SIBLING HUMOR : 11 30 2022

     I guess it makes sense that I'd find a little rubber soccer ball today seeing how the World Cup feet-ball stuff is going hot and heavy.  Today's route is the same one where I found 70 drill driver bits on Nov 10th and another 14 on the 16th and lo and behold, at the same intersection I found  5 more of them as well as a 1" wood bit.  Where are they coming from?  There must still be a cache of them further back in the road that is getting swept toward the street crossing where I'm finding them.  I'm picking up all I see and scanning the intersection but they keep magically appearing.  Go figure.  I haven't picked up any work gloves since back on the 6th and usually if they've got a fun name then I'll have to pick them up.  Today I was kind of feeling like I might need to do some Greese-Monkeying and now I've got the gloves to help with that.  And I can only imaging what I could build using MAJESTIC SUPERDEX PRO PLUS gloves, it boggles the mind.  I'd love to know how to get a job naming these too.   I found another mechanical pencil in the street, those are always handy.  That huge wood screw I passed by on my last run but for some reason I changed my mind today.  Must have looked very shiny in the sun, something to do with raccooning my brother Dave would tell me. Ha-sibling humor! Lastly one quarter, two dimes, a nickel, and 10 pennies but no folding money today.  Well, at least I 'hit for the cycle'.  And thank you Creator of all things for that little blessing.  Yeahuh!
 

How Lukey Is That? : 11 29 2022

 

      I would have just been happy that I found a penny and a dime right off the bat.  And then that $10 bill showed up along the wet curb-line of Rufe Snow.  And then a zillion dimes started showing up.  And then a TX Lottery scratch-and-sniff ticket with 10 chances to be livin Lucky with Lukey Combs on a trip to Nashville.  How Lukey, I mean lucky is that?  And a 1958D wheat penny, not to mention a free 5/16" socket and specialty locking lug-nut. And I found a padded bicycle seat to replace the one that I just retired last week, how Lukey, I mean lucky is that?  According to 'Da Googles' with what they go for on Amazon, I'm another $17 to the good.  So I won't be needing that red pen I found, I'll be showing everything in the black today.  I really didn't need any more bungee cords, I can bungee til the cows come home as it is.  But I haven't picked up any in a while and besides it gives my honey another chance to exercise that 'internationally famous eye-roll.'  You're welcome babe, I'm always here for ya!.  I didn't discover it until I got back, but I mixed up and forgot to drink my Access Exercise Shake before hitting the streets. And I ALWAYS have one of those before EVERY workout.  It has an adenosine blocker so I get to use body fat for fuel and I love that I don't get sore muscles from lactic acid buildup.  So I'm apologizing now honey for all the whining you'll hear tomorrow morning because I'm a little sore.  You can owe me an eye-roll.   There were a lot of interesting things today, but without the nickel there's no 'hitting for the cycle' (penny,nickel, dime,quarter).  But I found a ten spot so I'm good with that. And of course, thank you Creator of all things for all kinds of little blessings today.  Yeayuh!

It's A What? : 11 28 2022

 

     I know, I said the same thing; it's a what?  A banana?  A whole undamaged new banana, just sitting there all by itself along the curb.  Ha! I did a quick look around thinking Bob, Dave, Kevin, or some other Minion must have just dropped it.  Well that's another first.  I found a few familiar items though, there were still a few pieces of the "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader" game from my run back on the 18th. I  put what I found in the trash but I guess a few pieces snuck out.  There were a couple of drill attachments, one a Phillips/straight head bit and the other a small 3/32" hex bit;  how many of those have I run across lately?  Another 10mm socket, no surprise there.  I've picked up those small wrenches before, they're the kind you get when you buy something that you have to put together and they give you "tools."   There was a little bit of pig-iron and of course OneMoreNutInTheRoad picked up by, yeah, yeah, we know.  There's a wood screw on the bottom next to the socket and although I usually don't pick up stuff that's going to put a hole in my pocket (thereby letting all the little treasures escape!), I did take this one to represent all the nails and screws that I pulled from the road today hopefully saving someone a flat.  More good karma I hope!  There were a few coins that found me, two dimes and 3 nickels, I guess that's a full house.  Regardless, they're small blessings for which I am grateful. 

