Cult called "Electric" that was in Unknown folder in iTunes. I moved it to the proper music group folder in iTunes "The Cult" where all their other albums are. BUT when I open iTunes, it won't show up with the search of The Cult or under their name. I can find particular tracks in iTunes, go an hit Play and it then asks for me to locate that song. There are other screw things going on (like some albums thrown into compilations, but I can probably fix that) but this is the most frustrating. Any ideas? Do I have to go buy Tune Up or some other application? (I am running the newest iTunes on an iMac w/ Snow Leopard)
posted by snap_dragon
on Dec 30, 2012 -
9 answers
I saw this film on television in the 70s when I was young; it was broadcast sometime before 1979. Some people are stranded after a snow storm. At one point they discover a car in the snow, and when they look inside the car they see the people in it were frozen to death. I think someone cried out, "Oh, no, it's the professor!" (or something like that). At another point in the film they come across a cabin in the woods and try to open a can of something they find, but they have no can opener. The film was in color, so please don't suggest something in black & white. It may have been made for TV or it may have been an actual film; I remember there being a lot of commercials for it because we had just had the great "Blizzard of 1978" in Boston. Any help finding this film would be great! One person suggested to me it might be "The Untamed" directed by Archainbaud, but it is not that. PLEASE HELP!
posted by cmp4Meta
on Oct 24, 2012 -
8 answers
I lost my wallet. Someone found it! Is there any reason not to just go get it from them?
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posted by ManInSuit
on Oct 7, 2012 -
36 answers
I lost my wallet on an airplane for 24 hours. I started the process of cancelling accounts but it was just recovered. Should I cancel my cards and bank account anyway?
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posted by amycup
on Oct 3, 2012 -
9 answers
Found a wallet with a bunch of German identification (passport, drivers license, ID cards). How can I get this stuff back to him? Is there a better way than just mailing it to the address on his passport? If I do mail it should I use USPS?
I'm in NYC.
posted by laptolain
on Sep 17, 2012 -
12 answers
I lost an iPad. While tracking it's location with the find my i-Device service, I erased the device from iCloud without realizing this would remove my ability to track the device. Now what?
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posted by areodjarekput
on Sep 14, 2012 -
1 answer
A friend of mine is considering traveling from the UK to Spain using a canceled passport, having lost the replacement passport. Is this impossible, illegal, or might she manage it?
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posted by ajp
on Sep 6, 2012 -
24 answers
Looking for a book. It's based in a nearish future where something (I think the destruction of the moon) has given the Earth a ring. The protagonist was a young Inuit (I think) girl. I think the cover was blue.
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posted by sparklemotion
on Aug 13, 2012 -
6 answers
Does anyone know of any influence from Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series and Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness on the tv show Lost? The joining of the two seem very likely sources for the show's concept.
posted by rc3spencer
on Aug 7, 2012 -
1 answer
How to reach United Airlines, re: jewelry lost on plane, they said they found it but email returned as undeliverable. Details to follow
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posted by misspat
on Jul 21, 2012 -
7 answers
I lost my glasses. I need help adapting until someone shows up at my house and can help me find them...in 2 days.
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posted by kanata
on May 31, 2012 -
55 answers
I read an odd (and very stupid) novel around 1997. Please verify that this book exists and wasn't a product of my young addled mind.
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posted by arha
on May 26, 2012 -
7 answers
What are the chances of a domestic parakeet returning home after flying out of the kitchen door? Wings are not recently clipped.
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posted by repoman
on May 2, 2012 -
14 answers
Our favorite parakeet (a 5 year old little sweetie who came to us as a rescue) just spent 48 hours as a wild bird, and three people were instrumental in returning her safely to us. Please help us decide on the perfect gifts of appreciation.
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posted by cakebatter
on May 1, 2012 -
5 answers
Replaced an old website with a new (better?) version in Wordpress and traffic went down. Why?
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posted by doomtop
on Apr 12, 2012 -
14 answers
I found an iphone. It's locked. No carrier info on the casing. I want to return it to the user, or turn it into the carrier. What do I do?
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posted by zarq
on Apr 3, 2012 -
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I'm looking for a book I read as a pre-teen. It's been years since I read it and I can't recall the name of the writer, or the title of the work. I recall a little of the plot, but not much.
As far as I recall, it was about a girl living in a small town in the east coast who falls into a pit, or cave, something like that, and is saved by a man made of earth and stone.
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posted by Rosengeist
on Mar 21, 2012 -
6 answers
People who either travel with "gear" (broadly defined) or have to pack "gear" for work--how do you preflight what you're taking, make sure you have it when you go out, and make sure you bring it back when you return? Bonus: how do you label things so that it makes its way back to you if your protocol fails?
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Feb 3, 2012 -
13 answers
I've got a lot of stuff. People like to borrow my stuff. And they sometimes forget whose stuff it is and I never get it back!
I had an idea to custom print my name, email, and phone number on narrow tape (perhaps vinyl based, similar to electrician's tape). Then, I can affix this tape to things that I loan out so that they're easily tracked back to me.
I tried looking around at various shops online, but the options are overwhelming, and they seem to be geared toward packing tape and business applications. All I need is one or two narrow rolls, not an entire box of the stuff! Has anyone done anything like this that can share some of your expertise with me?
posted by rinogo
on Jan 31, 2012 -
20 answers
Recovering a lost iPad. This afternoon I suffered the grave misfortune of leaving my relatively new iPad 2 in a seatback pocket on an airplane. When I realized what I had done upon arriving in my hotel room, I immediately called the airline and submitted a report. I also attempted to locate the iPad using the Find My iPhone app. Although the app quickly located my other devices, it could not locate the iPad, presumably because the plane was winging its way to another destination. I ordered a remote lock and a message to be sent to the device as soon as it connects, and I went about changing the passwords for services I had used from the device. I have periodically checked the device over the last few hours to see if it shows up, but a few minutes ago,
the iPad disappeared entirely from the list of my devices in the app. What would cause it to disappear? I assume this means I am screwed?
posted by monju_bosatsu
on Jan 18, 2012 -
12 answers
A friend of mine lost her blackberry phone. What can be done on our end to get it back or get copies of the irreplaceable pictures of loved ones from it? Long-winded weepy details inside.
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posted by furious
on Jan 11, 2012 -
2 answers
Trying to find a movie I saw as a kid on HBO in the 1980's. I believe it was set in New Zealand and involved recovering a plane, carrying gold, that had crashed into a lake.
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posted by smoothvirus
on Jan 2, 2012 -
2 answers
A friend who is in the midst of a serious study cram moved his car in Brooklyn and now cannot find it. Can anyone think of a way to go about finding it?
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posted by quine's_gavagai
on Dec 4, 2011 -
10 answers
What surreal work of fiction details the increasingly adventurous menus of two obviously pseudonymed authors? I've lost my copy, the name, the author's names, and possibly part of my sanity.
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posted by inappropriatefeast
on Nov 28, 2011 -
4 answers
How much sense of place do cats really have (or another lost cat question)?
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posted by Runes
on Nov 16, 2011 -
20 answers
I'm on Oahu, and I'm a
Lost fan. What are some must-see
Lost locations to visit on the island?
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posted by jabberjaw
on Oct 27, 2011 -
6 answers
I *just* finished watching the series finale of ABC's "Lost", and I would like to know what still needs solving.
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posted by hal_c_on
on Oct 24, 2011 -
18 answers
It will be three years with my partner in November. She is ready to move forward from cohabitation into marriage. She is the nicest person I have dated, we are good match, and I'm at the time in my life when I am capable of making a new family the primary priority...
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 5, 2011 -
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