• Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Don’t forget that your odds of finding and petting the roving neighbourhood cats increases as you walk more vs. driving.

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      18 hours ago

      And the potential for finding loot.

      I’ve found neat things on the side of the road by walking around my home, ranging from brass knuckles to a case with 3 Nintendo Switch cartridges inside. I tried to find the owner of the games (probably a kid who dropped it when getting off the school bus) but was unable to.

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        10 hours ago

        My wife and I sometimes cruise the hood looking for goodies on the side of the road. I could go on forever with what all we’ve dragged home.

        Got a nice radiant stove a few months back, all but new, very clean. One night we scored a brand new wine fridge, huge one, along with a nice solid-wood desk for my son and a brand new countertop oven, never used.

        LOL, she often hits the flea market and drags home $200+ on a Saturday with all the crap we find. I’m thinking of going all in since I can’t find an IT job.

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        16 hours ago

        I like the cut of your jib. The real gems I’ve found were literally that, rings and earrings of varying quality/value. I credit video games for the habit, it always pays dividends finding random partially-concealed valuables on the ground. This doesn’t even count the number of (rarely) full/half-full packs of cigarettes, which sometimes contain other substances from nugs to hash and beyond.