Finders keepers...almost.

Rick Onanian

What kind of stuff do you find when riding?

I found a Jimmy Buffet cd in good condition last year. I found lots
of other stuff too, but I don't remember what.

Today, I found specialized 700x23c folding tire (big cut in it,
didn't bother to take it), a screwdriver (was too busy enjoying the
ride to take it), and one of those silly mini-motor-scooters
abandoned in a drainage ditch. I went back in the truck to get it,
thinking maybe with my girlfriend on that, I'd get to do some
bicycling on Sundays...but it was gone, and there was a cop there
investigating. Oh well.
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Ryan Cousineau

In article <i93da0du2c318g8mob7862uphkcujm33rc@4ax.com>,
Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net> wrote:

> What kind of stuff do you find when riding?
>
> I found a Jimmy Buffet cd in good condition last year. I found lots
> of other stuff too, but I don't remember what.
>
> Today, I found specialized 700x23c folding tire (big cut in it,
> didn't bother to take it), a screwdriver (was too busy enjoying the
> ride to take it), and one of those silly mini-motor-scooters
> abandoned in a drainage ditch. I went back in the truck to get it,
> thinking maybe with my girlfriend on that, I'd get to do some
> bicycling on Sundays...but it was gone, and there was a cop there
> investigating. Oh well.
> --
> Rick Onanian

On my way to a garage-sale hunt with a friend (where I found lots of
stuff, but it doesn't count because I was looking for it), I found a
beautiful piece of rig hardware about a foot long: two large hooks, each
threaded into opposite ends of a yoke that held them together. So you
could turn the yoke to adjust the tension in whatever you held together
with the hooks.

I'm sure there's a generic name for this thing, but it escapes me.

On my last off-road ride I found a complete bicycle, which I later
dragged home with the car.

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Gooserider

"Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
news:i93da0du2c318g8mob7862uphkcujm33rc@4ax.com...
> What kind of stuff do you find when riding?
>
>
I never find anything but beer cans and discarded socks. Lots of socks.
Don't understand why....

Zoot Katz

Sat, 15 May 2004 16:10:51 -0700,
<rcousine-DAE871.16105115052004@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote:

>
>I'm sure there's a generic name for this thing, but it escapes me.

Turnbuckle.
>
>On my last off-road ride I found a complete bicycle, which I later
>dragged home with the car.

If you'd taken off the front wheel it would've fit inside.
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Tom Keats

In article <40b3a868.23714537@news.individual.net>,
Zoot Katz <zootkatz@operamail.com> writes:
> Sat, 15 May 2004 16:10:51 -0700,
> <rcousine-DAE871.16105115052004@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
> Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>I'm sure there's a generic name for this thing, but it escapes me.
>
> Turnbuckle.

Likely part of a clothesline, which I guess are now
becoming historical artifacts.



cheers,
Tom


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Tom Keats

In article <FNxpc.33124$2f6.1139587@twister.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Gooserider" <gooserider@mouse-potato.com> writes:
>
> "Rick Onanian" <spamsink@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:i93da0du2c318g8mob7862uphkcujm33rc@4ax.com...
>> What kind of stuff do you find when riding?
>>
>>
> I never find anything but beer cans and discarded socks. Lots of socks.
> Don't understand why....

Over the winter I was spotting lots of single gloves
lying on the streets. Didn't pick any up, though.


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David Kerber

In article <i93da0du2c318g8mob7862uphkcujm33rc@4ax.com>,
spamsink@cox.net says...
> What kind of stuff do you find when riding?
>
> I found a Jimmy Buffet cd in good condition last year. I found lots
> of other stuff too, but I don't remember what.
>
> Today, I found specialized 700x23c folding tire (big cut in it,
> didn't bother to take it), a screwdriver (was too busy enjoying the
> ride to take it), and one of those silly mini-motor-scooters

I wonder if that was the same screwdriver I saw today. Don't remember
exactly where, but it somewhere on my loop of Rt 2 to Boston Neck Rd to
home.


> abandoned in a drainage ditch. I went back in the truck to get it,
> thinking maybe with my girlfriend on that, I'd get to do some
> bicycling on Sundays...but it was gone, and there was a cop there
> investigating. Oh well.

Probably stolen.

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David Kerber

In article <rcousine-DAE871.16105115052004@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
rcousine@sfu.ca says...

....

> On my way to a garage-sale hunt with a friend (where I found lots of
> stuff, but it doesn't count because I was looking for it), I found a
> beautiful piece of rig hardware about a foot long: two large hooks, each
> threaded into opposite ends of a yoke that held them together. So you
> could turn the yoke to adjust the tension in whatever you held together
> with the hooks.
>
> I'm sure there's a generic name for this thing, but it escapes me.

"Turnbuckle", if I'm reading your description correctly.

