Your lost ring from two decades ago? Someone found it, b'y!
Whaddya at, b'y — this is St. John's, oldest city in North America, and we're still here. Let's go.
I'll tell ya one thing, b'y, you can't make this stuff up. Twenty years. Think about that for a second. Pharmacist Bradley Buckle, bless his heart, loses a ring here in Newfoundland, probably somewhere between Water Street and da Rooms, maybe even down by Quidi Vidi after a few at da brewery, eh? And then, two decades later, a fella in Ontario, Dan Howard, finds it in a pair of thrifted jeans. Like, come on now! That's a story you tell down on George Street at da Duke of Duckworth, and people still wouldn't believe ya, b'y.
## A Ring's Grand Tour
This ain't just some lost and found at da Avalon Mall, is it? This ring went on a proper grand tour, from St. John's, probably left for good, all da way out to Ontario in a pair of second-hand britches. And da fella, Dan, he spent 15 years tracking down da owner. Fifteen years! Dat's dedication, b'y, dat's proper Canadian gumption right there. It makes ya think about all da stories those jeans could tell, eh? And da ring, now dat's a piece of St. John's that's been out representing us across da country.
* **A needle in a haystack:** Finding a ring in a thrift store is one thing, but tracking down da owner half a country away after 15 years? Dat's next-level, b'y.
* **The spirit of connection:** It shows ya dat even in a big, busy world, there's still folks out dere who care enough to do da right thing.
* **A reminder of home:** For Bradley, getting dat ring back must be like getting a piece of his past returned, a proper St. John's miracle.
It just goes to show ya, b'y, you can take da Newfoundlander out of St. John's, but you can't take St. John's out of da story. Things have a way of coming back around, like da fog rolling in over Signal Hill. It gives ya a bit of hope, don't it? Especially when you hear about young Newfoundlanders leaving for Fort Mac — maybe some part of 'em, like dat ring, will find its way back home.
Deirdre Molloy-Waddleton, MiTL Sports Desk, St. John's.
Ya gotta hear Keith and da crew talk about dis on da morning show, b'y — catch 'em live at mornings.live.