Tis The Season : 11 27 2022

     The reindeer are shedding again.  I found my first reindeer antler in the street today and since we've just now said good-bye to Thanksgiving, it will be 'all things Christmas' for the next month.  I found another paint can 'pry-it-open' tool today and it wasn't even in front of the Sherwin Williams store I usually pass.  The business card I found actually is a fridge magnet, which is a smart way to get people to keep your card.  There was another hotel room key card, this time for a Sheraton so there's probably a tourist out there on the outside looking in.   I've seen a lot of the small candelabra base light bulbs scattered about the last week or two, which makes sense because Christmas decorations have been sprouting up everywhere.  That 7/16" socket to the left of the light bulb I didn't recognize until I had kicked it along the curb line, that must make number two hundred lebenty nineteen now.  And lastly, with 9 quarters, 8 dimes, 3 nickels, and 26 pennies I guess you could say I 'hit for the cycle' today.  I guess one could also say thank you Creator of all things for all these little symbols of Your infinite abundance, which is $3.26 toward the next pair of running shoes. Yeayuh!

Putski's Little Gift : 11 26 2022

 

     With all the crazy stuff I've come across I must have seen it all by now you'd think.  That would be no.   I find lots of change but I found my first coin from Russia, a 20 Kopeks coin made in 1933.  How do you suppose that got here?  It was on a section of  Hwy 26 where there isn't any sidewalk or shoulder, where I usually try to get through as fast as I can so I've never looked that closely at the pavement until today when traffic was light.  I'd donate it to Igor Putski, Russia's resident bad-boy but I don't think money will help what he's got waiting for him.  Let me say it ahead for you...Wah!  OK then, although I've found enough pens to last me through the end of the decade, two more jumped into my pocket his morning, thanks go out to my Frost friends and also to Colonel Chicken.  Another 1st for my runs is finding a handicapped parking placard.  I guess it blew out of somebody's car because it says right on it "not to drive vehicle with placard hanging from mirror."  It might have been on a windy day when half of Oklahoma was blowing by that it was sitting on the dash and a door was opened and, now you see it and now you don't.  There was another star drill bit adapter out there today, a T15 this time to add to the collection.  And I 'hit for the cycle' several times over this morning, 2 quarters, four dimes, four nickels, and 5 pennies, not to mention Putski's little gift.  So thank you Creator of all things for all these little symbols of Your infinite abundance.  Yeayuh!

The Cars Always Win : 11 25 2022

 

     

 

    Took a day off from finding pennies in the road for the annual Thanksgiving Day race yesterday.   Ran a good Turkey Trot, maintained pace throughout, worked the last mile hard, and sprinted the finish. It was a big difference from last year when I had some tendons that were iffy and I didn't know if I could even run a 10K.  Just another blessing!  Things got back to normal today, or as normal as my runs ever get, there was a lot of "stuff" over the whole run.  I found a another lug bolt and since I haven't had them on a vehicle before I wondered which is better, a lug-nut or a lug bolt?  According to 'Da Googles' the difference between the two is that with lug-nuts you can hang the tire on the wheel stud and then tighten the nut, and with the bolts you have to balance the tire with your toe as you try to align the two holes up so you can start threading the bolt in the hole.  The bolts are kind of schmancy, they're on a lot of BMWs and they seem a little pricey at $16 for just one, but I vote for the quicker and easier lug-nuts.  There were two more drill driver attachments, one for T25 star head screws and the other a nut driver.  I'm closing in on two bajillion of those this month so look for a sale at The 'Rundover' Store.  Another hitch pin to add to the collection too.  Someone lost a deck of Pokémon cards and who knew there was a Poké-Bear, Poké-Fish, Poké-Rock, Poké-Fox, Poké-Shoes, Poké-Horse, and my personal favorite, the Poké-Moose.  Whoo weee!  Boy oh boy these won't last long, call now, operators are sitting by.  Lastly, I 'hit for the cycle' again today (penny,nickel,dime,quarter) and some of them were pretty beat up.  Seems the cars always win. Anyway, thank you Creator for all the little treasures, and for being able to get out there and get-at-it.  Yeayuh!

