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Date: 08 Dec 2006 22:06:55
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Subject: What's your best road find of the year?
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Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
Bill
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Date: 24 Dec 2006 17:08:02
From: The Historian
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
A co-worker found a $50.00 bill. He told me he purchased another bike
jersey with it.
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Date: 19 Dec 2006 07:18:03
From: Buck
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> A while back I found myself behind a utility truck at a light. Sitting
> on the back bumper was a large, obviously expensive power tool, probably
> an impact drill. I suppose I could have waited for the tool to fall off,
> and then collected it for myself, but I didn't. I got the driver's
> attention with my horn, and waved and pointed at his bumper. For a minute
> I could tell he thought I was a lunatic, but then the light bulb went on
> over his head. They guy in the passenger seat jumped out and grabbed the
> drill, and made it very plain that he appreciated the favor.
I had a similar experience behind an SUV. There were four guys inside
and I'm sure they had just finished a hunting trip. I couldn't see the
camo they were wearing, but the shotgun swaying back and forth on the
roof rack was a good clue. I suppose someone had set it up there before
they loaded up to leave the happy hunting grounds. They too appreciated
my honking (in my truck at the time) and flashing lights once they
realized what I was trying to signal. The camo-clad warrior who
retrieved the shotgun waved in earnest before jumping back into the
SUV.
-Buck
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Date: 17 Dec 2006 06:12:44
From: marian.rosenberg@gmail.com
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Werehatrack wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:06:55 +0000 (UTC), D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch may
> have said:
>
> > Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> >compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
>
> Actually, while it's of no value whatsoever, the road find that I like
> most is actually a Jack-in-the-box antenna topper. It's silly, it is
> not very useful either on or off of a bike, but there it was, laying
> in the road looking up at me, so I grabbed it before it could get run
> over.
>
> I've had other more valuable swag, but Jack is the thing I actually
> *remember* finding.
Strangely enough, reading about Jack reminds me of my other great road
find this year. Thinking of where I was at the time I was probably on
the way from my home in the US to my home in the US when I found a
small rubber brain in the gutter. Later that evening (week? visit to
the US anyways) I discovered it was still in my jersey pocket when I
arrived at a large group dinner my social group does every week and was
able to ask if anyone had lost their mind recently as I seemed to have
acquired a spare one...
-M
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Date: 16 Dec 2006 14:15:57
From: Werehatrack
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:06:55 +0000 (UTC), D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch may
have said:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
>compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
Actually, while it's of no value whatsoever, the road find that I like
most is actually a Jack-in-the-box antenna topper. It's silly, it is
not very useful either on or off of a bike, but there it was, laying
in the road looking up at me, so I grabbed it before it could get run
over.
I've had other more valuable swag, but Jack is the thing I actually
*remember* finding.
--
My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail.
Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.
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Date: 19 Dec 2006 03:07:54
From: Bill
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Werehatrack wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:06:55 +0000 (UTC), D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch may
> have said:
>
>> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
>> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
>
> Actually, while it's of no value whatsoever, the road find that I like
> most is actually a Jack-in-the-box antenna topper. It's silly, it is
> not very useful either on or off of a bike, but there it was, laying
> in the road looking up at me, so I grabbed it before it could get run
> over.
>
> I've had other more valuable swag, but Jack is the thing I actually
> *remember* finding.
>
I think I have you all beat. Last summer I saw a 3/4" commercial duty
drill by the side of the road as I was riding up into the mountains. I
left it there thinking the guy who lost it would come back by the time I
had climbed to the peak and came back down but 2 hours later I almost
blasted by at 45 MPH and it caught my eye again, so skid......, back up
the hill, grab the drill and carry it home. It was almost new and about
a $200 variable speed reversible and even had a foot long 1/2" bit in
it. I have found channel locks, electrician's wire cutters, and other
goodies on that stretch, like maybe some guy doesn't lock his tool box
and hauls around those roads a little too fast. That section of hills
has a lot of tight turns and things fall out of pick up trucks a lot.
My happy tool hunting ground.
Bill Baka
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 07:04:23
From: SlowRider
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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The best "road find" of the year for me was a short road loop, maybe
4-5 miles, that I added to one of my usual rides. The new loop is an
extremely quiet country road that gets me away from traffic for a
little while even though it's not far from town. The views are
glorious. I've been able to extend one of my favorite short rides into
a slightly longer ride that I've now done probably a dozen times or
more.
