Derailed by the Derailleur : 07 01 2022

 

     I used to take a day off from running once a month or so and bike for a couple of hours instead of the daily run.  I haven't ridden the bike in ages and since it was 11am and I was getting out WAY too late to run in the heat, I aired up the tires and rode the bike around most of the everyday places I usually run.  And I found the usual collection of oddball stuff again.  There was another lock in the road at an intersection, and I did take that one as it was a combination lock and therefor, useful.  There was the outside part of a cell phone case, no sign of the phone nearby for which I'm glad.  There was a light switch plate which I usually don't see in the road.  There was a really, really small shoe in the upper right corner, and it has to be a doll shoe. But in the driveway in front of a thrift store?? You'd think they' be supervising them a little better, one obviously snuck out. 

     UNO!!!!!  Wait, it's not Uno, there's two cards....TWO-O!!!!  Odd, there was the better part of a UNO deck in the street.  I do find cards once in a while but not as many as I saw today.  Guess no game night tonight for somebody.  Eleven pennies and a quarter--HA!  Where I find it is always unexpected, but the finding itself never is.  Thank you Creator for these little treasures.!  I also found that black rubber pull thingy.  I think it's like what you see on a gas lawnmower pull start.  Losing it will probably make that mower a little harder to get started (or it could be a chore dodge???)

     There's a picture at the top of a bike derailleur stuck in a bike chain.....my derailleur, in my bike chain!  I was about a half mile from being done and was shifting gears and POW! (yup, just like on the old Batman TV series).  Fortunately, I wasn't going very fast, and the chain didn't turn very far after the derailleur broke so that's the only thing to replace.  I've had a lot of multispeed bikes over the years but that's the first time something like that's happened.  Keeps things interesting I guess.