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Frank Krygowski

Rick Onanian wrote:

> What kind of stuff do you find when riding?

I find tools. Or rather, of the stuff I find, tools are what I stop to
pick up. Screwdrivers, vise grips, wrenches, a hammer, etc etc.

My best find was a complete socket set. It was on a Bike to Work Day,
and a newspaper reporter was to photograph me on the route, then
interview me at work at 9 AM.

So I'm biking along a busy road and found a socket. Nearby was another.
And a third. Pretty soon, I'd scrambled around and located the entire
set, the ratchet handle, extension bar and case. And I still made the
interview right on time!


My worst near miss was on a short camping tour with a good friend.
Naturally, it started raining overnight, so in the morning I was riding
along into the rain with my friend behind me. I missed it, but he
stopped to pick up a perfectly new Leatherman tool with it's belt
sheath, worth something like $75. <sigh>


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Ryan Cousineau

In article <nqa68c.kij.ln@bud.garden.local>,
tomk2003@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:

> In article <40b3a868.23714537@news.individual.net>,
> Zoot Katz <zootkatz@operamail.com> writes:
> > Sat, 15 May 2004 16:10:51 -0700,
> > <rcousine-DAE871.16105115052004@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
> > Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I'm sure there's a generic name for this thing, but it escapes me.
> >
> > Turnbuckle.
>
> Likely part of a clothesline, which I guess are now
> becoming historical artifacts.

Okay, yes, that's the right thing:

http://www.techsavvy.com/industry/f...082rh/chf07.gif

But the turnbuckle I'm talking about (I have some for my clothesline, so
I know the scale you're thinking of) is big. The hooks are about 5 cm
across, and the threaded shafts are about 7 mm in diameter.

This thing is heavy-duty: think of holding The Friendly Giant's
clothesline, and you're in the right region.

-RjC.

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David Kerber

In article <rcousine-F9F255.19022215052004@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
rcousine@sfu.ca says...
> In article <nqa68c.kij.ln@bud.garden.local>,
> tomk2003@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
>
> > In article <40b3a868.23714537@news.individual.net>,
> > Zoot Katz <zootkatz@operamail.com> writes:
> > > Sat, 15 May 2004 16:10:51 -0700,
> > > <rcousine-DAE871.16105115052004@morgoth.sfu.ca>,
> > > Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>I'm sure there's a generic name for this thing, but it escapes me.
> > >
> > > Turnbuckle.
> >
> > Likely part of a clothesline, which I guess are now
> > becoming historical artifacts.
>
> Okay, yes, that's the right thing:
>
> http://www.techsavvy.com/industry/f...082rh/chf07.gif
>
> But the turnbuckle I'm talking about (I have some for my clothesline, so
> I know the scale you're thinking of) is big. The hooks are about 5 cm
> across, and the threaded shafts are about 7 mm in diameter.
>
> This thing is heavy-duty: think of holding The Friendly Giant's
> clothesline, and you're in the right region.

Might have dropped off a towtruck or semi-trailer truck; they use big
ones for securing their loads.


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<< I found a Jimmy Buffet cd in good condition last year. >>


You mean it was shattered in a zillion pieces?

Dane Jackson

Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> This thing is heavy-duty: think of holding The Friendly Giant's
> clothesline, and you're in the right region.

But what would Chalo's clothesline holder be doing in Vancouver?

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The Real Bev

Frank Krygowski wrote:
>
> Rick Onanian wrote:
>
> > What kind of stuff do you find when riding?
>
> I find tools. Or rather, of the stuff I find, tools are what I stop to
> pick up. Screwdrivers, vise grips, wrenches, a hammer, etc etc.
>
> My best find was a complete socket set. It was on a Bike to Work Day,
> and a newspaper reporter was to photograph me on the route, then
> interview me at work at 9 AM.
>
> So I'm biking along a busy road and found a socket. Nearby was another.
> And a third. Pretty soon, I'd scrambled around and located the entire
> set, the ratchet handle, extension bar and case. And I still made the
> interview right on time!
>
> My worst near miss was on a short camping tour with a good friend.
> Naturally, it started raining overnight, so in the morning I was riding
> along into the rain with my friend behind me. I missed it, but he
> stopped to pick up a perfectly new Leatherman tool with it's belt
> sheath, worth something like $75. <sigh>

I found a near-new Gerber tool. Lots of sockets. Money -- mostly
change, but one $10 bill. A few tools, including a small real
Channellock plier. A wallet missing only the money -- I tracked down
the owner through his insurance card. A purse that had been lying out
in a rainstorm for a while -- no money, just stuff. Found the owner of
that one too. A tiny living Christmas tree, which was a real bitch to
get home -- I fastened it with a little bungee net between my little
trunk bag and my saddle. Yes, it's growing -- stupid previous owner
apparently didn't know it was alive and never watered it.

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