Ok, I know that's not exactly what you meant. But since I didn't find
any road swag, this is what I can contribute.
-JR
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 16:57:50
From: nash
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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"SlowRider" <jrogers80526@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1166108663.515153.273150@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> The best "road find" of the year for me was a short road loop, maybe
> 4-5 miles, that I added to one of my usual rides. The new loop is an
> extremely quiet country road that gets me away from traffic for a
> little while even though it's not far from town. The views are
> glorious. I've been able to extend one of my favorite short rides into
> a slightly longer ride that I've now done probably a dozen times or
> more.
>
> Ok, I know that's not exactly what you meant. But since I didn't find
> any road swag, this is what I can contribute.
>
>
> -JR
Good on ya' JR
I like those too.
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Date: 16 Dec 2006 16:32:52
From:
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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One evening a couple of decades ago I was out in the car, and left the
gas cap on top when I drove out of the station. I realized I'd lost the
cap when I got home, so the next day I drove to that area and looked for
it. I looked for about an hour, to no avail. This was a locking cap,
specific to my model of car, and without the key in it. Thus it was of no
use to anyone, so I assume nobody picked it up during the few nighttime
hours it sat out there. But even knowing where to look within a couple of
blocks, I couldn't find it.
Somebody questioned the ethics of picking up road finds, and that's my
answer. Most things we find out there are small and difficult to find.
The driver likely has no idea where to look for them. He may not even
realize he's lost the item for days or weeks after it happens. Our finds
are also usually of minimal value. Many or most people aren't going to
spend hours looking for a $2 socket, for instance, even if they have an
idea where it fell. And like my gas cap, even of you look for a lost
item, your chances of finding it aren't that great. Things bounce, slide,
skid, and roll after they fall off the car.
Someone once reported here that they'd found a case full of CD's,
probably worth hundreds of dollars. Some of us have found wallets.
Things like that I'd still pick up, but I'd take them to the police or
make some other good-faith effort to find the owner, and evidently so
would most of the rest of you.
A while back I found myself behind a utility truck at a light. Sitting
on the back bumper was a large, obviously expensive power tool, probably
an impact drill. I suppose I could have waited for the tool to fall off,
and then collected it for myself, but I didn't. I got the driver's
attention with my horn, and waved and pointed at his bumper. For a minute
I could tell he thought I was a lunatic, but then the light bulb went on
over his head. They guy in the passenger seat jumped out and grabbed the
drill, and made it very plain that he appreciated the favor.
Yesterday was beautiful, for Utah in December, so I got in what may
turn out to be my last bicycle commute of the year. (I don't mind cold,
but I'm not equipped for slick.) Along the way I found a steak knife, to
go with my fork and spoon from October. Being a hazardous item (should a
kid find it, for instance), I tossed in a convenient trash can. I still
wonder how tablewear gets out there.
Also found--and brought home--a wire brush. One less excuse for not
painting the deck come spring.
Bill in Utah
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Date: 16 Dec 2006 15:25:34
From: John Thompson
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On 2006-12-16, D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch <D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch > wrote:
> Many or most people aren't going to
> spend hours looking for a $2 socket, for instance, even if they have an
> idea where it fell.
An interesting side -- all the Snap-on tools (if you don't know much
about tools, Snap-on is considered to be a premier brand) I have have
been road finds. Over the years I've accummulted numerous sockets (both
metric and SAE), a couple double-ended wrenches, several Allen wrenches
(all metric, so far), and a lovely needle-nose plier.
--
John (john@os2.dhs.org)
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Date: 12 Dec 2006 09:13:30
From: Ben Pfaff
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch writes:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
It's not exactly "found alongside the road", but a guy gave me 3
700C wheels (2 front, 1 rear) in repairable condition yesterday.
As far as I'm concerned, this means Christmas came early this
year.
--
Ben Pfaff
email: blp@cs.stanford.edu
web: http://benpfaff.org
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Date: 12 Dec 2006 04:39:06
From: POHB
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> I think you underestimate the amount of time the average object spends
> on the side of the road. Heck, I've passed coinage and small tools that
> lie in the gutter for weeks, often unpicked even by me because of an
> inconvenient location or simply being of too little value to bother.
