Speaking of finding things.
Ive found a whole array of things while riding my bike. I now present to you a list thats as complete as my feeble mind can recollect.
1) giant silver thermos.
2) A varying array of pornography. Videos, magazines, some domestic, and some from Mexico.
3) An assortment of screwdrivers, wrenches, and a broken hammer.
4) The assistant district attorney of Oakland, whod just committed suicide. (That one sucked.)
5) A black sweater with a kitty knitted on the front, surrounded by flowers, wearing a collar with a real jungle bell attached, which I presented to my dirt bag cousin just before his band took the stage.
6) A single Defeet arm warmer,(blue).
7) White cotton panties, next to a giant, empty mayonnaise jar.
8) A group of the biggest, knuckle headed friends anybody could ever hope for.
9) A hopelessly lost Japanese family.
10) $15.00 cash money.
11) A rattlesnake that looked like it died in its sleep, a giant rattlesnake with no rattle, and a tiny baby rattlesnake.
12) In Yreka, (which is like, 2 feet from the California/Oregon boarder) and with god as my witness, Robert Ives and I saw a U.F.O.
14) You know those whistles that when you blow on them the go 'wwhhhheeeeeeeeeeooooooooohhhhhhh!'
Yeah, one off those.
15) A random assortment of toys, some broken, and some not.
16) Probably to date, a billion miles of pieces of weave. Seriously, if you live in Oakland, keep your eyes peeled. Little weave segments are all over the place, and have been since 1987.
17) A Polaroid of a large black woman in a t-shirt that said 'I love you to pieces'.
18) Four, single and right hand mountain bike gloves.
19) A giant, and I mean HUGE dead pit bull that looked like it died while walking. There used to be bad dog fighting problems in the Bay Area, and the losers would to get dumped in the hills.
20)A stack of Chick tracts. You know, those little brilliantly drawn comic books that are about how homosexuality will lead you to the devil, or alcohol is a tool of the devil, or the handsome, well built trucker, shows the dirty, fat trucker the path to Christ is the best one? I love those. They always make me laugh.
Anyhow, obviously some of this stuff was worth holding onto (porn, kitty sweater), while some of it was not (the dogs, the D.A., the gloves). I guess the point is, keep your eyes peeled cause there could be something cool under your next step.
The irony is after I started this, I had to go do some errands, and in the process lost my cool clear Zeal specs Gina Hall gave me when we were on the nationals circuit together. So there you go, my loss is somebody else gain, right?
If you find em, I got a mayonnaise jar/panty combo Ill trade you.
Comments
> 19) A giant, and I mean HUGE dead pit bull that looked like it died while walking. There used to be bad dog fighting problems in the Bay Area, and the losers would to get dumped in the hills.
Bottom of Tunnel Rd? I saw that too.
Stuff I found, biking, in the last year:
1) A truck down the side of Pinehurst Rd, near the top, lights on, at night. Thought it was bikers poaching. Driver was hanging out the window by his feet. Found another truck off the side of the road on Pinehurst. You could tell they got air.
2) An empty clip from a semi-automatic rifle on a stump next to some singletrack. Left it alone and it was gone the next day
3) A sign by some singletrack requesting the return of a much beloved red and white helmet.
4) Big snakes. This was the biggest one: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/v/morgan/misc/Picture137_10Jun05.jpg.html
5) A Belgian tourist one USA from completing a round-the-world bike trip.
6) A rock with someone's name and date of death 150 years ago scratched into it, in the Oakland Hills.
Morgan
Posted by: Morgan | January 20, 2007 07:29 PM
yes...
I too have found many things while riding my bike
-I have found the time to appreciate the day
-I have found the time to slow and stop for friends
-I have found that the bicycle is a great way to lose the day and shed some frustration
-I have also found that car traffic can build anger and frustration
and of course
-I have found tools... a rubber mallet, various tape measurers, cell phones, wallets, more tools, broken toys
I have turned around for much stuff
much which was junk
while other stuff I still use today
I once found two large suction cups for moving large pieces of glass
those were cool
and
a long time ago I stopped slowing for cigarette packs
as they do not contain a wad of money as I had wished
Posted by: gwadzilla | January 2, 2007 03:41 PM
Riding home last night I picked up an 18V cordless Dewalt drill with charger and battery pack. Watched it fly off the back of a guys truck.
Proves that mess bags are better at carrying shit than trucks.
Posted by: fxdwhl | December 29, 2006 04:51 PM
Yay! Gina Hall!
Posted by: hurlington | December 28, 2006 11:57 PM
Nice list. Here are my top items found in all my years of commuting:
1) Some sort of gigantic crescent wrench. This thing was easily 3 feet long. It was tough to get that one back to the shop, but made for the ultimate frozen BB breaker.
2) A really nice set of channel-locks. I have had these for at least 10 years now.
3) The whole Smashing Pumpkins catalogue on CD.
4) Cash.
5) Anal All Stars (Volume 5! Starring Jewel D’ Nile!) VHS box, no tape. The best part is that inside the box were a Starbucks cup and a half-eaten biscotti. Sweet!
Posted by: AK | December 28, 2006 07:37 PM