Shame On You! : 05 06 2022

      Running around the Texas State Railroad Campground at an early hour didn't have a lot of delays because of stopping to pick up little treasures. It appears in fact, the little treasures were sleeping in today, especially the shiny pennies. We were taking the vintage train ride from Palistine to the State Park depot in Rusk that morning and I got to run and explore the station and the area around it.  It and the campgrounds were set back in the woods, well off of the highway, and although the campground was usually well occupied, we were the ONLY people there the 1st night. It was pitch black, out in the middle of nowhere, with nobody anywhere near, and it felt like a scene out of The Twilight Zone! Anyway, the run was uneventful although there was a kids scooter near the train station.  It looked very out of place but I left it where it was, and when the train stopped there later on our lunch break it was gone so obviously it made it back home.  The only catch-of-the-day, the orange squirt-gun in the picture, I found along the nature trail of all places.  Probably one of the squirrels, or possums, or racoons dropped it, you know how they can get, forgetting that they have to share the woods with all of us tourists, and leaving their toys scattered about.  Shame on you!  Anyway, lastly, thank you Creator of all things for all of the beauty, for being able to spend another day out in it, and for the wherewithal to hit the streets looking for treasures once again.  Yeayuh!

Thank Goodness For Asphalt : 05 10 2022

 

     Running the roads and trails at a State Park, you normally don't expect to find much of anything interesting. This is the 2nd State Park on this trip and just when I least expected it, there, in the middle of the parking lot at the boat launch area, was my shiny penny. Fortunately for me it was stuck in a piece of asphalt, or it would probably have washed away. There have been so many days with all kinds of change scattered all over the place, this shows that there's also days with little, or one, or none even. Always thankful for the one, but even when there's none, there's always the shiny penny of a nice day, and the shiny penny of having the wherewithal to get out and go running to be thankful for. And I am.

SHOE MONEY : 07 17 2022

    I'm posting this previous run today on Thanksgiving Day 2022 because with the Turkey Trot 10K race, I don't plan on stopping until the race is over.  This run was a Sunday about 4 months ago that I was never able to get to.   That said, credit card, military ID, half a cell phone, lots of change, where to start?  On the ID and credit card, they're the same person's and I called the most likely phone number and left a message but never heard back.  On the whole, I don't see many cell phones cut in half-- credit cards yes, cell phones no, but I took it just for the picture.  There was a small Rubicks cube looking ball to the lower right, not sure about that, toy, keyring, etc?   Below that is another tire valve cap,  they never seem to put them on tight, do they?

     The the owner of the Gamer at Play sign would STARVE at my house. Leave the food and go? Not in a million years Zippy.  The really useful item here is the USB rechargeable motion light.  I have gotten all kinds of use from that, and it was lying in the middle of the driveway going into Keller Town Square.   Yup. I like it!  There was also 4 quarters, 13 dimes, a nickel, and 19 pennies scattered about on the run. It's the normal expectation that on a longer run I'll 'hit for the cycle' (penny,nickel, dime,quarter) and of course I did again today.  At this rate it will take another 22 Sunday runs to find enough $$ to get a new pair of running shoes. I generally wear them out in about 12 weeks but I won't have to go barefoot for 10 weeks.  Fortunately I find $$ every day so adding that in,  it it'll work out. And of course, thank you Creator of all things for the shoe money!

Trains and Trains and Trains : 11 23 2022

    How does an unexpired Texas DMV windshield sticker end up in the grass along the road?  It's still good for 7 more months too, so where's the vehicle it was stuck to?  The answer to that is probably way above my pay grade.  So, moving on, I had promised to sing at a memorial service this morning so to make sure I got there early I cut a mile or so off the run, meaning fewer places to look.  Meaning fewer chances to find those shiny pennies on a route that tends to be a bit stingy as well.  Still, three pennies and a shiny quarter managed to find me, nothing to sneeze at I'm thinking.  I didn't end up running where I thought I'd be going today and again, some of the twists and turns are where traffic allowed.  Which took me past the railroad tracks 4 times and wouldn't you know it, there was a train to help out 3 times.  First time was passing the Smithfield Station crossing and I did have to wait for a minute for the passengers to finish boarding and the train to pull out.  But fortunately for them, I was there to step into the street, stop the already stopped cars, keep them already stopped while directing the train across the road, which it was going to do anyway.  And lastly, direct the cars back on their way, which they were going to do anyway.  Ha!  Silly? Yes!  Fun was had by all?  Yes!  I got honks, waves and even a thumbs up from the engineer.  Ya gotta love it.  By the time I had gotten to Main & Davis the train was coming through from the other direction and so I repeated the process over on Davis.  On the North side the cars are set back a long way from the tracks so I'm not sure how many of them actually saw OneMoreNutInTheRoad up by the tracks waving his arms at trains and traffic.  The last crossing was just west of Smithfield Station and I heard the noise of the train leaving so I had a chance to pick the busier side of the tracks and wait a sec for the bell to sound and the crossing arms to come down.  You know, it works so much better when you're close up.  Again I get honkin and wavin and smilin and thumbin upin.  And maybe somebody got to work with a smile that they could share with someone else.  They really do multiply.  So lastly, thank you Creator of all things for those 4 little symbols of your infinite abundance and thank you for having gotten delayed 3 times at the RR crossings.   (BTW, we sang like birds at the service!)

