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Things you don't see anymore
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Now I don't have a picture, nor would I know where to get one, but whjen I was a kid , when they dug up the streets in neighborhoods near us for general construction, they used to put these round black balls in the road (looked like small black fish bowls) filled with kerosene and light them as warning signs near the construction....the flame would burn for hours, and were well seen at night....
...this was before the days of the stndard "striped warning barricade" with an amber flasher.
Funny, NOBODY I know can tell me they have ever seen these....and to think how dangerous that was.....
Chris
...this was before the days of the stndard "striped warning barricade" with an amber flasher.
Funny, NOBODY I know can tell me they have ever seen these....and to think how dangerous that was.....
Chris
I'm pretty sure most young members have no idea what the use of this could be.
I miss these :
I got one of those in my knee when I was about 12.
The Good Humor man.
In Philly they used to drive through the neighborhoods spraying pesticides, like the street sweepers drive down the roads cleaning them.
In Philly they used to drive through the neighborhoods spraying pesticides, like the street sweepers drive down the roads cleaning them.
I remember them,
They were called Smudge Pots.
Yeah, smudge pots. They had a ring on the side that you could pick them up with. My stupid young ass picked up a hot one one night and had a burn imprint on my thumb and forefinger for awhile. (Hmmm, I could have done without THAT "happy" memory. Thanks a lot!)
DAAMNN!!!! Just became my desktop..Now I got to put on some Deep Drum and Bass and make that pic come to "life" 
I miss the days of going to see my favorite bands and not knowing anything about the stage show or the set list until the show actually started. The internet takes all of the surprise out of it now.
It had battery chargers that looked like gas pumps. We also has a wall climbing slot car set.
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(not entirely true, I saw something in the news a couple years back that it was being revived).
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No doubt still about, but never see them.
Likewise, they'll still be about, just never see them!
(not entirely true, I saw something in the news a couple years back that it was being revived).
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No doubt still about, but never see them.
Likewise, they'll still be about, just never see them!
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