Things You've Found On The Side Of The Road.
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Things You've Found On The Side Of The Road.
Found this the other day. Not a scratch on it. Put it in my nap sack and rode away. May be a murder weapon?
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I find, and keep, lots of tools. On a recent trip to Wisconsin, I found a perfrectly good vice grips and a nice Craftsman punch. A few weeks ago, in NY, I found a great big punch.
Stuff falls off trucks. I'm happy to give it a new home.
Stuff falls off trucks. I'm happy to give it a new home.
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In the past 2 months, I've found one of these:
and one of these (in pristine shape):
and one of these (in pristine shape):
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09-23-11, 10:56 AM
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Found two nice Leatherman tools on different occasions.
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09-23-11, 11:25 AM
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Hmmmm.... I've found lots of stuff while cycling. In Phoenix, I found a Snap On 1/4 drive wratchet, two Matco screwdrivers, a pair of craftsman pliers and a bicycle multi-tool. Here in CA I've only found an allen wrench set and a cycling innovations Co2 dispenser/adapter.
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Knives and some tools (today I encountered a staple puller).
Best find ever was $500 in cash just blowing around. I was more than 10 miles from any town and the nearest house was 1/4 mile away.
Best find ever was $500 in cash just blowing around. I was more than 10 miles from any town and the nearest house was 1/4 mile away.
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I find lots of stuff but unlike some folk I don't have the need to bring it all home. Whats up with that?
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No photo to prove it, but once on a group ride, the guys ahead were pointing out an obstacle. It turned out to be a pair of red thong panties.
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I found these in front of a Jehovah's Witness church.
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Cell phone was the best item I found. Pretty fancy smart phone. I went straight for Mom in the phone contacts. She was NOT happy that Junior had lost another phone! Pleased that I found it though.
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Last weekend I found 3 nearly new $20 bills laying in the ditch with about 10 yards between each of them. It was a good ride. I have seen tools and not bothered to pick most of them up...a few sex toys I didn't touch either.
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The usual tools, a "slim jim" for opening locked car doors, but it didn't work when I tried it on a friend's car with the keys locked inside. A wallet with $25 and absolutely no id.
And a decent tennis racket from a yard with a "free stuff" sign. Too big to ride with, so I stashed it in the woods, to pick up later .... gotta get back there one of these days.
And a decent tennis racket from a yard with a "free stuff" sign. Too big to ride with, so I stashed it in the woods, to pick up later .... gotta get back there one of these days.
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Found a cell phone last year, marked ATT on the case and I dropped it off at the ATT store a mile down the street.
Found a hat, a pair of shoes and two pairs of pants, left them there.
Monday I found 16 rounds of 9mm ammo, they were reloads and thus unusable for me.
Found a hat, a pair of shoes and two pairs of pants, left them there.
Monday I found 16 rounds of 9mm ammo, they were reloads and thus unusable for me.
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Did a repeat of my partial "Tour of Volusia" ride yesterday, total of 80 miles...
If I had a dollar for every banana peel I rode past...
I'd have a handful of dollars.
Didn't find anything exciting though.
If I had a dollar for every banana peel I rode past...
I'd have a handful of dollars.
Didn't find anything exciting though.
