Roadside finds

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

B.

Set of keys was my main find for property that was identifiable. I
managed to identify the locksmith and we had the keys back to the
owner within 24 hours.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

- USB thumb drive, run over by numerous cars but still working. Contained
a backup of the website of a local dance studio. (making it easy to
return)

- Copy of Windows 98. Never opened, except by its impact with the road.

- Numerous American flags. With the plastic brackets that you stick on
top of a window, then roll the window up to hold it in place. Kids roll
the window down & the flag goes flying, not in a good way. And they yell
at radical leftists for desecrating the flag?

Doug Smith W9WI said:

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

- USB thumb drive, run over by numerous cars but still working. Contained
a backup of the website of a local dance studio. (making it easy to
return)

- Copy of Windows 98. Never opened, except by its impact with the road.

- Numerous American flags. With the plastic brackets that you stick on
top of a window, then roll the window up to hold it in place. Kids roll
the window down & the flag goes flying, not in a good way. And they yell
at radical leftists for desecrating the flag?

"The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a
vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on
a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to
the right fender." - Title 4, Section 7 (b), US Code.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

--
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Doug Smith W9WI said:

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

Found one near a pile of dog doo at the dog park. I dialed the entry
that said "home". The guy was practically quivering with joy when I
returned it. I hope he enjoyed the pictures I took of my dog pooping
with it.

Quoted message said:

- USB thumb drive, run over by numerous cars but still working. Contained
a backup of the website of a local dance studio. (making it easy to
return)

- Copy of Windows 98. Never opened, except by its impact with the road.

[stability joke placeholder]

Quoted message said:

- Numerous American flags. With the plastic brackets that you stick on
top of a window, then roll the window up to hold it in place. Kids roll
the window down & the flag goes flying, not in a good way. And they yell
at radical leftists for desecrating the flag?

Yeah, I found that disconcerting when we had the frothy nationalism a
while back and people were treating flags like [censored]. It's only a
symbol, I know I know--but my inner scout cringed.

If you find a small set of keys at Shelby Bottoms, lemme know. Once
house key with orange cover, the other a standard car key with black
plastic. They've managed to fully cordon off the bridge work site now,
btw, so no sneaky sneaky. Bring a hybrid at least to take the off road
shortcut around the construction. I manage it on 30mm tires just fine.

(I'm maxo from nash.gen, btw)

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

B.

I did, in early April. I determined which carrier was being used, and
called them. They directed me to a local storefront they operate, and,
after waiting in line, I handed the phone to a sales rep, letting them
know it was a roadside find belonging to one of their users.

landotter said:

Quoted message said:

- Copy of Windows 98. Never opened, except by its impact with the road.

[stability joke placeholder]

It was actually pretty stable<grin> -- despite having impacted at probably
45mph or so all the documentation was still readable & the friend I gave
it to did get it installed. Hey, it beats Windows 95!

Quoted message said:

Yeah, I found that disconcerting when we had the frothy nationalism a
while back and people were treating flags like [censored]. It's only a symbol,
I know I know--but my inner scout cringed.

Absolutely. It trailed off a bit as 9/11 fades, but every Independence
Day they come back.

I've got a small collection in my basement. Should probably sell 'em;
I'm not patriotic enough to bother flying them.

Quoted message said:

If you find a small set of keys at Shelby Bottoms, lemme know. Once
house key with orange cover, the other a standard car key with black
plastic. They've managed to fully cordon off the bridge work site now,
btw, so no sneaky sneaky. Bring a hybrid at least to take the off road
shortcut around the construction. I manage it on 30mm tires just fine.

Only got one, skinny-tired road machine, it doesn't agree with "off road"
very well. (learned the hard way when I tried to walk it through the
muddy field behind Nashville Tech a few weeks ago...)

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

"The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a
vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on
a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to
the right fender." - Title 4, Section 7 (b), US Code.

Someone needs to send Sam Walton a copy of that.

Doug Smith W9WI said:

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

"The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a
vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on
a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to
the right fender." - Title 4, Section 7 (b), US Code.

Someone needs to send Sam Walton a copy of that.

Lee Scott, I think. Sam Walton has been dead for 15 years.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

I found one near my home. It was password-locked, so I couldn't dial
out with it, but before the end of my ride, someone had called the
phone, I'd answered, said I found the phone on the road, and asked if
they could let the owner know the phone would be at my office, a couple
of miles from where I found it. A *very* happy teenager claimed it
later that day.

