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innesh

Lucky finds by the roadside
« on: 10 July, 2008, 10:48:23 pm »
I spotted two items lying by side of the road last Sunday so went out last night to retrieve them.

Item one.  An HPX pump, size 2.  Stopped for a wee at a convenient place and there it was, lying in the grass.  A bit rusty on the barrel where it was open to the rain, but a wash down, a rub with some emery paper and wee bit o' oil and it's as good as new.  Doesn't fit any of my bikes  :(

Item 2.  A large alloy landscaping rake.  No motorist would ever have seen it, but a keen-eyed cyclist did!  Two broken teeth on it, but hey-ho.  You never know when you might need a big rake.   :thumbsup:
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Adrian

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #1 on: 10 July, 2008, 10:50:45 pm »
A dead badger the weekend before last. I am hoping that it will be fully ripe and ready to harvest by Sunday.
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #2 on: 10 July, 2008, 11:08:57 pm »
Yesterday evening on the way home I found a beautiful, ripe, unscathed peach! Very tasty.
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Noodley

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #3 on: 10 July, 2008, 11:11:08 pm »
Last night I found the will to live. 

Now that I know applebag went back for a broken rake I have lost it again  ;D ;)
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audaxer

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #4 on: 10 July, 2008, 11:11:57 pm »
I found a soggy £20 note in the road whilst riding along one day. Bought me and the missus a nice evening out at the local.
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rae

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #5 on: 10 July, 2008, 11:13:51 pm »
Nice pair of welding mitts, brand new, tied together with a piece of plastic. 
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #6 on: 10 July, 2008, 11:24:10 pm »
I found a KryptoFlex cable in the middle of Victoria Road in Torry. I had to wait for the pedestrian phase in the traffic lights to retrieve it  :thumbsup:
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Adrian

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #7 on: 10 July, 2008, 11:38:52 pm »
On the M4 a few years ago I saw a surfboad on the central reservation. I failed to pursued my travelling companion to get out to retrieve it even though the road was completely choked.
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Aidan

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #8 on: 11 July, 2008, 05:50:41 am »
I found a ladies purse, complete with £10 , credit cards and some Next vouchers.

I handed it in to the police and a few days later got a lovely card and a box of choccies from the owner as a thank you.
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GruB

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #9 on: 11 July, 2008, 05:52:29 am »
I found a really nice / new dog lead near Avebury the other month.
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #10 on: 11 July, 2008, 06:28:20 am »
Quote from: GruB on 11 July, 2008, 05:52:29 am
I found a really nice / new dog lead near Avebury the other month.

Andy, we're talking about things found by the roadside, not new dogging sites!  ;D ;D
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #11 on: 11 July, 2008, 06:38:05 am »
A golf ball.
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #12 on: 11 July, 2008, 07:27:19 am »
En-ger-land flags for my trailer when there's some Sporting Drama on :)
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #13 on: 11 July, 2008, 07:48:50 am »
Why is there always just one shoe?
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #14 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:06:18 am »
A pair of torn red knickers :o
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Chris N

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #15 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:45:29 am »
A climber's chalk bag, but I couldn't think of a use for it so I put it back.
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MSeries

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #16 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:47:55 am »
I found a £10 note a few weeks ago.
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #17 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:50:44 am »
Secateurs a couple of weeks ago.

Screwdriver a few months ago.
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #18 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:52:51 am »
Quote from: applebag on 10 July, 2008, 10:48:23 pm
I spotted two items lying by side of the road last Sunday so went out last night to retrieve them.

My dad, whom my mum asserted was of tinker stock, regularly made "lucky finds" by the roadside.  ::-)
For many years, his shaving mirror had seen previous service as the wing mirror of a lorry and their, ahem, "summerhouse" included the seat from a double decker bus.  :thumbsup:

Afterthought: applebag, do you think we might be distant relatives?
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #19 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:55:43 am »
I still have the adjustable spanner from a Jaguar toolkit that I found in the middle of the road about 35 years ago.
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #20 on: 11 July, 2008, 08:58:02 am »
A couple of weeks back I found a tenner and a fiver, yesterday I stopped to pick up a brand new bungee.  :)
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #21 on: 11 July, 2008, 09:07:37 am »
A pair of heavy duty wire cutters were my last find, good quality too.
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giropaul

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #22 on: 11 July, 2008, 09:11:27 am »
Many of my best spanners.

Several mini-pumps

several spare tubs (now less common of course

A parrot cage (sans parrot)

A set of keys - and following a hunch (a Triumph Herald fob) returned them to their owner some miles away

At least two mobile phones (returned - just find "home" and ring it)

Quite a lot of pornography (well, may not be lucky finds, but there certainly is quite a lot of it - and no, I don't take it with me!)
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Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #23 on: 11 July, 2008, 09:12:25 am »
Quote from: PaulF on 11 July, 2008, 08:06:18 am
A pair of torn red knickers :o


You might want to offer them to Oscar's Dad - he's in desperate need, it would appear... ;D
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MSeries

Re: Lucky finds by the roadside
« Reply #24 on: 11 July, 2008, 09:13:53 am »
also I have found some rather nice pieces of aluminium, not whilst cycling though. I'll make something out of ithem, probably a lamp bracket or a MBagman
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