Author Topic: 'found this on a ride today'! (Read 216625 times)

The French Tandem · « **Reply #600 on:** 21 May, 2019, 08:48:52 pm »

^^Did they say something like "Thank you, sir", or maybe I am asking for too much?

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Mr Larrington · « **Reply #601 on:** 04 June, 2019, 12:24:34 pm »

I keep finding the wreckage of something similar in the gutters of Larrington Gardens Road, sometimes with a webbing pouch like unto that inhabited by my Topeak multitool. I think the owner of one of the scooters is murdering the traffic wardens after they gave him a parking fine of £0.00¹ and then sent him Threatening Letters when he didn't pay.

1: Residents' Parking Zone but doesn't apply to motorcycles.

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #602 on:** 10 June, 2019, 09:15:23 pm »

IMG_0754 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0757 by mark tilley, on Flickr

whoa! 15p

IMG_0755 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0756 by mark tilley, on Flickr,

cleaned up ok with a wire brush

IMG_0758 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0759 by mark tilley, on Flickr

very useful, AND its a 'strap-on'

IMG_0774 by mark tilley, on Flickr

and this little chap(ess) I'm pretty sure its a female turtle, (length of tail, and claws on feet) She was crossing a concrete road to get to the canal, but couldn't get up the 6'' high curb. I found her on her back, trying to get upright, so I turned her ver, then 'snapped her' then lifted her up into the reeds, and she scurried off, followed by a splosh!. Surprised by her weight tho!

Pingu · « **Reply #603 on:** 21 July, 2019, 11:15:30 pm »

On the Cairn:

com_specs by The Pingus, on Flickr

A bit McNasty-ish

Tim Hall · « **Reply #604 on:** 24 July, 2019, 10:00:57 pm »

Last night on a multi modal trip to Lahndan (bike and train) I spotted this in my local (one horse) railway station platform shelter:

There were two others with it. Very suspicious, so I went down the rabbit hole that is the British Transport Police "report a crime" web form but it wanted to know who the victim was so I got bored. I nipped to the station this morning and they were still there. Home, phone BTP, queue, phone West Sussex Police, queue, yadda yadda, web forms etc then clicked on the Bike Register website. Boom. One of the bikes was reported stolen the same evening I saw them, from another larger station. Speak to a Nice Lady at Bike Register who wanted a frame number. Jump in the car, initially to get the number but have a change of plan and put the bikes (after a spot of front wheel removal) into the car and drive to the police station. When it eventually opened, at 10:00, they were pleased to take them off my hands, as at least one was reported stolen.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #605 on:** 24 July, 2019, 10:51:47 pm »

Good work, Tim.

I hope the rightful owners will soon be reunited with their steeds and suitably grateful.

Of course when they check the bikes for fingerprints...

Paul · « **Reply #606 on:** 25 July, 2019, 11:04:42 am »

Do we have a YACF badge/medal/honour roll? I nominate Mr Hall.

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #607 on:** 31 July, 2019, 08:58:42 pm »

IMG_0836 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0837 by mark tilley, on Flickr

A goodly strong one, this one, it is.

IMG_0813 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0815 by mark tilley, on Flickr

I found my self in a sticky situation, I discovered that my conversations were being taped.

Paul · « **Reply #608 on:** 31 July, 2019, 10:25:18 pm »

Different gloves! Ha! There's more than one of you scouring the ditches for booty - I knew it!

Chamford Sideplate · « **Reply #609 on:** 07 August, 2019, 11:19:37 pm »

So far I've found:

5 mobile phones (three I was able to return)
2 stray dogs (photographs put on Twitter)
1 very large pig (chased back the way it came to a farm which was deserted)
1 HD drone (handed in to the police)
1 pair of leg warmers (which I still use)
1 rear light (cheap rubbish)
About £15
2 people sleeping in the middle of the road/path
Several pairs of sunglasses
A handbag containing stationery, cosmetics, a USB drive and an empty purse.

The handbag I slung over my shoulders like a backpack and left in the nearest town to the relief of my mate who thought I looked like an idiot.

Salvatore · « **Reply #610 on:** 08 August, 2019, 03:03:55 pm »

Heads or tails?

Looks like a £2 coin, but considering how bashed about it is, I wonder if it is counterfeit?

Jakob W · « **Reply #611 on:** 09 August, 2019, 12:07:03 pm »

I wonder what the precise test for 'still acceptable tender' is; if you handed that in at the Bank of England, would they give you a new one in return?

Chamford Sideplate · « **Reply #612 on:** 11 August, 2019, 11:46:25 am »

Purple riding crop.

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #613 on:** 15 August, 2019, 09:55:30 pm »

IMG_0852 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0854 by mark tilley, on Flickr

Kim · « **Reply #614 on:** 15 August, 2019, 09:57:21 pm »

Did you follow the trail and find Andy Allsopp?

Gattopardo · « **Reply #615 on:** 15 August, 2019, 10:05:17 pm »

Quote from: Chamford Sideplate on 11 August, 2019, 11:46:25 am

Purple riding crop.

Dibs?

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #616 on:** 29 August, 2019, 03:38:56 pm »

IMG_0880 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0881 by mark tilley, on Flickr

Nice!!

hellymedic · « **Reply #617 on:** 29 August, 2019, 03:47:15 pm »

I keep a couple of those purple things, folded just the same way, hidden behind my bus pass card, in case I lose my purse and wish to get home/somewhere.

I wonder if the original owner had similar strategies...

Chamford Sideplate · « **Reply #618 on:** 04 September, 2019, 10:07:42 pm »

Quote from: Gattopardo on 15 August, 2019, 10:05:17 pm

Dibs?

I left it where it was. Didn't want to be seen carrying something like that.

jsabine · « **Reply #619 on:** 04 September, 2019, 10:59:56 pm »

Quote from: Jakob W on 09 August, 2019, 12:07:03 pm

I wonder what the precise test for 'still acceptable tender' is ... ?

In practical terms, does it work in the self-checkouts at $UPERMARKET?

Wobbly John · « **Reply #620 on:** 11 September, 2019, 11:05:56 pm »

A mysterious trail of discarded hosiery has built up alongside my commute route. What’s the story?
Misheard lyrics from a song about an East Anglian demonic beast?
“Blaack sock, Black sock, Black sock, Black sock, Blaaack sock, Black sock, that dog don’t give a f**k...” #theactualdarkness

No, I didn't pick them up...

Kim · « **Reply #621 on:** 11 September, 2019, 11:07:10 pm »

It's quantum, innit. The wormholes formed inside washing machines during the spin cycle have to open out somewhere...

Either that or it's something to do with cycleman, who was last seen wearing one sock (to simplify foot-identification and cultivate an even sillier cyclist's tan).

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #622 on:** 11 September, 2019, 11:22:02 pm »

This means cycleman has either developed a cult following or grown six more feet to discard socks from. I'm not sure which of these is the more worrying...

hellymedic · « **Reply #623 on:** 11 September, 2019, 11:34:19 pm »

I have today Freegled a HUGE bag of dark-coloured tights, stockings and pop socks I no longer wore.

They must have travelled fast!

Kim · « **Reply #624 on:** 11 September, 2019, 11:47:17 pm »

Probably wasn't cycleman, then. He only usually travels fast with gravitational assistance, and there's hardly any gravity in East Angular.