Wow Zebra Sarasa : 11 22 2022

 

 

       What I thought was another roll of electrical tape was in fact a roll of Tesa Tape.  'Da Googles' says it's basically fuzzy electrical harness tape, the kind that Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes use on the interior. From what I saw on the YouTube video, I'm going to throw away all of my electrical tape and start using this. See, ya learn something new every day!  There was half a pair of dice in the road today over where I saw those Life and Risk games a couple of weeks ago.  About all that's left of them now is the Game of Life spinner wheel, all the play money and game pieces have blown/washed away.  Mother nature cleaning up after us.  I thought I knew what that long pen-like thing at the top was but 'Da Googles' knew better.  It's really a "Pen Lot Pilot Rexgrip Pentel Wow Zebra Sarasa Pilot G-2 07 Bk440 Black 1.0"  They showed the price at $14.99 and they've got to be charging by the word.  Or maybe the "Wow Zebra Sarasa" part makes it schmancier.  Sheesh!  I wonder if I can get a job making up names for stuff?  I'm going to call that thing at the top left a "Spiff Total Stork Zord Wanna Pin and I'll sell it to you for $9.95.  Operators are sitting by. 

     That coin in the middle looked like it might be worth something, but after taking a close look when I got done running, it's a car wash token.  It was a nice thought while it lasted. There were a couple of kinda large engine bolts and a few smaller cousins, not a lot of pig-iron out there today.  There were three dimes though and nine pennies and that always makes me smile. I never know how these little guys will find me, but they'll find me.  And of course, thank you Creator of all things for all these little symbols of Your infinite abundance.  Yeahuh!

Robber Ski Hat? Seriously? : 11 21 2022

 

     I thought that might be a Ninja ski hat, it pulls down so that all you see are the eyes. I had 'Da Googles' look it up and it's listed as a "Vintage Knit Ski Mask 1 Hole Snow Hat Robber Unisex Navy Blue."  I get the unisex ski mask part but Robber?  Seriously?  They're going to advertise it as a "Robber" hat?  I suppose if you're stupid enough to be taking what's not yours, you'd probably need someone to tell you what kind of hat that Robbers wear.  Sheesh!  Ok, now since it's dark blue instead of black, and from what I hear ninjas always wear black, it's not one of theirs, end of discussion.  I haven't run the better part of this route in a while so I figured there'd be all kinds of car "droppings" out there today, and there were.  It looks like it was engine bolt day. This is supposed to be a OneMoreNutInTheRoad blog but there almost weren't any NutsInTheRoad until nearly the end. Lucky thing for me a few finally turned up though, if I have to call this something else like One-More-Lock-Washer-In-The-Road, that's just not going to cut it. 

      That was kind of a schmancy Allen wrench I found this morning.  It had a special little sleeve to it, so it's probably the deluxe version, made for easy Allening.  There were 2 sockets, one a very shiny 11mm which I don't have many of.  The other was a Kobalt 5/8" and for some reason instead of etching the size on, the label is stamped on and it's really hard to read most of the time.  If I'm going to be gifted with sockets, I'm thinking that they better be easy to read or else I'll.......or else, or else I'll just shut up and say thank you for the gift.  Moving on, I found a Gorilla Guard wheel lock key (thank you to 'Da Googles') that somebody will wonder about next time they have to replace a tire.  I see why people have those, if you've got some really pricey tires and rims it makes sense to make it hard for the knuckleheads of the world to steal them.  What's that saying, Karma is a *****?  Nuff said.  Now that L-shaped thing at the lower right is a mystery, 'Da Googles' didn't have a clue either.  There was a 3" pencil labeled Dynamic Discs and slowly the light bulb came on.  It's a scorecard sized pencil and it's for disk golf, ooohhhh.  I was thinking it had something to do with CDs--Ha!  I found another hitch pin, probably to a flatbed trailer.  There's lawn guys everywhere and they all are pulling a flatbed trailer.  I guess if I had been able to spot a nickel today I'd have 'hit for the extended cycle' but somehow I missed it.  A lot of days when I'm short one thing for the 'cycle', the run might get a little longer and I'll explore some places I might not normally look, like maybe a long median from the main road to a side street.  Or I'll think 'just another half mile'.  Funny, there was a time (years ago) when I might have been trying to rationalize how to maybe pack it in a little early.  Now I'm looking for places to extended it--go figure.  Anyway, a quarter, a dime, and six pennies on a route that I had no major expectations for.  Eight little blessing that, as always, I'm grateful for. 