I often see odd bits of clothing. How does someone manage to loose a
sock without noticing?
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Date: 12 Dec 2006 23:59:08
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Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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POHB <google@hayward.uk.net > wrote:
> I often see odd bits of clothing. How does someone manage to loose a
> sock without noticing?
How do they lose PANTS?
Bill
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Date: 11 Dec 2006 11:21:00
From: Claire
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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I was riding to work this morning, and I came across what appeared to
be a wrapped present. It was in Chanukah paper, with a blue ornament
attached to the ribbon. But upon examination, it was a fake -- just a
block of styrofoam wrapped to look like a present.
What it was doing in the middle of the bike trail, I don't know.
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org
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Date: 13 Dec 2006 01:11:45
From: Richard
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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"Claire" <cpetersky@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1165864860.341162.71100@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I was riding to work this morning, and I came across what appeared to
> be a wrapped present. It was in Chanukah paper, with a blue ornament
> attached to the ribbon. But upon examination, it was a fake -- just a
> block of styrofoam wrapped to look like a present.
>
> What it was doing in the middle of the bike trail, I don't know.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Claire Petersky
> http://www.bicyclemeditations.org
>
I found a real Christmas present. I was riding home from eating supper last
Saturday night. Just before I finished eating, a group of people came in and
was talking to the owner of the cafe and I overheard the name *Bear*. That
was the name the package was for. I called the cafe and sure enough they had
lost it. So Bear now has his present.
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Date: 11 Dec 2006 13:23:36
From: Ravi
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
but why would you pickup anything from the street that you know isn't
yours ? I have lost a tail lamp at a bumpy railway crossing and realized
it about 5 miles later. but i went back and got it. i was searching all
the way and finally found it. If some-one took it away i would have
spent a lot of time searching for it and returned home sad :( i see a
lot of stuff, but very very rarely pick'em up. if its like a wallet or
something valuable, turn it into the concerned authorities or the owner
whichever makes sense...
my 2 cents,
+ravi
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Date: 12 Dec 2006 05:46:41
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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In article <sZcfh.10794$wc5.3929@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net >,
Ravi <toravir@yahoo.com > wrote:
> D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> > Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> > compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
>
> but why would you pickup anything from the street that you know isn't
> yours ? I have lost a tail lamp at a bumpy railway crossing and realized
> it about 5 miles later. but i went back and got it. i was searching all
> the way and finally found it. If some-one took it away i would have
> spent a lot of time searching for it and returned home sad :( i see a
> lot of stuff, but very very rarely pick'em up. if its like a wallet or
> something valuable, turn it into the concerned authorities or the owner
> whichever makes sense...
>
> my 2 cents,
> +ravi
I think you underestimate the amount of time the average object spends
on the side of the road. Heck, I've passed coinage and small tools that
lie in the gutter for weeks, often unpicked even by me because of an
inconvenient location or simply being of too little value to bother.
After a day, at most, I think it's fair to say that this stuff isn't
anybody's, it's just discarded. I'd only make an exception for objects
which are reasonably identifiable, or possibly of considerable value
(and then only because it's more likely to be sought for recovery; I'm
thinking jewelry or bicycles which are either ked for identification
or of decent quality).
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
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Date: 12 Dec 2006 10:55:20
From: Pat Lamb
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Ryan Cousineau wrote:
>
> I think you underestimate the amount of time the average object spends
> on the side of the road. Heck, I've passed coinage and small tools that
> lie in the gutter for weeks, often unpicked even by me because of an
> inconvenient location or simply being of too little value to bother.
Hmm, there's two pennies in the middle of a busy interchange on my
commute that have been there since shortly after it was repaved -- last
spring, maybe? I think they've been rolled into the macadam pretty
well. I've thought about trying to pick them up, but I don't want to
spend precious green light time trying to pry them up. At this point,
they're sort of like miniature benchks.
Pat
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 20:02:13
From: marian.rosenberg@gmail.com
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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"rleone@hotmail.com =D0=B4=B5=C0=A3=BA
"
> ian.rosenberg@gmail.com wrote:
> How about an AlphaSt 2000 IrDA? No, I didn't find one this year, but
Sweeet... AlphaSts are one of my favorite geek toys. Wish they
didn't cost so much new though...
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 17:12:02
From: Veloise
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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> > This year my only road find was a like-new, long, green bungie cord.