--
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<http://www.phred.org/~josh/>
Updated Infrared Photography Gallery:
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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Doug Smith W9WI said:

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

"The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a
vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on
a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to
the right fender." - Title 4, Section 7 (b), US Code.

Quoted message said:

Someone needs to send Sam Walton a copy of that.

Lee Scott, I think. Sam Walton has been dead for 15 years.

"How could they tell?" - Dorothy Parker

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

What means this "I337"?

When I find a phone I scroll through to see who's listed more than
once. "name home" and "name cell" is a likely prospect. Dial the
number, tell 'em I found the phone.

When my work phone went missing (fell out of my back) I tried calling
it several times. Finally someone rang me back. Turns out it was my
neighbor two doors down, who'd picked it up off my driveway. They had
deleted all my recent calls, but they did not make any. (I walked over
with an apple pie for them.)

HTH

--Karen D.
don't know what "22" means either

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Veloise said:

Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

What means this "I337"?

It's just a meta-colloquialism; a manner
of using text graphically. The textual
characters are supposed to resemble "LEET",
which in turn represents the word/concept:
"elite".

It's a perversion of language. Some might
consider it artistic, while others get
uptight about it.

Anyways, "I[L]337", when looked-at graphically,
is supposed to appear as "leet" (elite,) which
in this case means: "can afford, and desires to
possess a bunch of technological gadgets."

So, "I337" == "LEET" == "elite" == the "Informed
Class" == those jokers walking around with
Blackberries and Bluetooth thingies, and cell
phones cemented onto their ears, as members of
the AT&T Zombie Army.

cheers, & 733t my @$$,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Tom helpfully explained "I337."
....

Quoted message said:

So, "I337" == "LEET" == "elite" == the "Informed
Class" == those jokers walking around with
Blackberries and Bluetooth thingies, and cell
phones cemented onto their ears, as members of
the AT&T Zombie Army.

So is the OP asking how fancy the lost & found product was, and by
extension if it was worth trying to keep?

TYVM

--Karen D.
HAND!

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Veloise said:

Tom helpfully explained "I337."
...

Quoted message said:

So, "I337" == "LEET" == "elite" == the "Informed
Class" == those jokers walking around with
Blackberries and Bluetooth thingies, and cell
phones cemented onto their ears, as members of
the AT&T Zombie Army.

So is the OP asking how fancy the lost & found product was, and by
extension if it was worth trying to keep?

TYVM

Maybe he's asking how notable it is that
it was lost at all. What's 733t today
is cheap junk tomorrow, when it becomes
outclassed by more 733t junk. Gotta have
it today; gotta get rid of it tomorrow
to make way for the next junk.

"Come tomorrow,
will I be older?

Come tomorrow,
maybe a soldier?

Come tomorrow,
will I be bolder
than today ..."

<http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Rolling%20Stones%20Lyrics/2000%20MAN%20Lyrics.html>
"I'm a 2000 man,
and my kids, they just don't understand me at all ..."

cheers, & everyone's gone to the moon,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Brian Arc said:

Who(m) here has found a cell phone by the roadside? How l337? Did
you get the phone back to its owner?

"For who the bell tolls."

Yes I found a phone and it was open and on. The nearest Cingular
office called the owner and sent the phone to him by mail.

Jobst Brandt

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Quoted message said:

Brian Arc said:

Who(m) here has found a cell phone by the roadside? How l337? Did
you get the phone back to its owner?

"For who the bell tolls."

My compliments to your delightful artistry.

cheers, & the law is a ass! A Idiot!
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

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Brian said:

Who(m) here has found a cellphone by the roadside? How l337? Did you get
the phone back to its owner?

B.

Found one in batavia. Not |337, but it did have a couple pix of the owner's
rat terrier. Found the owner's mom's number in the address book.

"Oh thank god! She was throwing out a pack of smokes and forgot she had the
phone in her hand, too!!" sheesh. really.

I told her i'd leave it at the batavia police station (and i did).

I have to say, cell phones seem to tolerate quite a bit of abuse... I wonder
if i'll ever find an iPhone...

..max

Quoted message said:

Brian Arc said:

Who(m) here has found a cell phone by the roadside? How l337? Did
you get the phone back to its owner?

"For who the bell tolls."

Yes I found a phone and it was open and on. The nearest Cingular
office called the owner and sent the phone to him by mail.

I've found several, but all of them had been repeatedly run over by the
time I found them.

--

John ([email hidden])