Today I Found...

Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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... a hammer - at the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. I only found it because I stood on it as it was submerged in the frozen grass verge, as I made way for a car to pass on an interestingly icy road.

This was doubly fortuitous as, a mile further on. I found a screwdriver frozen solid into a puddle at the side of the main road, so I was able to chip that out of the ice and avoid it ending up in somebody's tyre.

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They have cleaned up nicely.

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I also found a very specific warning sign at a farm entrance.

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staffordjas

staffordjas

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Gramaisc said:
... a hammer - at the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. I only found it because I stood on it as it was submerged in the frozen grass verge, as I made way for a car to pass on an interestingly icy road.

This was doubly fortuitous as, a mile further on. I found a screwdriver frozen solid into a puddle at the side of the main road, so I was able to chip that out of the ice and avoid it ending up in somebody's tyre.

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They have cleaned up nicely.

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I also found a very specific warning sign at a farm entrance.

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That's how my dad got all his tools, finding them abandoned on the roadside as he cycled to his school in Cannock. I have inherited most of them now , don't think we ever bought any new tools.
 
Mudgie

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staffordjas said:
That's how my dad got all his tools, finding them abandoned on the roadside as he cycled to his school in Cannock. I have inherited most of them now , don't think we ever bought any new tools.
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I walked to three schools in Cannock.
Which one did your father cycle to ?
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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... (well, yesterday, in fact) the remains of a freshwater mussel.

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It was on a path along the bank of a sizeable river.

I did have a quick search to see if the diner may have spat out something inedible, such as a pearl, but without success.
 
proactive

proactive

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That riding back from a few days in London watching the snooker was about the coldest we've felt in years, particularly around Coventry on the M6. If London wasn't such a hellish place for cars, we'd never have contemplated taking a bike at this time of year.
 
Mudgie

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proactive said:
That riding back from a few days in London watching the snooker was about the coldest we've felt in years, particularly around Coventry on the M6. If London wasn't such a hellish place for cars, we'd never have contemplated taking a bike at this time of year.
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Not tempted by the train ?
 
Theresa Green

Theresa Green

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Fast, Cheap, Good

Pick two

If it’s Fast and Cheap it won’t be Good

If it’s Cheap and Good it won’t be Fast

And if it’s Good and Fast it won’t be Cheap
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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... something that I never expected to see again.

Not the €1 coin, but the rather diminutive screw to the left of it.

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My spare solar watch turned out not to have the correct rechargeable cell in it, but a standard disposable item that, aided by the solar input, lasted six years and only revealed its existence when I investigated why it had stopped. The correct cell was obtained, but the screw flew off at a great rate, as I attempted to replace it, to secure the new cell. An adequate bodge kept the watch going OK, but it was annoying and left a sense of unreliability, which is against the whole point of the system.

This disappearance happened on Friday, but, today, I suddenly realised that I could see the screw in the middle of the table, right in front of me.

It's all back in place now, with the time set again and the date nudged one day forwards, in preparation for Wednesday.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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Entropy said:
Ahhh the carpet monster will have to wait for its bounty of small screws to befall it
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I've just found a disappearing sock peeping out from under the rug in the utlity room.

Lost it before our Weymouth holiday a few weeks ago . Carried 2 downstairs to put on , rushing to get hubby to hospital for his MRI scan before we set off on our hols and thought I was going mad when one did a vanishing act. Good job I kept the other matching one for rags , got a pair again now!

Moved that rug so many times when hoovering and mopping since. Must have clung underneath all this time and finally got caught out.
 
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