one of the joys of cycling...

Brian Sanderson said:

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I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...

For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably driveway
mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the hood
and forget them.

Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a steak
knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the Road.

Bill

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Brian Sanderson said:

Quoted message said:

I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...

For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably

driveway

Quoted message said:

mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the

hood

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and forget them.

Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a

steak

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knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the Road.

Bill

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How can a person lose tableware on the road? The most I ever find if I
am riding or walking is a shoe. I can never figure out how someone
loses one shoe. What were they doing when they lost that shoe? Isn't
losing a shoe, something you would notice in time to go back and get
it? Did it come off the foot of someone or was he/she carrying the
shoe. Did anyone ever lose one shoe? This has always been a mystery
to me. How does one lose one of their shoes on the road? HOW? I need
to know.
All Good Things,
Maggie

When riding on the shoulder on major two lane highways in Colorado, I
am amazed at the number of large nuts and bolts and misc car parts.
You sort of wonder what is holding those trucks together!

I also have found a number of various tools.

:
My biggest find has been a new waterskiing flotation vest. I can just
imagine it flying out of the back of somebody's boat. Now, imagine a
cyclist wearing a flotation vest riding home on the backroads of Texas.....

Pat in TX

Maggie said:

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Brian Sanderson said:

>I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...

For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably

driveway

Quoted message said:

mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the

hood

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and forget them.

Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a

steak

Quoted message said:

knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the Road.

Bill

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How can a person lose tableware on the road? The most I ever find if I
am riding or walking is a shoe. I can never figure out how someone
loses one shoe. What were they doing when they lost that shoe? Isn't
losing a shoe, something you would notice in time to go back and get
it? Did it come off the foot of someone or was he/she carrying the
shoe. Did anyone ever lose one shoe? This has always been a mystery
to me. How does one lose one of their shoes on the road? HOW? I need
to know.
All Good Things,
Maggie

Cecil Adams's straight dope on the one shoe thing:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_124b.html

Well, actually it's mostly conjecture with no satisfactory conclusion,
but a fun read.
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My bike blog:
http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/

Diablo Scott said:

Maggie said:

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Brian Sanderson <[email hidden]> wrote:

>>I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...

For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably

driveway

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mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the

hood

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and forget them.

Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a

steak

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knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the

Road.

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Bill

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How can a person lose tableware on the road? The most I ever find

if I

Quoted message said:

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am riding or walking is a shoe. I can never figure out how someone
loses one shoe. What were they doing when they lost that shoe?

Isn't

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losing a shoe, something you would notice in time to go back and

get

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it? Did it come off the foot of someone or was he/she carrying the
shoe. Did anyone ever lose one shoe? This has always been a

mystery

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to me. How does one lose one of their shoes on the road? HOW? I

need

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to know.
All Good Things,
Maggie

Cecil Adams's straight dope on the one shoe thing:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_124b.html

Well, actually it's mostly conjecture with no satisfactory

conclusion,

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but a fun read.
--
My bike blog:
http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/

That was a fabulous read. I loved it. Thanks for sharing. I could never
understand the one shoe thing and now I realize that many people are
confused. Makes me feel much better. Now tell me about the lost sock in
the washing machine. You know a pair goes in....why does only one come
back? ;-) I DO NEED A LIFE!!
Thanks for sharing that..
All good things
Maggie...still laughing.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Gooserider said:

Geez, all I ever find are dead armadillos and the occasional orphaned shoe.
:-)

I've found a couple of $20 bills over the past year.

Spotted /lots/ of single gloves lying in the streets
during the last several months.

cheers,
Tom

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"Maggie" wrote: (clip) Now tell me about the lost sock in the washing
machine. You know a pair goes in....why does only one come back? (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's not what happens to me. I put in ten pairs, and get back twenty odd
socks.

"How can someone lose table ware on the road"? Good question. What I'd
like though, is the explination for all the children's clotes I've seem
scattered about.

Lost bra's I can figgure out myself §;-3)>

- -

"May you have the winds at your back,
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

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Maggie said:

How can a person lose tableware on the road?

Sometimes I pack some cutlery along with me, in case I
decide to stop at a deli and pick up a macaroni salad
or something. Haven't lost any of it, though.

cheers,
Tom

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Maggie said:

Diablo Scott said:

Maggie said:

[email hidden] wrote:

>Brian Sanderson <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>
>>>I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...
>
> For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably

driveway

>mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the

hood

>and forget them.
>
> Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a

steak

>knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the

Road.

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>
>Bill
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How can a person lose tableware on the road? The most I ever find

if I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

am riding or walking is a shoe. I can never figure out how someone
loses one shoe. What were they doing when they lost that shoe?

