Monday, July 31st, 2023 – Safeway
We started the new week with continuing good walking weather and found some money.
Eleven cents at the drive-thru. We noticed that when they are open this particular drive-thru has a tip cup held in place by Velcro strips. This probably explains why we find so much dropped change here. We feel bad that we are picking up their tip money. We could make a point to return when they are open and put it in the cup, but we don’t feel that bad.
We did find some roadkill that the mower hit.
We won’t count it in our roadkill totals.
At the 7Eleven corner, some poor sod lost some rolls of grass.
We pulled it away from the corner and spread it out. In a few days, we’ll bring over a lawn mower, then, perhaps a putting green?
At the bus stop across from Safeway, McDonalds trash, a shirt and a Goodwill price tag.
Someone probably purchased a shirt from Goodwill, dropped by McDonalds to pick up a burger then went to the bus stop to eat, change clothes, and wait for the bus. We will wash the old shirt and send it to Goodwill. Maybe they can sell it to this guy again.
Some free stuff was set out today.
A portable air compressor. We don’t know if it works or if they’re full of hot air.
A tray with some items on it.
A pixie-house teapot with a couple of pixies next to it. A shoebox with a miniature cup and broken saucer and a couple of other items. We don’t know if these are free or they are holding a mini garage sale.
These aren’t set out for free.
Well, they are free, but someone dumped these by the side of the road. We set them upright and found they are made of solid wood, not like most furniture today. Perhaps someone will pick them up. If not, we will notify the city.
A tossed bottle of magic elixir.
An empty bottle of a male-enhancement product. Actually, it is not magic, according to the FDA, it contains the same chemicals as the drugs Viagra and Cialis. The label makes several claims about the results, but it also states, “Effects may vary.” Well, but you didn’t get a headache. And does anyone else find a girl snuggling up to a rhinoceros disturbing?
But wait. After further research, we found this press release: South Korean National Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Smuggling Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Sold as Herbal Products. The press release states, “Over the course of about 2½ years – until his businesses were shut down by federal authorities in October 2018 – Lee sold at least $3.5 million worth of pills under numerous names, including “Rhino” and variations of that name.” How is it that if his business was shut down in 2018, this product is still being sold?
Tuesday, August 1st,thru Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
We played hooky for three days on a trip to Bend Oregon to visit one of Janet’s brothers. We didn’t do any TrashWalking, but he lives near a golf course and Janet wandered around finding lost golf balls.
Friday, August 4th, 2023 – 100th Ave NE
Back to our normal schedule. The weather remains dry with temperatures in the mid-fifties, perfect for TrashWalking. We found no roadkill and found some money.
The penny was found at the gas station and the thirteen cents was mined at Janet’s favorite drive-thru. After the mining, she circled the restaurant and in the parking lot saw a discarded Jack-in-the-Box bag. Among the trash inside the bag was a nickel. We are checking how far away any Jack-in-the-Box restaurants are and when they open.
The KinderCare kids were busy while we were gone.
We tossed about 15 toys and parts back over the fence into the playground including three balls and a T-Rex.
We picked up a tool.
A long Sawzall blade for cutting metal. It looks beat-up, but the teeth are still sharp. We’ll keep it.
In the middle divider of Juanita-Woodinville Way, were the remnants of an average kegger without the kegs.
Okay, make that a median kegger.
Last week we saw many of these signs plastered around the area and noted that it is a scam.
These were different from the others we’ve picked up in that they stated that the signs will be picked up after the auction. To our surprise, they were gone. Well, mostly gone, they missed this one. So, they kept their word, but it’s still a scam.
We found another hidden-shackle lock.
Sixty bucks on Amazon. At that price, it might be worth having a key made for it. But we don’t have any use for it. That’s the key point.
It looks like a large construction project is starting to take place along 100th Ave. NE.
We found a large number of discarded water bottles and several trees have been removed. Walking along this stretch is probably going to get a bit dicey over the next few months.
Along Simonds Road, someone dumped a kid’s motorized vehicle.
Whoa! Four-hundred-and-forty bucks at Walmart. We left it, but perhaps we should call a tractor to take it to our house.
Saturday, August 5th, 2023 – Riverside Drive
Today was ten degrees warmer than yesterday and we got hit by at least seven rain drops. We removed two roadkill rabbits from the road and found eleven cents.
Both were found near the end of our walk. As Chuck was passing the entrance to the park-and-ride, he saw a cup across Juanita-Woodinville Way and, with no traffic coming crossed to pick it up. Coming back across, he made it to the island at the turn-in to the park-and-ride and waited for a break in traffic. Suddenly, the cars stopped. That was nice of them, but then he noticed a car turning into the park-and-ride had triggered the traffic light and took the opportunity to cross the lanes. About half-way through the last lane, he noticed the dime and tried to make a walking-pickup with the pickers, but it was stuck to the tar. Chuck again waited for a break in traffic and pried the dime loose. It’s a good thing the car didn’t stop on the dime. The penny was just lying in the gutter along 112th Ave. NE.
On our way down the hill to Riverside Drive we picked up several cans and another urine bottle.
Another “tool.”
We’re a bit light on the tools this week, but we only walked three days.
Balloons!
As we passed through one block, we found some balloons and pieces of popped balloons. In all we found five inflated balloons and two popped balloons. Unfortunately, the balloons popped when they accidently brushed up against some berry bushes. Come on, we couldn’t very well carry them and if we left them, we would be picking up the pieces on Monday.
We found a medical certificate today.
It’s from the Manarom Hospital in Bangkok dated 19 June 2023. It states that a psychiatrist treated a girl with Ritalin for ADD. It’s probably a declaration that the drugs are prescribed to allow travel to the U.S. It must have worked because they tossed the certificate here.
Week 5.
Still no action from the County. Maybe they are being efficient. If they wait long enough, it’ll rot away.
At the bus stop on Brickyard Road, someone was evidently doing a cigarette taste test.
These must be the losers.
On the freeway on-ramp, a three-foot package.
Black Magic Premium Truck Window Tint Film, eighteen dollars at Walmart. The package is opened but it is hard to tell if any has been used. We hauled it home and put it in our Goodwill pile.
Also on the on-ramp, we checked the platter for the rotten chicken we left behind the barrier.
It’s still too aromatic to put in the bus stop can. We’ll let it air out for another week or so.
We picked up a bag of Lays and inside was a toy.
It had been run over but we were able to piece it together. No, we are not into bondage, the rubber band is holding it together. It is a Kinder Joy: Ice Climber and we found it on eBay for $4.50 plus $4.00 shipping. We’ll let this go for $4.00 and we’ll pay shipping, rubber band included. Some assembly required.
We found a boot in the bushes.
It may have been there a while. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the other one, because Goodwill only accepts matching pairs of shoes. As it was, we gave our garbage can the boot.
Then there’s this.
A dog’s shock collar, $105 at E-Collar Technologies. Chuck wanted to recycle it, but Janet was insistent on keeping it. Chuck feels uneasy.
That wraps up our shortened Trashwalking week. Or take,
- 30 Cents. That’ll teach us to abandon our work.
- 8 Mike’s Hard Lemonade cans.
- 5 Balls.
- 4 Sodding pieces of sod.
- 2 Tools, pathetic.
- 2 Roadkill.
- 1 Cat, arctic.
- 1 Urine bottle, opened.
- 1 Ice Climber, unassembled.
- 1 Boot, mossy.
- 1 Shock collar, spooky.
Have a great week and remember, it’s not a shock collar, it’s an educator, at least that’s what Janet says.
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