Monday, June 5th, 2023 – Safeway
Today was another great walk. The weather was perfect, we encountered no roadkill and found money.
A quarter was in the middle of the busy intersection of 145th Ave NE and Juanita-Woodinville Way, and it looked like it had been there for a while. But it’s still legal tender. The two quarters and two pennies were found by Janet at the service station. She used a new tool we found to scrape the coins out of a crack between the pavement and the curb. All-in-all, a good start to the week.
We found a couple of bags from the Thai Ginger restaurant in Redmond, WA. One had two big cups of soup, apparently unopened.
They were not tossed but set by the side of the road, so still intact. We emptied the contents into the bushes and recycled the rest. It’s Thai food for the rabbits tonight. Hope it wasn’t some kind of rabbit soup.
Also with the food were three little packets slightly smaller than a stick of gum.
We opened one and found it was a pair of food-handling-type gloves. Coincidently, we just started looking for similar gloves. We have our nitril gloves we use for picking up trash, but we reuse them until they eventually tear. We were looking for cheap, single-use gloves to keep in the car for “emergency” trash. These would be perfect for our use. They say, if the glove fits, wear it. But in this case, it’s “If the glove doesn’t fit, wear it.”
In the middle of Juanita-Woodinville Way, we saw what looked like a piece of cardboard.
But it was mudflap. We might be able to use this during the winter when things are wetter. But we recycled it, so we needed to raise a flap to get it into the recycle bin.
On top of Norway Hill, we witnessed the start of a pothole.
It was a previous patch that started to cave in. We notified the City of Bothell in case they wanted to nip this in the bud.
We picked up a sign designed to ask people to become more eco-friendly.
It looks like the school is encouraging activism, which is okay, but what about reading, writing, and arithmetic? Especially writing:
“Start carpooling with family no/or friends if possible, doing that, will lower the release of CO2 emissions that much!”
“Begin riding thepublic transportation or riding your bike to work or school if possible.”
“WHAT ARE WE DOING? We are reaching out to the top-selling cr companies and spreading awareness towards them about making more eco-friendly vehicles, we also have begun carpooling.”
Grammar checkers will not bail you out if you don’t pay attention to them.
We found Barbie’s suitcase.
It appears she’s finally leaving Ken. It’s about time, too, the guy has no balls. At least they didn’t have any kids, but then again, how could they?
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 – Park-and-Ride
Yet more money.
Two dimes and three pennies. The dimes were both in the gutters and very beat-up. These were found fair and square, no special tools involved. That probably explains why we came home with seventy-seven cents yesterday and only twenty-three cents today.
We picked up a child’s bracelet.
It was in good condition, and we added it to our found jewelry stash.
We saw a bundle of papers in the middle of an intersection.
It was an instruction booklet for a Glock pistol. “Hey, Zeke, where are the instructions for this pistol?” “Shoot! I set them on the top of the pickup.” A poor choice of words.
A photo of Washington-Grizzly Stadium at the University of Montana in Missoula.
It’s in very good condition and still wrapped in plastic. We don’t have a use for it, and evidently neither did the owner. If anyone knows an alum of the school, let us know. We’ll let it go for free.
In the park-and-ride, we found an inventory control device.
Better known as an antitheft device. Well, that didn’t work. Can you trust a security device that gets stolen?
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 – Safeway and 100th Ave NE
Well, our streak was broken at two. No money today, and we removed a crow from the road.
We found a piece of a Nest today. No, it had nothing to do with the crow, this was part of a Nest thermostat.
There was no sign of the rest of the device, though and got recycled.
We picked up a small flag.
It looked like a gay pride flag we see around, but this one has more markings. According to Google, this one is an “Intersex Progress Pride” flag. We found one website with the explanation, “The design incorporates the six-colored Rainbow Flag, widely recognized as the symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) community. A five-colored chevron has been added to this, the black and brown stripes to represent marginalized LGBTQ+ communities of color, and the light blue, pink, and white stripes which are used on the Transgender Pride Flag. This new design now incorporates the intersex symbol.” That’s a lot to put on one flag.
Today we found that the City of Bothell responded to our report.
They patched the patch. We’re glad they were able to patch things up.
And, in case you were wondering what the aerial view of a run-over lime looks like:
Thursday, June 8th, 2023 – 160th to 124th Street
We were back in the money today.
Two quarters, a dime, and a penny all part of one spill in a parking lot. But we also removed a roadkill rat and frog from the streets.
We were again harassed by the same crow as last week on this route.
At least we think it was the same crow, but they all look alike to us.
Well, this is a crock.
Literally. It’s in good condition, put out good heat and will go to Goodwill. And that’s a load of crock.