Isn't

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

losing a shoe, something you would notice in time to go back and

get

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it? Did it come off the foot of someone or was he/she carrying the
shoe. Did anyone ever lose one shoe? This has always been a

mystery

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to me. How does one lose one of their shoes on the road? HOW? I

need

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to know.
All Good Things,
Maggie

Cecil Adams's straight dope on the one shoe thing:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_124b.html

Well, actually it's mostly conjecture with no satisfactory

conclusion,

Quoted message said:

but a fun read.
--
My bike blog:
http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/

That was a fabulous read. I loved it. Thanks for sharing. I could never
understand the one shoe thing and now I realize that many people are
confused. Makes me feel much better. Now tell me about the lost sock in
the washing machine. You know a pair goes in....why does only one come
back? ;-)

Ever see the movie Highlander? It's like that.

"There can be only one."

Ron

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I also have found a number of various tools.

I scored on a Topeak Alien multitool a couple of years ago on Lefthand
Canyon near Ward, Colorado.

Another interesting find was a box full of lawn sprinkler heads and
assorted related parts.

I found a credit card once and turned it in to the issuing bank.

Single shoe: I placed a pair of shoes on my bike trailer last fall and
forgot about them. They were both gone when I got to my destination. If
they fell off at different places, each shoe would be a "lone shoe" for
which passerby can wonder about their origins.

RFM

Maggie said:

Diablo Scott wrote:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Cecil Adams's straight dope on the one shoe thing:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_124b.html

Well, actually it's mostly conjecture with no satisfactory

conclusion,

Quoted message said:

but a fun read.

That was a fabulous read. I loved it. Thanks for sharing. I could never
understand the one shoe thing and now I realize that many people are
confused. Makes me feel much better. Now tell me about the lost sock in
the washing machine. You know a pair goes in....why does only one come
back? ;-) I DO NEED A LIFE!!
Thanks for sharing that..
All good things
Maggie...still laughing.

What Cecil's explanation overlooks, and, despite not being a conspiracy
theorist, is what is really going on in Area 51, is that they are
responsible for all kinds of phenomena like this. The activity at Area 51
is not about UFO's or military weapons, but about creating mysteries that we
will all wonder about. The reason it's all footware-related is that the
leaders of Area 51 like things that stink. When it gets to the point that
they have too many half-pairs of socks or half-pairs of shoes, they do
things with them that create dazzling lights in the sky.

BTW, they have discovered at Area 51 that platinum is not really made of
atoms, but actually made of very tightly woven miniature nylon socks.

Austin
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I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

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Brian Sanderson said:

Quoted message said:

I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...

For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably

driveway

Quoted message said:

mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the

hood

Quoted message said:

and forget them.

My best score was an extra large black hooded sweatshirt in almost new
condition. Second best score was a large crescent wrench.

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Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a

steak

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knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the Road.

Bill

OK, I'll bite. Which fork did you take? 🙂

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Brian Sanderson said:

Quoted message said:

I too, have enjoyed "gifts from the road gods"...

For me it's usually sockets, i.e., for wrenches. Probably driveway
mechanics leave them lying about while they tinker, then close the hood
and forget them.

Oh, and tableware. In the last couple of years, I have found a steak
knife, a table knife, a spoon, and so help me, two Forks in the Road.

Geez, I can't believe nobody asked, did you take it?

And now the explaination, there is an old saying if you come to a
fork in the road, take it. Ba-dump-bump!

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I'm sorry that you lost your nice REI gloves (i found them on the street)
but they are very nice and have found a good home, thanks!

I found an old PI Zephyr jacket on the way to work the other day. I was
pleased to see the owner had reported losing it on our local commuter board,
and I was able to get it back to him.

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Claire Petersky said:

"greggery peccary" <.@.> wrote in message
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I'm sorry that you lost your nice REI gloves (i found them on the street)
but they are very nice and have found a good home, thanks!

I found an old PI Zephyr jacket on the way to work the other day. I was
pleased to see the owner had reported losing it on our local commuter board,
and I was able to get it back to him.

You're a good person Claire.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Jeff Starr said:

Claire Petersky said:

"greggery peccary" <.@.> wrote in message
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I'm sorry that you lost your nice REI gloves (i found them on the street)
but they are very nice and have found a good home, thanks!

I found an old PI Zephyr jacket on the way to work the other day. I was
pleased to see the owner had reported losing it on our local commuter board,
and I was able to get it back to him.

You're a good person Claire.

Life is Good!
Jeff

Pffft. She's a Saint; no joke.

jj

$20 by the "Welcome to California" sign on highway 1 by the Oregon
border.