Exercise pays (literally)!

[Trek420]

I always pick up lost change, including pennies. I can't believe the number of people who can't be bothered for anything less than a $5 bill! I don't bank them up separately tho'... maybe I should!

Queen, while we're reminiscing on what parents do with lost change my Dad had an economic theory related to that; he thought that when times were good there was not only more lost change but higher denominations because people would feel it was not worth stopping to pick it up unless it was a paper bill, then quarter, dime, nickel then finally only pennies. The worse the economy was than only pennies were left on the street.

Knowing my Dad there is probably a chart somewhere with change picked up in the year vs GNP and National Debt

When I walk Mae around the condo grounds I carry a cell and while I don't pick these things up we snap pictures. So far Mae and I have posted to Craigs Free section and gotten picked up and "re-purposed" things dumped at the condo grounds such as; a 6 piece formal dining room chair set, 3 piece bathroom mirror, wrought iron outdoor furniture, wooden end tables, a couple of excellent rugs, and a Raleigh Sprite 27 which needed a ton of work but a cyclists happily picked up as a project bike.

My Motobecane Mixte dumped on the grounds though, that I kept

[Bad JuJu]

a 6 piece formal dining room chair set, 3 piece bathroom mirror, wrought iron outdoor furniture, wooden end tables, a couple of excellent rugs, and a Raleigh Sprite 27 which needed a ton of work but a cyclists happily picked up as a project bike.

My Motobecane Mixte dumped on the grounds though, that I kept

Holy mackerel, Trek, it's a veritable Salvation Army thrift shop--I mean, REALLY thrifty!

Maybe because I live in the south, where outdoor furniture gets a lot of use, we find an incredible amount of outdoor furniture tossed here and there in our rural area. We've furnished our neighborhood firepit with a nice assortment of still-serviceable wrought iron furniture just from what we find discarded. But I have yet to find a cool bike lying in the trees at the edge of the road.

[Trek420]

But I have yet to find a cool bike lying in the trees at the edge of the road.

Keep looking

If I find another one I'll post here. I'm still kicking myself, there was a 70's Japanese mixte with those hand hammered aluminum or steel fenders that I let the trash guys pick up. Now I know the fenders alone would be great to have but oh, I was so naive to the joys of a mixte I let that get picked up.

Give it a month or two and someone nearby who has taken the bike out of storage will give up and throw the bike away because it stops running (dude, put air in the tires!).

[mimitabby]

Tuesday I found rose shears and Raleighdon found a screwdriver.
One of the things that bothers me deep down inside are those photos of people in places like Mexico and Haiti, scrounging at the dump. Any one of those people would think they'd died and gone to heaven at OUR dump, but the sad thing is, all the stuff at our dump is smashed and pulverized. lots of good stuff.
And that really bugs me.

[F8th637]

A lot of times I find money while walking my dog. My most recent find was $5. My dad is a HUGE money-stopper. No matter how small the amount of change, he'll stop for it. He likes finding money while walking my dog too.

[Pax]

Queen, while we're reminiscing on what parents do with lost change my Dad had an economic theory related to that; he thought that when times were good there was not only more lost change but higher denominations because people would feel it was not worth stopping to pick it up unless it was a paper bill, then quarter, dime, nickel then finally only pennies. The worse the economy was than only pennies were left on the street.

I think your dad was probably right. My mom grew up in the depression so she always picks up coins...even pennies.