Weird addiction

Does anyone else have a weird addiction? Mine is picking up buckets off the side of the road or in the ditch. Matter of fact, I just picked up 2 very nice 5 gallon buckets off the side of the road today. What's your weird addiction?

That's harmless as long as you don't impede traffic. I grabbed a bucket earlier this year.

I collect axes, hatchets and cleavers.

Keith

My brother in Christ gave you not seen my gun or trap mod posts ? Must you even ask ?

I went to a guys house to look at an old Johnson outboard motor he had advertised. Instead, it was my family sitting in a circle when I walked in, “Shawn, we love you but you have a problem “. I’m like “hey, what is this, where’s the motor guy!” Lmao

my addiction, is trying do safe trapping for my grandkids,

That is funny stuff right there.

That was a joke….right

I stop and pick up gas cans on the side of the road. The holy grail is one without the new spout.

I also keep an eye out for chains.

The unfortunate part of today's world is you don't know what the buckets were used for previously- just be cautious.

Just don't pick up the buckets out back of construction sites.

It’s not an addiction but probably a compulsive issue. I can’t drive by a pivot without counting towers and I can’t look at deer or elk real or pictures and not count points. I’m not a hard core big game hunter so I’m not sure where it comes from.

Buckets and tarp straps, l will turn around for a two hooker!

Anything along a town ship road that looks interesting. Best find was a full gallon of Warrior Insecticide that fell off a spray truck worth 400 at the time .

Buckets, tarps that have blown off of pickups, lick tubs, coolers.

Might just be my first step to recovery, admitting I have a problem.

I’ll stop for anything interesting or that I can use. Lots of buckets, bungees, ratchet straps, tools, even a nice come a long once. Lost week I was going done Hwy 34 and a big shiny piece of brass lying on the shoulder caught my eye, turned around and picked up 338 Lapua mag empty.

Most days over lunch I go for a walk on the gravel road heading west out of town. I started a few years ago picking up all the beer and soda cans and other trash. Now I can't stand to walk by one without picking it up - especially those by the cemetery - just to carry home and throw in the trash bin. Getting compulsive.
I always think it interesting the Michelob Ultra drinkers who are presumably trying to "drink healthy", but are too lazy to put their empties in the trash.

I stopped for a gun case in the ditch one morning . It had a OU Benelli inside. Alcohol was involved. It got back to the owner...a firefighter from Aurora CO.

HA!

It isn't an addiction if you can drive past one and leave it , because the weather is bad ,no good place to pull over , ect..

if you have to pull over even in fog or bad conditions then you have a problem.

I pulled over just after an intersection of two county highways last Sunday it sort of looked like a tool in the intersection
I have picked up lots of tools over the years from the road.
it wasn't it was a piece of scrap steel
I picked it up anyway and brought it back to the truck.

I was asked why didn't I leave it

well if I left it it was likely to be a tire puncture for someone , and if I tossed it in the ditch when they mow the ditch it is going to make a mess of the mower blade , it only takes a minute to toss it in the recycle bin at home.

I know I don't pick up every shotgun hull I ever shot you look down and don't see it or you have to chase after a runner , but I always seem to come home with more empties from hunting than I fired , see it , pick it up.

Wool. I'm a thrift store junkie. If I find nice wool clothing, even if it's not my size, and don't buy it, it causes physical pain. I'm about to head out today to my usual route.

you are very correct , we have had a few "one-pots" found in the area this is a single container methamphetamine production

they typically look like an over pressurized bottle , don't touch them.

I see a use for about everything of quality material but when I use that stuff on a project then the sky opens up and the angles start to sing loudly. LOL Nothing I can’t fix or build if needed it’s a gift and a curse at the same time but my brain never shuts off if I work things out in my head long enough I’ll find a way to get the job done.

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Im gonna start drinking more.

I'm a pathological re-cycler. If it has a number on it, I will try to recycle it. Also, whenever I go hunting or fishing or anything doing with the outdoors, I will leave the place cleaner than I found it, and of course recycle what I can!

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Picking up aluminum cans and hand tools on the side of the road.

Is this the Hoarding Thread ?

A few years ago, ago a 18 wheeler pointed down at a stop sign at 63 and 64 to a 5 pound hamer and i picked it up.Still in use.

My uncle had hundreds of tarp straps in his barn. He lived close to I80 and travelled it a lot. He’d see one, remember the mile maker ( they have mile and 2/10 of miles ) and pick it up on his next trip. They eventually dry rotted hanging there.

I spend WAY too much $$$ on knives that I dont use. Same with trapping supplies.

Lumber, I am a lumber hoarder.

Keeping track of certain critters from trail cameras. I don’t care if it’s deer, turkeys, or predators. I save pics and try and pick out features to ID them and keep up with them throughout the years if I don’t kill them.

Same here , just can't stand to see a usable board in the scrape pile

I match your statement and add collecting pocketknives and many many other types of knives M77 TANG SAFETY rifles have a way of removing my wallet from my pocket and causing pictures of dead presidents to freely find a new place to resideThis addiction is not limited to just the M77 models Rugers I have had similar issues with other models that have the Ruger name on them For example the Ruger number #1in assorted caliber ave uttered my name from time to time I enjoy finding old bottles So that means I take a few small tools out in to woods find some ones trash heap from 1 00 years ago Then I root through it trying not to cut myself with a rusty piece of metal Some times I find an old medicine bottle or beer bottle I am so pleased with my new found junk that I take it home and add it to y own personal trash pile .I do not know if my strain of this illness has a name but it sure has a lot f control over me .And I hope they don't find a cure for it in my lifetime

I wasn't drinking...the guys that lost it were..they lost 2 guns and apparently one landed on the road and someone else got it.

Not sure it's an addiction, but I seldom walk out of a Walmart without at least a few boxes of .22 shells.

Tin, mostly in the form of pewter. It started because adding a bit of tin to lead will improve the quality of the casting. Now I have hundreds of pounds of pewter, more than I could ever use. Some pipe organs have pipes made of 100% tin and I picked up 200lbs of pipes from an old calliope once for $45. I certainly don't need any more, but if I see a piece of pewter for less than $5/lb it is going home with me.

My shop is crowed with stuff that I might heed or use some day. and the time I want I can't find it. Last night I wanted a
10" C clamp used a hammer in stead LOL