Friday, June 9th, 2023 – 100th Ave NE
Today there was a light mist, but not enough to make us uncomfortable. Janet raided her secret money-mining spots today and came up with more money.
A penny at a service station and a quarter, three dimes and four more pennies at the drive-thru. Some of it has been buried for a while. It’s what you call old money.
We picked up another lost hat today.
A Gravity Outdoors hat. Black is a bad hat color this time of year with the cottonwood trees shedding. We’ll wash it and add it to our collection of over sixty hats we’ve picked during our walks.
Besides some pieces of shattered car parts, we found two lost wheel covers.
To be exact, one center cap and one wheel cover. The center cap goes for twenty-four dollars on Amazon, but they were both damaged and got recycled.
We started seeing and picking up pieces of confetti.
Then we found the source, a Confetti Cannon. More like a Litter Cannon if you ask us. You think we’re kidding?
It’s Friday, time to check out Chuck’s vest pocket.
Starting with the cards, two competing hotel key cards and a Pokémon card. We still haven’t taken the time to learn what to do with these. And Luciele’s debit VISA card with an expiration date of January 2028, plenty of time to use it. No, we shred the cards we find.
A small length of smashed solder, a golf tee, and a small spray bottle of perfume with some perfume left in it. Or perhaps it isn’t perfume. “Real Rose Flowers Can Again with Our Organic Natural Rose Essence Spritzer Spray.” It’s a spray-on scent for real roses. Six-fifty at Walmart. Think of the practical jokes you can pull making, for example, someone’s coffee smell like roses. But why stop there? We once found a bottle of fart spray. You could use it on the roses.
Back to the top, a pair of disassembled glasses without any glass. An Apple Lightning cable to get you nowhere fast. A “Peace” emblem next to the 9 mm bullet shell. A small Mexican flag and a cool smiley-face kids ring.
A couple of parking permits. The first one looks like it’s for Motel 6. The car Make/Model is a Chevy Impala. The License number shows “Stolen Lost Plate” with stolen crossed out. We can see the difference. “Lost Plate” means the plate is gone. “Stolen Plate” could mean that the owner stole the plates and put it on their car. It’s a good way to have a current registration without paying.
The second permit is for a nearby apartment complex. On the back it states that there is a $50 replacement fee. We will try to track down the person who lost it and offer to sell it back for $25.
Finally, a Rick and Morty cardboard cutout, a pterodactyl, another key, and nine small UNO playing cards. Someone out there is not playing with a full deck.
Saturday, June 10th, 2023 – Riverside Drive
There was another light mist this morning so again we did not don our raincoats. Of course, it grew steadily heavier through our walk, and we arrived home thoroughly soaked. We removed two birds and a frog from the roads but found more money.
The quarter was found in the intersection at the bottom of the hill on Riverside Drive. We took the photo and tried to pick it up. It was buried in the asphalt. It took several minutes to work loose using small screwdriver we carry. Now we need to find a way to remove the asphalt from the coin. The two pennies were found separately in the park-and-ride lot.
We found a lost tool on NE 160th St.
We picked up all the pieces and have enough to reassemble the shears, but we don’t think superglue would be able to make the useful again.
A mystery device.
A friend later identified it as part of a bicycle seat-post clamp. You’d think the bike rider would notice when it went missing. “Man, that’s the most uncomfortable bicycle I’ve ridden.”
An empty suitcase.
It’s probably designed to hold empty suits. It’s probably set out for the taking, but we have too many. Empty suitcases, not empty suits.
At the park-and-ride, we found some clothes.
An extra-large sweatshirt, a Puma hoodie, and a pink sock. The sweatshirt had a large stain on it, but it came out in the wash. The sweatshirt and hoodie will be taken to Goodwill and the sock got tossed.
Another urine bottle.
The second in two weeks.
Finally, a “Got Milk” coffee mug.
It had a whole Oreo cookie on the back and a pulled-apart half cookie with a bite taken out on the front. Copyright 1999. It’s over twenty years old and you know what that means? Yes, it’s a vintage cup so you can charge more for it on eBay.
That wraps up our walking week with an inventory of,
- $2.48. Another good week.
- 7 Mike’s Hard Lemonade cans.
- 6 Roadkill.
- 2 Balls.
- 2 Suitcases, Barbie and an empty suit.
- 1 Hole, patched.
- 1 Urine bottle.
- 1 Glock Instruction Manual, lost.
- 1 Lime, run over.
- 1 Crock pot.
- 1 Confetti cannon, used.
- 1 Pterodactyl, red.
- 1 Coffee Cup, got milk.
Have a great week and remember to be careful out there, not everyone is playing with a full deck.
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