Author Topic: 'found this on a ride today'! (Read 216797 times)

IMG_1267 by mark tilley, on Flickr

No damage, so I considered it had been forgotten , p'raps whilst attending to a visit, anyway 2 hours later it was gone.

IMG_1335 by mark tilley, on Flickr

Saw these, and thought that they were well worth vehicular retrieval , later that afternoon, was thinking ideal for NO.1 daughter's upcoming swanky retro pad in Leyton, but after photos and messages, they were deemed not suitable as they didn't stack, a must in a small pad, no matter how swanky and retro.

Kim · « **Reply #714 on:** 25 June, 2020, 01:43:27 pm »

I found one of those hard hats that falls off your head and knocks people unconscious when you peer over the edge of scaffolding. But decided it was probably a coronavirus risk, as it had clearly been recently dropped (you could tell, on account of it lying in the road without having been run over).

Ham · « **Reply #715 on:** 25 June, 2020, 02:11:12 pm »

Quote from: Blodwyn Pig on 25 June, 2020, 01:41:02 pm

IMG_1335 by mark tilley, on Flickr

Saw these, and thought that they were well worth vehicular retrieval , later that afternoon, was thinking ideal for NO.1 daughter's upcoming swanky retro pad in Leyton, but after photos and messages, they were deemed not suitable as they didn't stack, a must in a small pad, no matter how swanky and retro.

They would have been handy, at least the legs.

nobby · « **Reply #716 on:** 29 June, 2020, 11:33:21 am »

I found a dead badger early this morning which set me wondering if the folk here know of the Mammal Society app for reporting mammals seen dead or alive.
It takes a gps fix, you can add a photo and it helps the society as data for finding what lives where and in what quantity.

It is much better than the old system. I once found some 'otter' scat by a stream. I phoned and reported it to the area society rep. "Have you smelt it?", he asked.
"No", says I, "should I?"
"Please, it helps us to identify." I took a long, deep sniff and the smell nearly took the top of my head off.
I could hear him laughing down the phone, "I can tell from your reaction that it is mink not otter."
I won't fall for that one again!

andyoxon · « **Reply #717 on:** 02 August, 2020, 04:48:03 pm »

IMG_bidon by a oxon, on Flickr

On the way to Churchill in Cotswolds - left it.

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #718 on:** 18 August, 2020, 07:57:46 pm »

IMG_1389 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_1390 by mark tilley, on Flickr

already dibbed by a 9 yo.

Pingu · « **Reply #719 on:** 18 August, 2020, 11:27:59 pm »

You found the Brexit bonus

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #720 on:** 23 August, 2020, 11:20:49 am »

Disgraced former International Development minister Piggi Patel's Arrest-o-Bots will be round shortly to nick you for trading in an endangered species and Grand Theft Unicorn.

Diver300 · « **Reply #721 on:** 05 October, 2020, 03:59:55 pm »

Quote from: Diver300 on 02 March, 2020, 09:31:55 pm

Quote from: Kim on 02 March, 2020, 09:24:24 pm
Quote from: Diver300 on 02 March, 2020, 09:06:33 pm

Maybe not in the spirit of this thread.....

As a resident of Birmingham, my first thought was that you were showing us a patch of tarmac that nobody had parked a car on. Then I spotted the filename and looked closer.
http://www.malin.me.uk/misc/n2o.JPG might be easier.

I've been asked for an explanation of what I found. It's a large quantity of empty nitrous oxide cartridges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_use_of_nitrous_oxide

Today:-

A couple of miles from the previous photo. Technically on a dog walk, and not such a good photo, and not photographed in situ, a few more abandoned canisters, and a dispenser, which contained an empty canister.

The dispenser is turned aluminium, with a brass spike to pierce the top of the canister when the two halves are fully screwed together. There's a ridge to hold the balloon in place, and vent holes to let the gas into the balloon. The sides are knurled for grip, and I think that the O-rings on the outside are just to stop the knurling scratch a flat surface that it is laid on, or to stop it rattling when in a glove box.

Yesterday, near where the dispenser was found, I found a broken and wet cardboard box and about a dozen full canisters. It looks like one of the local car drivers was abandoning his stash, within about 1/4 of a mile of two incidents where buildings (that didn't have hi-vis, road tax or car insurance) jumped out in front of cars in the last few years.

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #722 on:** 10 October, 2020, 01:15:11 pm »

IMG_1459 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_1460 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_1461 by mark tilley, on Flickr

Most useful BUT missing the most useful 10mm/13mm.............bugga...................might go back and have a good look around sometime.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bahco-s4rm-3t-ratchet-spanner-set-3-pieces/67645

^^^ here they are at screwfix...

ps, just realised they are double sided as well, each spanner has 4 sizes, have to check exactly what sizes they are next time I venture t'shed.
Soooo, I'm missing the wee one, 8/9/10/11mm, about £17 to buy on its own.

nobby · « **Reply #723 on:** 10 October, 2020, 02:14:37 pm »

Are you just lucky or do you run the divining rods over a map and go for a ride to where they twitched?

All I find is roadkill.

Paul · « **Reply #724 on:** 10 October, 2020, 10:24:01 pm »

Roadkill?

Luxury!

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