Which Won Is it? : 11 20 2022

      That ginormous tool at top left is a 1/2" socket wrench with a 1 1/8" socket. Now I've got a way to use all those 1/2" sockets I've also found in the road.  I safely tucked away, to get at the end of my run, that wrench as well as the wheel cover, as my pockets only hold so much.  I actually stashed the sunglasses too or they would have gotten scratched up and wouldn't find their way to the 'Rundover' Store's fine collection of eyeware. 

     Granted, Sunday runs are longer with more places to look, but there was a crazy amount of change scattered around. 7 quarters, 7 dimes, 4 nickels, and 49 pennies and there was even a South Korean coin.  Which Won you ask?  Why, a 10 Won thank you very much.  In very good shape this 50 year old coin goes for $10 on Ebay.  Go figure.   And lastly, since I also found 2 sockets and a lug-nut in addition to the change, I once again 'hit for the extended cycle'. (penny,nickel,dime,quarter,socket,lug-nut).  Thank you Big Guy for all these blessings today!

First Aid : 11 19 2022

      I ran across my 1st First Aid kit today. I started seeing gauze, and tape, and band-aids, and sterile pads, etc in the grass just beyond the sidewalk, and I took the gauze roll for the picture.  Not so odd really, I found it in front of a medical facility.  I also found another football player card, that makes 3 now.  My collection is up to 5 counting 1 hockey,  and 1 baseball.  I had a collection of 1 baseball card as a kid: Preston Gomez of the San Diego Padres which should be really valuable now because it's one of a kind--who else but me has one of those?  There was a small plastic bag today with 2 screws, a zip tie and what looked like a tiny jumper for an old P-ATA hard drive.  'Da Googles' sort of agreed saying it's a Harwin Connector Accessory Jumper. Sure it is.  Just imagine how my weekend might have turned out if I had missed seeing that little guy. Moving on, I found another live round, it's a 9mm cartridge and ironically it was in the street in front of a Care-Now.  Very convenient, somebody gets shot and would only have to go 100' for treatment.  Stupid but logical.  There was a dollar's worth of change today and most of the coins were pretty beat up.  But 3 quarters, 4 nickels, and 5 pennies are still greatly appreciated of course.  Many thanks Creator of all things for these little symbols of Your infinite abundance. 

Smarter than A 5th Grader? : 11 18 2022

     Seems it's 'air freshener day.'  I found 5 little 'dangle from the rear-view mirror' packages out in the grass just off the road.  Don't think I'm ready for my car to smell like Bull anything though.  If the Sippin one was lemon scented, I might think about it, but to avoid the internationally famous eye-roll from my honey, I'm going to let these, especially Southside, Dallas, and the muscle car, work on freshening my recycle bin.   That little plastic token at the top right was part of a "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" game and it looked like most of the game was there.  We're going to assume that I is in fact smarter than a 5th grader and move on.  There was half a credit card in the median of the road and the half I found showed the name, CC# and expiration.You know, it would have been a lot smarter to have lost the other half.  It appears that 'Sean' wasn't smarter than a 5th grader. There was another nut-driver bit (I know, another another bit) along the curb, and knowing that I find a lot of 10mm and 13mm sockets, it's not surprising that this one's a 10mm. I'll be in good company.  That's a very shiny tire valve cap and I was really glad to know it's a universal fit, because they come in so many different si....well, just the one.  A little bit o' pig-iron and a few coins today and the first two pennies were at a driveway I pass a lot.  Judging by how run over they were, I've missed seeing them for a week now.  Guess I didn't need them until today.  Well, thank you Creator for me finding these little blessings today.  

