Strange things found on your commute
03-08-11, 03:15 PM
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03-08-11, 03:33 PM
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It reminds me of all the Indian Banyans I saw during my recent honeymoon in Hawaii. They are really cool!
03-08-11, 03:36 PM
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for me, it was mainly roadkill and broken glass
03-08-11, 03:39 PM
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03-08-11, 03:45 PM
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yesterday in this bike tunnel:
two ppl recording some guitars and vocals (it does sound cool in there)
two ppl recording some guitars and vocals (it does sound cool in there)
03-08-11, 03:55 PM
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Most recently, an entire bike, apparently in fairly good condition. Unfortunately it's been hurled over a barbed wire fence onto a railway embankment.
03-08-11, 04:32 PM
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Nice little story of a sweet commute find.
https://www.alternativecommutepueblo....0/02/fire.html
https://www.alternativecommutepueblo....0/02/fire.html
03-09-11, 09:17 AM
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Forgot one. Not as good as 4 naked teenagers but...
A fly rod case with 2 complete never been used fly rod set ups in it. Roughly $600 to $800 of fly fishing equipment. A St Croix 6 wt (yawn) with reel, floating line and backing and a 2 wt G. Loomis custom with reel, line and backing. I still use the Loomis on small waters. It makes very little fish feel like whales
I suspect that my find was the end of someone's flyfishing dreams
A fly rod case with 2 complete never been used fly rod set ups in it. Roughly $600 to $800 of fly fishing equipment. A St Croix 6 wt (yawn) with reel, floating line and backing and a 2 wt G. Loomis custom with reel, line and backing. I still use the Loomis on small waters. It makes very little fish feel like whales
I suspect that my find was the end of someone's flyfishing dreams
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03-09-11, 10:17 AM
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03-09-11, 10:43 AM
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I have never seen a fish. I did once find a giant carp on a green while trespassing (on foot) across a golf course. No such sighting on my bike commutes. That is more typical a little west of here:
03-09-11, 12:01 PM
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Coins and cash found. Definitely not as good as 4 naked teenagers!
https://www.alternativecommutepueblo....slow-pays.html
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thank you mods for the sticky..... the various incarnations of this thread have always been entertaining.
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03-09-11, 01:57 PM
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Forgot one. Not as good as 4 naked teenagers but...
A fly rod case with 2 complete never been used fly rod set ups in it. Roughly $600 to $800 of fly fishing equipment. A St Croix 6 wt (yawn) with reel, floating line and backing and a 2 wt G. Loomis custom with reel, line and backing. I still use the Loomis on small waters. It makes very little fish feel like whales
I suspect that my find was the end of someone's flyfishing dreams
A fly rod case with 2 complete never been used fly rod set ups in it. Roughly $600 to $800 of fly fishing equipment. A St Croix 6 wt (yawn) with reel, floating line and backing and a 2 wt G. Loomis custom with reel, line and backing. I still use the Loomis on small waters. It makes very little fish feel like whales
I suspect that my find was the end of someone's flyfishing dreams
03-09-11, 03:18 PM
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03-09-11, 04:23 PM
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The wierdest thing I ever saw/found on a commute was a gentleman, who had fallen off the MUP I was on (los gatos creek trail), was all scratched up from the bushes, and ranting about people bailing on meets and asking me if I thought he was cute or too fat, pulling up his shirt to show his belly and a .38 tucked into his shorts What I gathered is that people will post meeting times and places for anonymous hookups and he was stood up. I continued my commute post haste.
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03-09-11, 06:37 PM
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The wierdest thing I ever saw/found on a commute was a gentleman, who had fallen off the MUP I was on (los gatos creek trail), was all scratched up from the bushes, and ranting about people bailing on meets and asking me if I thought he was cute or too fat, pulling up his shirt to show his belly and a .38 tucked into his shorts What I gathered is that people will post meeting times and places for anonymous hookups and he was stood up. I continued my commute post haste.
03-09-11, 07:15 PM
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I Found a Bath Towel a Condom Beer Cans Blue Jeans and a Tshirt a Muffler and Bottles of Vodka
03-09-11, 07:33 PM
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Biking around the Silicon Valley last week I found 4 rats and 2 cats in different areas, alongside the gutter.
Gloves too.
My friend found a set of six expensive rings in a case a while back.
Gloves too.
My friend found a set of six expensive rings in a case a while back.
03-09-11, 07:43 PM
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The strangest thing I ever found on a commute was a young woman with substance abuse/mental health issues who tried to hijack my bike by sitting on the rack and demanding that I take her to the nearest police station.
03-09-11, 10:26 PM
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wouldn't be the first stiff to turn up down there . . .
03-09-11, 10:28 PM
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Forgot one. Not as good as 4 naked teenagers but...
A fly rod case with 2 complete never been used fly rod set ups in it. Roughly $600 to $800 of fly fishing equipment. A St Croix 6 wt (yawn) with reel, floating line and backing and a 2 wt G. Loomis custom with reel, line and backing. I still use the Loomis on small waters. It makes very little fish feel like whales
I suspect that my find was the end of someone's flyfishing dreams
A fly rod case with 2 complete never been used fly rod set ups in it. Roughly $600 to $800 of fly fishing equipment. A St Croix 6 wt (yawn) with reel, floating line and backing and a 2 wt G. Loomis custom with reel, line and backing. I still use the Loomis on small waters. It makes very little fish feel like whales
I suspect that my find was the end of someone's flyfishing dreams
somebody was bummed - what kind of reels?
03-10-11, 12:12 AM
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