Found Object -- A Tin

And no, you can't have it. It's gone already. Thanks for asking.

Nik

Thanks for the memories! I was once riding my bike along the highway and passing a popular windsurfing beach when I spotted a tobacco pouch and a Seiko watch lying in the middle of the pavement. The tobacco pouch turned out to have about an ounce of the 'good stuff' in it, and the watch was in working condition and is still working. I can only assume someone laid it on top of the roof of their car while loading up after a day of sailing and then drove off, dropping it onto the pavement shortly before I came along.

Coincidentally, I found a second Seiko watch lying in the road some years later. You don't see this sort of thing driving along in a car. But walking or bicycling you are prone to be looking down - as well as traveling slowly.

A friend of mine told me that he never knew how many turtles there are in this world until he bought a motorcycle, and went riding. They were suddenly everywhere, all around him. They didn't exist until he bought his motorcycle

I can only imagine what hitting a large turtle on a fast moving motorcycle would be like. Small dogs are the bane of bicyclists. Large ones might take a bite out of you, but those small ones getting caught up in your spokes can be a total disaster!

As for finding things - there was a short period when riding my bicycle on Sunday mornings I kept finding bibles lying in the road. People getting ready to go to church would apparently lay them on the roof of the car for a moment, while unlocking or whatever, then forget and drive off and the bible would fall at the first turn. I assumed I was being sent some sort of message so I memorialized the events in several paintings, two of which are shown on this web page, about half way down the page:
http://www.zianet.com/jaxart/gallery/gallery1.html

Look for 'Literate Ain't Luck' and 'Last Sacred Cow'

You obviously haven't seen the film 'Ben Hur' - otherwise you'd know the easy solution is to have sharpened sprockets.

Once upon a time when my daugter was younger than my grandaughter is now we had a bicycle ride.

A loose screw fell of from her mudguard, preventing further ride. The was a piece of rusted wire at the road side and she asked if I could fix the bike with the wire.

I said 'only I need pliers to cut the wire' She jumped into the dich and asked ' you mean like this?' and picked up pliers.

Useless bit of info you may already know - 666 is traditionally considered the devil's no.

Well, DUH!

That's another reason I assume the tin belongs to some teenager. The Marilyn Manson art on the front, 666 on the back