Being a bit of a magpie helps
My attention is easily caught by the presence of unexpected items in my surroundings, and I've found loads and loads of things over the years -- some of them were even useful!

They include but are not limited to:

*Money, ranging from a few coins to the occasional twenty.

*A lunch pail from the 1960s, in which the spouse now takes his lunch to work.

*Leather saddlebags for a Harley. Gave them to a friend to put on his bicycle; they were a bit large but looked fab just the same.

*A gorgeous cameo brooch, now in the possession of my mother.

*Abandoned photographs, the oddest of which is an elderly man standing in a cemetery.

*A functional Bell & Howell 16mm film projector.

*Lots and lots of furniture, from bookcases to chairs to tables, much of it solid wood and rather nice.

*A collection of 12" Cure singles, which I kept for myself. Still have them, and the cats on the cover of 'Lovecats' look a lot like my own!

*A pram from the 1950s. Gave it to a friend whose cat now insists on sleeping in it. Sadly, I have no pictures.

*An overhead projector. Fucker was heavy, too, but I was drunk and insisted on carrying it back to the house by myself.


I used to work in a consignment shop and we'd find all kinds of things in the pockets of clothes and bags people brought in to sell. Money, drugs, small electronics, incriminating pictures, used personal devices -- you name it, we found it. None of it was ever eclipsed by my friend Beth's find in a thrift store dress, though. Three crisp hundreds, rolled up and tucked into a pocket. Paid for her rent and a nice bit of partying that month!
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Sat 8 Nov 2008, 20:22, Reply)