The Flock Gets Bigger : 11 17 2022

      Rubber duckie #29!  Ya-hoo!!  I was thinking it's been quite a while since I found one and look who appeared!  Wilbur!   I was 5 minutes from being finished too, you truly never know when or where. I think I'm going to have to enlarge the pond at this rate.  OK then, it's been in the low 30s when I've hit the streets this week and I've started mixing my sports drink and my Amino Boost with warm water because I've had issues with them freezing up after I've been outside for a while. Yeah, I know, in Texas even!  I thought I heard that NOAA is calling for possible snow Friday night into Sat. so there's a chance of severe whining.    Next, I've spotted all kinds of work gloves (I love the Ninja ones!) but this may be the 1st golf glove I've run across.  It's a "Mesh, Micro Fiber, Non Slip, Beauty" from 'Finger 10'. Although I've only bought a left glove these are sold in pairs now which makes sense especially if they come from a company named for all 10 digits.   Next I found a hat from Colleyville's finest, a fire dept. ball cap and I promise to wear it proudly!  There was another drill/nut driver bit and I'm starting to see these every day, not sure why though.  Another Ft Worth Community Credit Union pen, seems like I have three or 4 of those now.  There was an IHG Rewards card, I guess it's for hotel frequent-stayers.  Lastly, there were three beat-up dimes and four and a half driven over pennies, all little symbols of the Creator's infinite abundance. And I'm OK with maybe an old, dirty, wet, driven over, partly torn $100 bill too.  Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled currency, yearning to breathe free.  And I will give them a home.  Yeayuh!

EUUWWW! : 11 16 2022

 

      After finding 70 drill/nutdriver bits on the 10th and 40 more on the 14th, you'd think that I would have picked the road clean for a while.  Nope. 16 more today and 14 were at the same intersection where I had previously picked up 70.  Don't see how I could have missed them unless maybe they're Ninja bits. You can't see them unless they want you to see them. Makes sense now. Moving on,it was a really good day to find stuff, right up there with some of the longer Sunday runs.  There were two USB cords today, one that fits my current phone and one for my old one so that's handy. There was another Pokémon card, it's a 'Wailmer' which coincidentally is a whale. I never would have guessed.  I think you'd need a program to keep all those Poké-names straight though.  There was a room key-card for a Marriot Coutryard stay, the official hotel of the NFL.  Those "official" endorsements always make me laugh. Why would I care if the NFL (or the Cowboys or anything 'famous') endorses anything?  I'm waiting for the next wave of endorsements, who will be the official laxative of the NFL?  Or the official toe fungus cream or ear wax remover of the NFL?  Or the official bail-bondsman of the NFL---oops, sorry, that last one slipped out.  Not nice.  Moving on, there was a wheel cap for what 'Da Googles' says is a 2002 Volvo 740, something to add to the Ford, Chevy, Mercedes, etc. ones I've found. To the far right is a 44 key remote control for TISRO Led Strip lights.  Must be some kind of schmancy light thingy to have a 44 button remote.  I think I'd have to draw the line at 25 to avoid some kind of overload.

     I thought the small yellow thing at center was an earring but according to 'DG' it's a 'Septum Hanger Nose Non-piercing Jewelry'--a nose ring!  Can I just say for everyone...EUUWWW!!  I've seen people, bless their hearts, that have nose piercings and I've always wondered, how do they blow their nose?  Or sneeze or have a runny nose?  At least this one was just a nose pincher.  Sheesh, makes me shiver just thinking about it.  Hurrying onward, there was a very small yellow crayon and it's not broken, it's full sized for when you only plan to color a little bit, with the only yellow in your masterpiece being a smiley sun.  I found a 3/8" spade drill bit, which could be useful.  I did though have to be careful putting other stuff in that pocket so as not to 'stick me'.   I not only 'hit for the cycle today' I 'hit for the extended cycle' (penny,nickel,dime,quarter,socket,lug-nut)--Woo & Hoo!  1 quarter, 5 dimes, 2 nickels, and 17 1/2  pennies., go figure!  And it was the quarter this time that was the hardest to locate and it showed up in an unlikely place.  Which is how all this generally works.  I never know where or when, I just know.  And to close, thank you Creator of all things for all these little symbols of your infinite abundance.  Yeayuh!

