This has gotta be the "thread of the month" post!!!
So far, we've got several "just toss it" and a "Red Green" style "Fix it with duct tape" answer, and a couple of other misc. answers. Keep 'em coming folks. Funny stuff!
And then the one who did it like me, and used real automotive weatherstrip adhesive so it would be fixed for good.
Oh... the good stuff is 3M Weather Strip Sealant. The yellow stuff in a tube. Looks like yellow contact cement, but doesn't require mixing two parts. In the truck and auto manufacturing business it is officially known as "Gorilla Snot." We used it for window trim in the cab area of the truck makers I worked for.
As a take-off from that suggestion, occasionally someone would forget to put the lid back on a tube that was laying on the edge of a table. That would lead to a 3-foot dried stringy glob of the stuff. Invariably some clown would shove this up their nostril and run around the shop pretending to sneeze, and then turn around where everyone could see this 3-foot yellow snot wad hanging from their nose... Ahhh... Sophomoric humor at its best... or maybe you just had to be there to appreciate it
I'll assure you this: working with people like them, you never let your lunch pail out of sight!
And Tools? That's what leather tool bags are for. I'd never put anything important in that box. Though I've not lost one, I've replaced two that were lost by previous owners; and adjusted the keeper so that I shouldn't lose mine. But have you noticed that about one out of three Savages are missing that chrome cover? I bet Suzuki has made a not-so-small fortune from them. Coincidence? I think not!