>
> Hmm, lean year. I see bungie cords all the time. Seldom pick them up,
> because the way I figure it, they're probably lying there because they
> already failed once.
Took a business trip. Rented a bike to go exploring. Forgot to bring a
bungee.
On the riding around, one appeared in the street before me. Nice
condition, pretty color.
--Karen D.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 07:34:03
From: Claire
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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treynolds@my-deja.com wrote:
> D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> > Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> > compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> > ........
> The only time I ever made money riding my bike.
I found $5 (Canadian) a couple of weeks ago, just lying wet on the
street. I think it's still in my bike bag.
Warm Regards,
Claire
(no .sig today)
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 05:09:39
From: Art Harris
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Diablo Scott wrote:
> I found a guy's wallet early one morning. It was on the sidewalk and
> his license was in it but no money. I figured he either dropped it or
> someone stole it and took out the money. It was only a few houses away
> from the address on the license so I put it on his porch where he'd find it.
That reminds me of something that happened when I was about 13 years
old. I was riding my bike and found a wallet in the street. The guys
address and phone number were inside and my dad called and spoke to the
guy's wife. Turns out the guy was a bike racer and was most concerned
about getting his racing license back. They let me keep the couple of
bucks in the wallet as a reward.
This year my only road find was a like-new, long, green bungie cord.
Art Harris
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 18:11:54
From:
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Art Harris <n2ah@hotmail.com > wrote:
> This year my only road find was a like-new, long, green bungie cord.
Hmm, lean year. I see bungie cords all the time. Seldom pick them up,
because the way I figure it, they're probably lying there because they
already failed once.
Bill
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 21:50:40
From:
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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ian.rosenberg@gmail.com wrote:
How about an AlphaSt 2000 IrDA? No, I didn't find one this year, but
I've turned a truck mud flap into a cat flap -- for the door of the
room where the litter box is! Seen: An all-spokes-busted low spoke
count front wheel by the side of the bike path along Interstate 5, a
road-kill racoon ("Aren't they supposed to be ST?" I thought as I
saw that) and a half full vodka bottle . Don't know what it was full
of, as I put that in someone's trash bin.
Robert Leone
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 20:16:22
From: Ted
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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A few racoons, lots of frogs, a couple of skunks, four porcupines, and
several squirrels. No need for a butcher shop when you ride on the
road.
Ted.
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 15:42:20
From: H M Leary
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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In article <1165724182.554626.274130@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com >,
"Ted" <plpfoot@gmail.com > wrote:
> A few racoons, lots of frogs, a couple of skunks, four porcupines, and
> several squirrels. No need for a butcher shop when you ride on the
> road.
>
> Ted.
To a true road rider, the above is called...
LUNCH!
HAND
Happy Holidays
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 13:58:46
From: thejen12@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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A HAC4 heart rate monitor/bicycle computer (my husband now uses it for
a heart rate monitor) and a lady's purse with full complement of cash
and credit cards. Took me a few hours to find her, but I tracked her
down through her library card. Called the library (had to wait for it
to open) and asked them to contact her and have her phone me. Had her
driver's license, but her address was too inconvenient to reach by
bicycle when I was supposed to be at work, and I couldn't find a phone
number listed. I'm guessing she only had a cell phone. Happy ending,
at any rate.
I found a working cell phone a couple of years ago. I'm not "cell
phone literate", but I eventually found an entry called "home" and
called it. Not having a cell phone, myself, I was amazed at how eager
the person was to get it back immediately!
Jenn
D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
>
>
> Bill
>
> __o
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 08:11:23
From: marian.rosenberg@gmail.com
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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"D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch =D0=B4=B5=C0=A3=BA
"
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
A duck.
And not so much alongside the road as in the middle of the road.
The legs were bound together with red twine and judging by the slightly
stunned expression and cut on the one wing it probably fell off of a
motorcycle or the back of a farm trike. It wasn't the sort of road
that is apt to have cars on it.
There was no one around when we found it and no one showed up claiming
it during the five minutes or so that we spent discussing what we
should do about the duck so we took it home and ate it for dinner.