Thank You In Advance : 11 15 2022

 

    Another day, another credit card found in the road.  There's a name on it but it's been well driven over and if there's a bank phone number on it, I can't see it.  I've tried calling several phone numbers I looked up for that name but no telling if they're still current.  Can't say we didn't try.  The thing above the credit card said LEGO on it and "Da Googles' says it's a 'Lego Pullback Motor' which would go to different gadgets including a Lego racecar.  Found it running past a carwash, I never knew you could/would wash your Lego racer there.  Go figure.  To the left of the credit card is a small, metal, VP racing fuels 45th year commemorative thing-a-ma-bob.  Well good for them.  There was another Phillips head drill bit along Rufe Snow, and I guess it can keep the other 110 that I've found in the last week company.  Not a lot of pig-iron out there although the washers weren't shy today.  There's a small stone in the picture and I've run past it half a dozen times or so and every time I have to stop because from 6'-8' away it looks like a bent penny.  But there were a few pennies out there, some were out in the street and pretty obvious, and some were in an expansion crack in a street or driveway.  My subconscious is getting pretty good at finally registering that something might be there. But lastly, thank you Creator of all things for the little symbols of Your infinite abundance. And feel free to include a few of their more valuable cousins any old time.  And thank you in advance!

Did I Miss Anything? : 11 14 2022

         No rain at 9am, or 10am, or 11am.  So somebody putzes around long enough so that when he finally gets his tookus out the door, it's pouring down rain.  Great plan!!  It rained for an hour and stopped when I finished up.  Wah!  I at least had the foresight to wear my waterproof running socks, but my thinking at the time was not to keep my feet dry but warm.   Not too much to see today, I was dodging big puddles and spray from the cars but spotted a few things, like that giant lug-nut.  I wonder how big the wheel was that that thing came off.  I'm sure the wheel isn't going to fall off with just one missing, but they did use 5 of them for a reason.  Just sayin.  I thought that round, silver, dime looking thing at center was in fact a dime but I'm not really sure what it is.  It's not magnetic so it's not iron or steel, something made from zinc maybe.  I did briefly have thoughts of  'hitting for the extended cycle' (penny,nickel,dime, quarter,socket,lug-nut) but no nickel or socket, and now no dime either.  Well, at least I got to enjoy a really pretty day, a little sunshine, a little breeze, a little......... sorry, I nodded off.  Did I miss anything?

GOOD JOB! : 11 13 2022

 

     You've heard of Johnny Appleseed, the pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of American in the early 1800s?  Seems he has a modern-day cousin, Douglass Drillbit Driver.  Last Thursday I found 70 star, Phillips head, impact, whatever, bits in the road and today I see that Douglass has again planted 40 more along the curb on 1709 right in front of a McDonalds.  There's 39 in the picture and I pulled one more out of the dryer when I took the running clothes out. In fact, Doug even left 4 drill bits there as well.  Sheesh!  I'm definitely going to have to enlarge the tool wing of The 'Rundover' Store.   I found, on the median, out there between 8 lanes of traffic, another baby's 'bippy' or pacifier.  It had a clip on it to keep it attached to the baby (or let's hope, the baby's clothing) and I guess whoever took little junior for that stroll forgot to clip it.  If I was that kid and my parent was crossing 8 lanes of 1709 where the bippy ended up, I'd be spitting the bit too!  I see very expensive therapy in that kid's future. 

     I found an Under Armour ball cap and it makes me wonder.  Why would I want to pay $10-$15 for an Under Armour hat so I could advertise for them for free.  You'd think they would at least give you the hat.  There was another hotel room access key-card but it might be for one of those Ninja hotels, there's no identifier what hotel it goes to.  Sounds very hush hush.  And, my favorite, I 'hit for the extended cycle', twice even!  I found a socket and a socket extension, two lug-nut/lug-bolts, in addition to 3 quarters, 4 nickels, 9 dimes, and 19 pennies.  Thank you to all of those kind people who took it to heart when I've asked for people to roll down the car windows and pitch your change outside so I'd have something to find.  Good job!

TRAIN x 2 : 11 12 2022

 

