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Old 12-02-18 | 03:36 PM
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For such a dense area, I actually never find anything. The city is constantly being cleaned, with street cleaners always that day after bin collection day.

I occasionally see waste after a heavy storm and broken glass on a SAT morning but on the whole, it's not so much.

Stuff coming out of the see is a different story
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A Cabbage Patch doll , found along the roadway, has been made up in various costumes
for several Halloweens, by local Bartender, for years.. ever since..

your basic cabbage patch doll image find;

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Old 12-03-18 | 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
A Cabbage Patch doll , found along the roadway, has been made up in various costumes
for several Halloweens, by local Bartender, for years.. ever since..

your basic cabbage patch doll image find;

Finally, something that wouldn't slash my Schwalbe Marathon.

Where the hell do you guys live that you find some things on the ground?
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Old 12-03-18 | 08:47 PM
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Today it was a mangled stuffie, a horse or something, with stuffing oozing out. I didn't even slow down.
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Old 12-04-18 | 08:16 AM
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i found on the road today a bunch of angry car drivers. i am not sure why people are so angry and aggressive to bicyclists but chill out people
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Old 12-04-18 | 07:25 PM
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Benchmade pocket knife just this week, best ground score ever!
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Old 12-05-18 | 10:53 AM
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Nice! Best cutting tool I've found is a folding Husky-brand boxcutter
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Old 12-06-18 | 03:04 PM
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Dudes! You guys find the best stuff! (envy x 100!) My haul tends more toward trash and dead animals. Last one was a tiny ruby-throated hummingbird. Very sad. Also a bicycle; loaded up with someones stuff (aka trash), it was sitting on a side street, well into the lane, all day yesterday. No idea what that was about.
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Found this guy a few months ago. It was open on the ground and had taken a few car tires, but amazingly the blade is still straight. Pretty sharp, too.

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A couple of weeks ago I found a piece of blue 1" nylon strap on the ground. No hooks.

Then, out utility riding, I had a load to tie down and it came in very handy.

I noticed another piece of blue nylon strap along the road a few days ago, and picked it up Tuesday.

Looking at the strap, it had a loop tied in the end exactly like I did when I used it a week ago.
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this past few weeks I've been passing two lengths of nylon strap with road-smashed hardware. Not planning on picking it up.
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This morning, an unopened (thus protected from yesterday's rain) 4 1/4oz bag of Chester's cheese-flavored Puffcorn. I love cheetos, so I will enjoy these!

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Old 12-11-18 | 02:58 PM
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Branches. My lucky find yesterday morning was eucalyptus branches; I only had to stop four (4) times to take them off the road.
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Old 12-31-18 | 10:04 PM
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A kitten today; about 4 months old, dark grey, fresh, probably a feral from the pasture. Poor thing. And of course the usual broken glass, eucalyptus debris, and trash, as well as some spectacular sunsets.
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Originally Posted by Korina
A kitten today; about 4 months old, dark grey, fresh, probably a feral from the pasture. Poor thing. And of course the usual broken glass, eucalyptus debris, and trash, as well as some spectacular sunsets.
Did you take the kitten home? I did that a few months ago. My kid has him now, and he doesn't remember me.
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Did you take the kitten home? I did that a few months ago. My kid has him now, and he doesn't remember me.
Cats are such adorable little ingrates.

Did you post pics in the "show your cat" thread? I want to see.
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Originally Posted by ksryder
Cats are such adorable little ingrates.

Did you post pics in the "show your cat" thread? I want to see.
Yes I did here. His name has officially been changed to Guapo (Spanish for handsome) which seems suitable.
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Yes I did here. His name has officially been changed to Guapo (Spanish for handsome) which seems suitable.
Ah awesome. Black cats are the best. I had a black cat that I found as a stray kitten many years ago, ended up having him for about 14 years. He was big and awesome and dumb as a box of hammers.
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Did you take the kitten home? I did that a few months ago. My kid has him now, and he doesn't remember me.
I'm sorry, I should have explained. It was dead next to the road, less than a day, I think.
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Years ago I found a ferret . Friendly, came up to me, and I picked it up. But, as I headed home, it got loose, so I hoped it headed back to its home.
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Black cats have been the best for me. I don't know why that is.

Sorry to hear, [MENTION=421867]Korina[/MENTION].
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A few days ago I thought I had found a nice pressure gauge.
But it turned out to be a stupid vaping pen.
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Old 01-03-19 | 01:22 PM
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Black cats have been the best for me. I don't know why that is.

Sorry to hear, [MENTION=421867]Korina[/MENTION].
Thanks Tom; it's probably for the best, as our cats are old and cranky. Black cats are popularly referred to as house panthers. Apt.
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Originally Posted by ksryder
Ah awesome. Black cats are the best. I had a black cat that I found as a stray kitten many years ago, ended up having him for about 14 years. He was big and awesome and dumb as a box of hammers.
I had a jet black cat for 13 years, and she was a great cat. I just lost her partner 2 weeks ago, and it seems so weird to live without one after all these years.
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