-M
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 23:37:28
From: Ryan Cousineau
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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In article <1165680683.531662.274500@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com >,
"ian.rosenberg@gmail.com" <ian.rosenberg@gmail.com > wrote:
> "D Frumious B@ndersnat.ch дµÀ£º
> "
> > Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> > compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> > I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> > proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> > later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> > and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> > back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> > Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
>
> A duck.
>
> And not so much alongside the road as in the middle of the road.
>
> The legs were bound together with red twine and judging by the slightly
> stunned expression and cut on the one wing it probably fell off of a
> motorcycle or the back of a farm trike. It wasn't the sort of road
> that is apt to have cars on it.
>
> There was no one around when we found it and no one showed up claiming
> it during the five minutes or so that we spent discussing what we
> should do about the duck so we took it home and ate it for dinner.
A happy ending!
But not for the duck, oh no, not for the duck.
BTW, I like the idea of "riders" as part of your translation effort. The only other apt word I could come up with was "roughriders", but they didn't ride donkeys.
I ride for Escape Velocity ("EV"); our youth team is dEVo, our women's team is informally "dEVa", and we just merged with Team Soliton.
--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 06:58:29
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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Found a nice claw hammer. Tradeoff: had a flat the same day. If I
believed in karma, that would be my explanation for the timing of the
two events. =]
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 07:11:09
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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catzz66 wrote:
> Found a nice claw hammer. Tradeoff: had a flat the same day. If I
> believed in karma, that would be my explanation for the timing of the
> two events. =]
Another day, di Gras beads. Still another day this yr, nice pair of
cycling glasses, yellow lenses. No karma-type events with these finds.
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 19:14:26
From: Tom Keats
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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In article <elcnlv$rod$1@news.xmission.com >,
D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch writes:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
I found my sanity.
Some of it, anyways.
I found my blinkie which had fallen off,
clattering on the asphalt.
But, on another occasion, not the little
screw that holds my old Union headlight
together. It didn't clatter. It didn't
even ping.
I've spotted a number of travel coffee
mugs on the roadside, but I left their
graves uninsulted.
This is the time of year I spot lots
of single gloves on the road. Usually
they're soaking wet and icky.
cheers,
Tom
--
Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 19:02:19
From: Brian Huntley
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:06:55 +0000 (UTC), D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch
wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
>compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
A cell phone with a "HOME" entry and no password. I think the owner
was in shock when I got it back to her. It was right on a streetcar
track and wouldn't have survived more than another minute or so if I
hadn't scooped it up.
Oh. and a nice lady's bike (needed a '3 speed' tire). Has a 1960's bike
licence from a suburb of Montreal on it, and virtually no rust. It was
more or less dumped in front of my house, though, so it sort of found
me. I hope to get it into the hands of a suitable rider by spring.
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 03:00:35
From: Richard B
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote in news:elcnlv$rod$1@news.xmission.com:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout
> we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes,
> another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two
> days later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the
> road bike and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing
> it down the back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
>
>
> Bill
>
> __o
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 19:44:16
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:42:51 -0800, "treynolds wrote:
> D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
>> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
>> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
>> ........
>
> This didn't happen this year but I couldn't help but post. On my
> commute to work one morning, as I crossed a busy intersection, I saw
> about a dozen dollar coins (the newer gold ones) scattered on the road.
> I stopped at the far side of the street, propped my bike up, pressed
> the walk sign, and retrieved most of them (traffic prevented me getting
> them all).
It's been several years now, but one day a group of us were out on a ride,
near Valley Forge. Up ahead, on the road, two young women had gotten out
of their car, and were running around picking things up from the road. As
we approached, they took off. They were picking up money. Someone had
dropped his wallet, which must have been just stuffed with money. How he
dropped it in the middle of the road was never made clear.
We picked up the remainder of the money (at least $300), and
his wallet, and after a number of jokes about having one hell of a lunch
stop, we called him and got the wallet back to him.
--
David L. Johnson
__o
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 13:55:03
From: H M Leary
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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In article <gf6cnWIDkLltiefYUSdV9g@ptd.net >,
"David L. Johnson" <david.johnson@lehigh.edu > wrote:
snip
> We picked up the remainder of the money (at least $300), and
> his wallet, and after a number of jokes about having one hell of a lunch
> stop, we called him and got the wallet back to him.
Good job, Professor!