        All that whining about the heat this summer turns into "are 5 layers enough, is 7 too many?"  Settled on 6 and was glad for the cowl and the ski hat.  Starting off on the bottom, it appears that "KC" lost their car key as 'Da Googles' says it's a transponder key for a Ford model year from 2000-2020.  Since it's a blue KC tag I don't suppose they're a Chiefs fan, but if so, I don't expect they'll be driving their 2002 Thunderbird to the game.  There was another hitch pin minus the little cotter pin that goes in the bottom.  I'm guessing it's probably for a small trailer, maybe for one of the grass cutting guys.  Moving on, although it was Saturday, I didn't run the usual Saturday route, I had a business conference and needed to get out and back a little quicker.  Which was a good thing because directing traffic at the RR crossing twice did use up a few minutes.  But everybody got it today!!  I step into the road after the crossing arms come down, stop the already stopped cars, keep them already stopped and direct the commuter train through the crossing, which it's going to do anyway, and then let all the traffic know that it's ok to continue onward, which they probably figured out already because the crossing arms went back up.  Everybody smiled, waved, honked, or gave a thumbs up.  Now isn't that better than everybody just sitting there being steamed because they were stuck at the crossing?  I've wondered also what the people on the commuter trains think about the guy outside doing all this silly stuff at the crossing.  Probably happens too fast for them to even notice.   There was a really large 'Dumbo' feather today which my honey will get (they make her smile).  There was another pipe fitting and I'm guessing it's for a ceiling fan.  OK, 'Da Googles' guesses it's for a ceiling fan. That wire cap I found does tend to come in handy.  I have a bunch of them somewhere in the garage but it's faster sometimes to do a quick look through the found-in-the-road stuff.   No 'hitting for the cycle' today, I was missing the dime but as usual I'm appreciative of all those little symbols of the Creator's infinite abundance.  

Red Eyes : 11 11 2022

      Cold pouring rain, wah!  But we run because that's what we do. And we still find stuff, like two visa gift cards. I wasn't expecting there to be anything left on either but they had $1 and $2.34 available.  Wow, that's a gallon of gas!  Next, the pencil was on the sidewalk and judging from where it was I bet I might have found that pencil once before and had it escape from my pocket.  It's labeled as an Amazon basics, a #2 beauty, already sharpened even.  I found a little plastic dolphin with red eyes, and yes, the eyes really are red.  I think either the water where this one lives is really bad, or there's been way too much partying going on.  The route I ran today took me past where I found the Risk and Life games last week and after several rains all that was left at this point is that red die, and the Life game spinner that I once again resisted picking up (you're welcome honey!).  Not a whole lot of pig-iron out there today, and as many times as I've run this route you'd think I'd have already picked it clean.  Apparently not.  There were a few coins that found me, and I have to admit that one of the shiny pennies I planted last night.  I had stopped at sandwich shop and when I exited, with change in hand, I tossed a penny in the driveway thinking I'd probably run past in the morning.  And I did.  Ha!!

Anybody Need A Hex Head Bit? : 11 10 2022

      Granted, I have run enough times that I usually have a reasonably good idea of what I could find.  And I have found a number of those hex head drill driver bits before, but 70 of them??  Scattered out at a Rufe Snow and 820 intersection were 70 of these, and a goodly number of broken drill bits as well.  I'm not sure how you lose 1 or 2 of these let alone 70.  It took three or four light change/traffic passings to collect them all and it was a good thing I was wearing the two pocketed running belt/overflow holder of stuff.  You know, if I'm this astounded by a ginormous bunch of driver bits, one can only imagine what would happen if I was to find a wad of 20s in the road.  Moving on, there was a pair of baby Yoda sunglasses at the curb and think I do, one would have, a need for these there not be.  Yeah, what he said.  There was a small green stretchy cord, not as stout as a bungee cord but handy I'm sure.  I think I saw the bracelet as I was passing a car wash, and that style usually travels in packs, but I didn't see any more.

    There in the street along Rufe Snow I found another credit card, this one a Venmo MC, another first.  And just down the street was a SmiOne Visa followed by a Wisely Visa.  They belonged to the same person so I looked up the name and I did try calling the most likely listing for that name in the area without any luck.  So I called the customer service numbers and reported them.  There was the expected washers, bolts, and NutsInTheRoad (picked up by, yeah, we know already...) that fell off somebodys' vehicle.  They just don't know it yet.  Later I got to the RR crossing on Rufe Snow and boy it was a tough crowd.  After the crossing arms came down I stepped into the street, stopped the already stopped cars, kept them already stopped whilst I directed the train through the intersection which was going through it anyway. And then signaled the cars to continue onward which they were going to do anyway.  And nobody got it.  The old guy closest to me looked like he thought I was going to come over and ask for money.  Everyone else kinda looked away as if to say, "maybe if we ignore him, he'll go away."  Sheesh!  Well, I had a laugh at least.  My favorite find though has to be all the change that somehow seems to find me.  With 3 quarters, a dime, a nickel, 15 pennies, 2 sockets and a lug-nut I definitely 'hit for the extended cycle.'  And as always thank you Creator for all things for all these little symbols of Your infinite abundance.