This is thrifty but not for you. It's for a stranger.
Bill and I walk a lot and when we do -- Thanks dad for teaching me this! -- we ALWAYS pick up nails, screws, scrap metal, tools, and other pointy bits from the road. They go into the nearest recycling bin.
The rationale is to save someone from a bad day via a punctured tire.
The universe having its own agenda, this does not mean that you won't find a screw as we just did and have to get, after much travail, two new tires.
On the other hand, how many punctured tires did I avoid, as well as saving someone else?
We will never know.
Pick up those pointy bits from the road and save someone's day.
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Saving other people from trouble and, one hopes!, helping oneself
Date: 2024-11-23 02:43 am (UTC)Bill and I walk a lot and when we do -- Thanks dad for teaching me this! -- we ALWAYS pick up nails, screws, scrap metal, tools, and other pointy bits from the road. They go into the nearest recycling bin.
The rationale is to save someone from a bad day via a punctured tire.
The universe having its own agenda, this does not mean that you won't find a screw as we just did and have to get, after much travail, two new tires.
On the other hand, how many punctured tires did I avoid, as well as saving someone else?
We will never know.
Pick up those pointy bits from the road and save someone's day.