Did you give back the $300 too$.....:)
HAND
Safe Holidays
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 17:26:47
From: Zoot Katz
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:06:55 +0000 (UTC), D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch
wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
>compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
Two wallets. One with ~$200 cash and credit cards. He gave me a $20
reward when he came to collect it. The other had $40, I took it over
to the house and gave it to the guy's mother. A dirty wet ten-dollar
bill right under my foot at a stop light.
If back lanes count, I found a Norco cruiser that's my new chopper.
A halogen "bankers lamp" that just needed to be cleaned up.
A brand-new leather attache case and a crappy old plastic one my
friend David collects for housing his home-made avant-garde
electronic music devices.
A Toshiba laptop running Windows for Workgroups in Hebrew. I kept the
leather shoulder bag it was in and gave the rest of it to David.
A pair of almost new 700C 38mm tires that I'll probably put on
something if I don't make 'em into belts.
A Raleigh 5spd with drop bars from which I scrounged the aero brake
levers and Raleigh threaded BB cups. The rest went to the boneyard
where it might find its way into a tall bike or chopper.
A Rocky Mountain MTB frame that had been cut but I used some of the
tubing to extend the fork of my chopped cruiser.
I'm sure that there's some stuff I'm forgetting or that isn't worth
mentioning. Like the pair of plastic chaise lounges I took to
Donald's but that's what happens when you ride an Xtracycle.
--
zk
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Date: 09 Dec 2006 11:33:04
From: Michael Warner
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 22:06:55 +0000 (UTC), D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
Unfortunately, a square which has hit the road at car speed
is probably not too accurate anymore :-(
--
Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 17:35:08
From: Zoot Katz
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 11:33:04 +1030, Michael Warner <see@homepage.com >
wrote:
>> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
>
>Unfortunately, a square which has hit the road at car speed
>is probably not too accurate anymore :-(
Unfortunately new squares aren't perfectly square to begin with.
Sometimes they can be "tuned" with a center punch and hammer.
They're easy enough to check for squareness.
--
zk
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 13:37:18
From: Michael Warner
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:35:08 -0800, Zoot Katz wrote:
> Unfortunately new squares aren't perfectly square to begin with.
That pretty much depends on what you pay for them, and how
they've been packaged and handled.
--
Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw
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Date: 10 Dec 2006 06:07:25
From: catzz66
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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We ought to have a thread for what we lost:
Lost for me: one pair of prescription eyeglasses that cost me a couple
hundred bucks to replace. The stuff I found does not make up quite yet
for the stuff I lost this yr.
I have seen so many hand tools on the road that I don't even stop to
pick them up anymore. My toolbox at home is full of found stuff already.
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 18:25:57
From: Earl Bollinger
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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<D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch > wrote in message
news:elcnlv$rod$1@news.xmission.com...
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
>
>
> Bill
>
> __o
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 14:42:51
From: treynolds@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> ........
This didn't happen this year but I couldn't help but post. On my
commute to work one morning, as I crossed a busy intersection, I saw
about a dozen dollar coins (the newer gold ones) scattered on the road.
I stopped at the far side of the street, propped my bike up, pressed
the walk sign, and retrieved most of them (traffic prevented me getting
them all).
The only time I ever made money riding my bike.
Tom
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 16:05:22
From: Diablo Scott
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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I found a guy's wallet early one morning. It was on the sidewalk and
his license was in it but no money. I figured he either dropped it or
someone stole it and took out the money. It was only a few houses away
from the address on the license so I put it on his porch where he'd find it.
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 17:40:24
From: Ken C. M.
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
A really heavy duty cable lock complete with keys. It now keeps my bikes
secure while in the garage.
Ken
--
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong
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Date: 08 Dec 2006 14:17:52
From: landotter
Subject: Re: What's your best road find of the year?
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D_Frumious_B@ndersnat.ch wrote:
> Long as we're going to play "mine is better than yours," how 'bout we
> compare stuff we've found alongside the road this year?
> I found the usual small change, tools, and stray cutlery (yes, another
> proverbial, and literal, "fork in the road," followed by a spoon two days
> later). But my best find of the year came when I was out on the road bike
> and didn't have a good way to carry it. I ended up stuffing it down the
> back of my jersey for the ten-mile trip home.
> Carpenter's square. Always wanted one of those...
>
I got a really nice 25' measuring tape labeled "Jeff J.". So if you
know Jeff, let him know that his tape is safe with me.
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