Annual Road Find Thread

Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Okay, I'll start. After going three thousand miles over all
kinds of roads, urban, rural, and downright remote, I had nothing
until the last week of November. (People starting to get careful or
clean around here?) But I finally got something. My find of the
year, modest as it is, is a slightly rusted but still usable pair of
needle-nosed pliers. So how about the rest of you, what did you
pick up [1] this year?

I found the elegant answer to the Grand Unification Theory
problem. But I didn't need it, so I gave to some homeless
passerby.

You mean the Surfer Dude who came up with a possible answer to Grand
Unification Theory?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox&xml=/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf114.xml
That was really you? I wouldn't have guessed.

--
Mike Kruger
Gravity -- It's not just a good idea. It's the law.

Brian Sanderson said:

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Okay, I'll start. After going three thousand miles over all kinds of
roads, urban, rural, and downright remote, I had nothing until the last
week of November. (People starting to get careful or clean around here?)
But I finally got something. My find of the year, modest as it is, is a
slightly rusted but still usable pair of needle-nosed pliers.
So how about the rest of you, what did you pick up [1] this year?

<snip>

One pair foster grant "Patriot" sunglasses. Found a pair of "Ironman"
glasses two years ago.

A blinkie (since lost again)

A craftsman 13mm flare-nut wrench.

Really nice gloves.

Oh, I think I lost those gloves.

Quoted message said:

I found the elegant answer to the Grand Unification Theory
problem. But I didn't need it, so I gave to some homeless
passerby.

That would be Archimedes (Ludwig) von Plutonium
--
mac the naïf

In article <[email hidden]>,

Zoot Katz said:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:51:35 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

My find of the year, modest as it is, is a
slightly rusted but still usable pair of needle-nosed pliers.
So how about the rest of you, what did you pick up [1] this year?

The only two items that come to mind as legitimate road finds instead
of in back lanes or bins are a pair of duck-bill snips in decent
condition and a new looking mini-pump. I found a great toque too but
managed to give it away the same day.

I found the mom of co-publisher of Momentum Magazine:
Amy Walker. Or rather, she found me. Amy's mom is
a very nice person. I was coming out of Nestor's
Supermarket on Main St between 28th and 29th, unlocking
my bike from the parking meter, and considering doing a
run down to OCB to pick up a couple of copies of the
latest issue of Momentum (one for my next door neighbour.)
She approached me and asked if I'd like a copy of Momentum.

Talk about synchronicity! "Yes, please!" I promptly
piped up. "May I have two?" She gave me three, so
I also got a bathroom copy (sometimes the best kind,
as long as you've got yer reading glasses with ya.)

She was delivering them around town. Although I'd never
before met her, I recognized her right off the bat, I
suppose from her pic in the Valentine's day issue.

She apologized for using a mini-van instead of her usual
bike for discharging her bi-monthly rounds. I wanted to
reassure her that I felt she was providing a good public
service, and she shouldn't worry about it, but all I could
come up with was: "Oh, well."

cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:51:35 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]
doth put forth:

Quoted message said:

Okay, I'll start. After going three thousand miles over all kinds of
roads, urban, rural, and downright remote, I had nothing until the last
week of November. (People starting to get careful or clean around here?)
But I finally got something. My find of the year, modest as it is, is a
slightly rusted but still usable pair of needle-nosed pliers.
So how about the rest of you, what did you pick up [1] this year?

I found a handset for a cordless phone just short of an intersection
in the middle of the country. Couldn't find the base, so I left it
hooked over the stop sign 20 ft away. Hope the owner found it...

--
Derek Lloyd [email hidden] <*>

ZBicyclist said:

You mean the Surfer Dude who came up with a possible answer to Grand
Unification Theory?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox&xml=/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf114.xml
That was really you? I wouldn't have guessed.

Thanks for pointing that out. It actually looks interesting.

--

David L. Johnson

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Alex Colvin said:

Quoted message said:

I found the elegant answer to the Grand Unification Theory
problem. But I didn't need it, so I gave to some homeless
passerby.

That would be Archimedes (Ludwig) von Plutonium

It's been a long time since I've heard of him.

--

David L. Johnson

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

In August I found a ring of keys that fell off a lady's car. (She'd
set them momentarily the roof while getting in, then forgot about them
because her husband's keys were already in the ignition. The amazing
this is that they stayed on the roof for several miles before sliding
off.) I took them to the nearest police station, and the cops tracked
her down using the bar code on a little Auto Zone card that was on the
ring. The lady sent me a generous gift certificate for dinner at a
local restaurant. In October I found a cheap aluminum cross with WWJD
(What Would Jesus Do?) engraved on it -- not as good as a few years
back, when I found $11 in quarters. Still, not bad, for living in the
sticks.

Mike Yankee said:

...In October I found a cheap aluminum cross with WWJD
(What Would Jesus Do?) engraved on it...

WWJD is an acronym for What Would Jobst Do? Please try to keep up.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
POST FREE OR DIE!

I've been informally tracking gloves found. Right hand gloves
outnumber lefts by about 8:1 - I think people must take them off to
undo their seat belts, then drop then when they hop out of cars (which
have stopped illegally in my path, usually...)

In article <[email hidden]>,

Brian Huntley said:

I've been informally tracking gloves found. Right hand gloves
outnumber lefts by about 8:1 - I think people must take them off to
undo their seat belts, then drop then when they hop out of cars (which
have stopped illegally in my path, usually...)

So /that's/ what that's all about!

I, too, spot many halves of pairs of gloves
lying on the streets at this time of year.

cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

I found an allen key in a size I use.
Only spotted it because it is so shiny.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I found the elegant answer to the Grand Unification Theory
problem. But I didn't need it, so I gave to some homeless
passerby.

That would be Archimedes (Ludwig) von Plutonium

Quoted message said:

It's been a long time since I've heard of him.

I used to be a neighbor. He was a pretty serious bike commuter.
--
mac the naïf

In article <[email hidden]>,

ZBicyclist said:

Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Okay, I'll start. After going three thousand miles over all
kinds of roads, urban, rural, and downright remote, I had nothing
until the last week of November. (People starting to get careful or
clean around here?) But I finally got something. My find of the
year, modest as it is, is a slightly rusted but still usable pair of
needle-nosed pliers. So how about the rest of you, what did you
pick up [1] this year?

I found the elegant answer to the Grand Unification Theory
problem. But I didn't need it, so I gave to some homeless
passerby.

You mean the Surfer Dude who came up with a possible answer to Grand
Unification Theory?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox&xml=/earth/2007/11/14/scisurf114.xml
That was really you? I wouldn't have guessed.

Hilbert conceptual stuff makes my brain hurt.

(Just selecting menu items can make my brain hurt.)

cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca