Pappy
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I know, being from upstate NY, that before Barb wire, fences were made of stone. I wonder if that’s where these came from?
Show Us A Picture You've Taken Of Something Unusual, Uncommon or Strange
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katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
They call them "cairns" and there is a lot of information about them online. Some say it was piled up that way to mark boundaries. There are a lot of stone fences in my area so could be for or from that too.
More information here:
Native American Stone Cairns
katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
My "Bolo" oven made by Griswold in 1920. I used it often, baking and roasting food on the wood heating stove in my living room. This works like a camp oven. I could roast a turkey or bake pies or cakes in it. I got it at a junk shop for $12. because they did not know what it was. I knew because my mother had described one to me that my grandmother used on her stove.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
Your picture reminded me of the time when I came across something rather strange - a British FV433 Abbot SPG sitting in a small town's city hall parking lot.
That British SPG (self propelled gun) was far afield of the previously-memtioned reenactment in terms of time and place and would seem to have no connection. Below is another pic.
A side from WWII reenactments, I've come across feral tanks twice now while riding out and about.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
Ladies, Help Us Out! This Budd's For You. Were We Attacked By A Cougar?
Finding an old abandoned Budd railcar in the brush behind an abandoned paper mill is not way out of the ordinary but what happened there was. The SIL and I were adventure riding up in VT.and came across what turned out to be two of these diesel, self-propelled passenger cars hiding in the brush.
With no "Posted" or "Keep Out" signs, the old railcars were just begging to be explored. The first railcar was pretty well boarded/closed up and we'd no intention of trying to break in.
The second car, however, was open to be explored, To that end, SIL chose to climb on top to reconnoiter the area, leaving me to face whatever danger might be inside the car. There was nothing dangerous in the car. The potential danger entered a few minutes later.
There wasn't much of interest inside the car until SIL yelled "Incoming" from up top and this not-unattractive woman climbed into into the car. I took a quick pic of her just as SIL had climbed down to see what was going on. The woman had what appeared to be her teenage son with her. The kid had that somewhat bored, impatient and embarrassed look that only a young teenager can have.
The young woman breathlessly explained that she liked to explore things like old rail cars. I was thinking that seeing SIL on top of the car was the real draw because she dropped me and went for him the minute he entered the car. I could see through the window that the assumed mother was very upset and went outside to try to assuage her fears. SIL followed me out with the young woman and boy in tow. After a brief "It was nice meeing you", they drove off and we rode on.
You have to wonder why a good-looking woman would be driving around in a new, expensive car with her mother (assumed) and son (assumed), pull off the road into the brush behind an old mill, see two motorcycles with some guy on top of a railcar, take her unhappy son (assumed) into an unknown situation and leave her mother (assumed) fuming in the car. Was this a cougar on the prowl? Do any of you ladies here have a theory on such behavior?
Finding an old abandoned Budd railcar in the brush behind an abandoned paper mill is not way out of the ordinary but what happened there was. The SIL and I were adventure riding up in VT.and came across what turned out to be two of these diesel, self-propelled passenger cars hiding in the brush.
With no "Posted" or "Keep Out" signs, the old railcars were just begging to be explored. The first railcar was pretty well boarded/closed up and we'd no intention of trying to break in.
The second car, however, was open to be explored, To that end, SIL chose to climb on top to reconnoiter the area, leaving me to face whatever danger might be inside the car. There was nothing dangerous in the car. The potential danger entered a few minutes later.
There wasn't much of interest inside the car until SIL yelled "Incoming" from up top and this not-unattractive woman climbed into into the car. I took a quick pic of her just as SIL had climbed down to see what was going on. The woman had what appeared to be her teenage son with her. The kid had that somewhat bored, impatient and embarrassed look that only a young teenager can have.
The young woman breathlessly explained that she liked to explore things like old rail cars. I was thinking that seeing SIL on top of the car was the real draw because she dropped me and went for him the minute he entered the car. I could see through the window that the assumed mother was very upset and went outside to try to assuage her fears. SIL followed me out with the young woman and boy in tow. After a brief "It was nice meeing you", they drove off and we rode on.
You have to wonder why a good-looking woman would be driving around in a new, expensive car with her mother (assumed) and son (assumed), pull off the road into the brush behind an old mill, see two motorcycles with some guy on top of a railcar, take her unhappy son (assumed) into an unknown situation and leave her mother (assumed) fuming in the car. Was this a cougar on the prowl? Do any of you ladies here have a theory on such behavior?
katlupe
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- Location
- Norwich, NY
Maybe she likes bikers?
Murrmurr
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- Location
- Sacramento, California
One of my son's unusual bike builds.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
Not A Dead Building: You don't run across something like this too often.- a corpse of a building located in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town.
That would be the bones of a once-elegant building - the Walloomsac in Bennington, VT. Taken in 2014, the picture doesn't do justice to this historic old 1771 inn. If it looks like a place that once housed Revolutionary War soldiers, that's because it did. At last glance on the sat view, the Walloomsac is still there at coordinates 42.883341, -73.213596. The last I heard, it was still inhabited.
That would be the bones of a once-elegant building - the Walloomsac in Bennington, VT. Taken in 2014, the picture doesn't do justice to this historic old 1771 inn. If it looks like a place that once housed Revolutionary War soldiers, that's because it did. At last glance on the sat view, the Walloomsac is still there at coordinates 42.883341, -73.213596. The last I heard, it was still inhabited.
hawkdon
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- Location
- Liberty MO
Looks like it could fall down any moment...wonder about
inside condition.....
inside condition.....
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
Not wanting to be the major contributor or waste time and space posting items of lower interest to others, I think I will wait to see if activity on this thread picks up before posting anything more to this thread. Also, taking pictures of more unusual things probably isn't the norm for most people, let alone seniors.
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Ladies, Help Us Out! This Budd's For You. Were We Attacked By A Cougar?
Finding an old abandoned Budd railcar in the brush behind an abandoned paper mill is not way out of the ordinary but what happened there was. The SIL and I were adventure riding up in VT.and came across what turned out to be two of these diesel, self-propelled passenger cars hiding in the brush.
With no "Posted" or "Keep Out" signs, the old railcars were just begging to be explored. The first railcar was pretty well boarded/closed up and we'd no intention of trying to break in.
The second car, however, was open to be explored, To that end, SIL chose to climb on top to reconnoiter the area, leaving me to face whatever danger might be inside the car. There was nothing dangerous in the car. The potential danger entered a few minutes later.
There wasn't much of interest inside the car until SIL yelled "Incoming" from up top and this not-unattractive woman climbed into into the car. I took a quick pic of her just as SIL had climbed down to see what was going on. The woman had what appeared to be her teenage son with her. The kid had that somewhat bored, impatient and embarrassed look that only a young teenager can have.
The young woman breathlessly explained that she liked to explore things like old rail cars. I was thinking that seeing SIL on top of the car was the real draw because she dropped me and went for him the minute he entered the car. I could see through the window that the assumed mother was very upset and went outside to try to assuage her fears. SIL followed me out with the young woman and boy in tow. After a brief "It was nice meeing you", they drove off and we rode on.
You have to wonder why a good-looking woman would be driving around in a new, expensive car with her mother (assumed) and son (assumed), pull off the road into the brush behind an old mill, see two motorcycles with some guy on top of a railcar, take her unhappy son (assumed) into an unknown situation and leave her mother (assumed) fuming in the car. Was this a cougar on the prowl? Do any of you ladies here have a theory on such behavior?
Hmm..this is definitely a case for Monsieur Poirot or the Pink Panther
Don't stop posting...there are probably many who do not comment regularly who like the thread! I have many other talents
but I am not a photographer. My pictures mainly contain images of family members and I really don't want them on a forum.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
I was hoping some woman here could explain that woman's behavior but will settle for a Clouseau response (e.g., "Not now Kato." or "Do you have a reum?").Hmm..this is definitely a case for Monsieur Poirot or the Pink Panther
Well...all I can offer is, she saw an attractive man, wanted to have a chat, but was thwarted by the appearance of another male! She could not complete her mission!I was hoping some woman here could explain that woman's behavior but will settle for a Clouseau response (e.g., "Not now Kato." or "Do you have a reum?").
OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
This was taken in front of the Ron Ross Cohen Art @ Stockton's Noyes Art Museum, 2200 Fairmount Ave., which is actually part of a larger museum located in Atlantic City, NJ. This jumped out at me when my sister and I visited the museum. I believe it is made of cardboard boxes.
As you can see in the background, the face is a theme that's also on T-shirts. I think it's supposed to be Ron Ross.
As you can see in the background, the face is a theme that's also on T-shirts. I think it's supposed to be Ron Ross.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
We came across this oddity hidden out in the middle of nowhere.
It was, of course, used to scare people by folks with some big money to spend.
It was, of course, used to scare people by folks with some big money to spend.
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
A ship appears to hover over the sea off the coast of Cornwall, England, in a photo captured by David Morris that shows the optical illusion known as "superior mirage," caused by warm air sitting on top of colder air over bending light as it reaches a viewer's eyes. David Morris/APEX
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ship-f...ng-illusion-cornwall-england-superior-mirage/
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
The 2019 Tweed Ride, an annual bike run hosted by a Sacramento bicycle club I belong to. Riders who want to dress in turn-of-the-century gear, and some ride custom bicycles that appear to be from that era, including 2 or 3 penny-farthings, or bikes that have TofTC parts on them. We make several stops on the way to the highlight of the run, the Tweed Picnic, and I forget where this iron wings sculpture is. A library, I think. That's my son posing in front of it.
Murrmurr
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- Sacramento, California
...he made that bowler hat, btw. It's metal.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
Passed this abode while out riding, did a double-take, turned around and took the picture:
Don't you love what they've done with the siding and curtains? Laundry on the line out back suggested someone was living here. Interesting place!
Don't you love what they've done with the siding and curtains? Laundry on the line out back suggested someone was living here. Interesting place!
Sliverfox
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@JonDouglas ,,, I'm enjoying your photos.
If you ever head to NW Pa,, give me at heads up.
Hubby & I will try to find some oddities for you.
Being in the oil discovery area ,, still find oil barrels,,rod lines.
If you ever head to NW Pa,, give me at heads up.
Hubby & I will try to find some oddities for you.
Being in the oil discovery area ,, still find oil barrels,,rod lines.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
Thank you, @Sliverfox. Funny you should mention PA. My favorite road across PA when heading back to the midwest is Rt 6. We usually head across to Kane and then dip down to get into/onto the back roads of OH, IN and IL. If this covid scare ever let's up, you might hear from us.
JonDouglas
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- Location
- New England
And Now For Something Different: Having been encouraged to keep going with this thread, here's a photo I took of something you won't see very often. It is a SCUD B missile pointed skyward on a MAZ lanucher.
The sky is composed for contrast.
The sky is composed for contrast.
hollydolly
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- Location
- London England
Ha , I saw that in the news yesterday....
A ship appears to hover over the sea off the coast of Cornwall, England, in a photo captured by David Morris that shows the optical illusion known as "superior mirage," caused by warm air sitting on top of colder air over bending light as it reaches a viewer's eyes. David Morris/APEX
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ship-f...ng-illusion-cornwall-england-superior-mirage/
Sliverfox
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JonDouglas,, 2019,, we were coming back from Maine,, got seperated from our son,, ended up getting on rt 6 to come home.
Son had diesel ruck & enclosed trailer,, we had 34 ft motorhome ,towing 24 ft trailer.
He managed to get in left lane & make turn we were in right,, couldn't turn too much traffic.
Never did see him again untill we got home the next morning.
Son had diesel ruck & enclosed trailer,, we had 34 ft motorhome ,towing 24 ft trailer.
He managed to get in left lane & make turn we were in right,, couldn't turn too much traffic.
Never did see him again untill we got home the next morning.