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    I rode around until my basket was full, until the weather was too cold to ride with bare hands. I couldn't pick up stuff wearing fuzzy mittens. I will need to buy some better gloves if I can't wait for spring.



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    here's a good question. when you ride your bike or take a small car and you can't take the load from the trash do you leave it or tear it down in front of the house and just leave the trash all over the lace or do you bring a trash bag. just to be nice and you pick up your mess if you made one? the question Goes to everyone
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    Generally I look for roadside scrap by busy roads. I found lots of brake shoes, which made me wonder how many cars don't have them. If it's too big to carry on a bike, I could go back with my truck, but I usually assume it's not worth the gas. I haven't yet looked in household trash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sars101 View Post
    here's a good question. when you ride your bike or take a small car and you can't take the load from the trash do you leave it or tear it down in front of the house and just leave the trash all over the lace or do you bring a trash bag. just to be nice and you pick up your mess if you made one? the question Goes to everyone
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    Man if you make a mess clean it up. Mom taught us this a long time ago. And if you're doing a job for a customer, leave the place cleaner than you found it.

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    Brake...shoes?....Really....? Can't see I've EVER seen a brake shoe, or pad, laying on the side of the road....Im trying to imagine how a car could even loose one....

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    .Im trying to imagine how a car could even loose one....
    semi's loose them all the time from the back of the trailers. The mechanic's for the trucking company gets lax and doesn't adjust the slack out of the trailer brakes and the next thing one of your rear brakes has hit the highway. You see them all over the interstate.
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