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Seen while rummaging around in an old carriage house - a 1910 Metz automobile.

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Metz autos were produced between 1908 and 1922 in Waltham, MA.
 
Keesha said:
Some people raise chickens for eggs
Some people have guinea foul for eggs
These found at side of road . They are very verbal. It’s not a great photo. It’s merely something strange and unusual
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I had friends who raised them and they are really good for keeping the bugs (including ticks and fleas) down in your yard. But they will chase off your visitors too. like a watch dog. I always thought they were cool birds.
 

katlupe said:
I had friends who raised them and they are really good for keeping the bugs (including ticks and fleas) down in your yard. But they will chase off your visitors too. like a watch dog. I always thought they were cool birds.
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That’s interesting about them eating ticks and fleas. Possums are good for that also. The fact that they make GREAT watch dogs was the biggest surprise. That’s how this guy was found 😂 OR should I say how WE were found.
 
hollydolly said:
WE have those here.. ( smart cars)... people use them to drive around town cuz you can park them front end in to a little parking space....

You couldn't pay me to get into one on a busy road, there's nothing to stop you getting crushed if you drive into a feather.. :sneaky:
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Couldn't pay me either HD. The thing is so small, I bypassed this front view of it in my photos. LOL 20190724_183014.jpg
 
-Oy- said:
Found it!

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YESSS! Thank you Oy! My grandson had told me the name of it but I forgot. If I still drove, I'd want one too. The green one seemed to have top that was partially down but i can't figure out where it goes when it's down. One of their slogans...ain't that the truth!

IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE​

From the minute you lay eyes on it, to the second you step into the cockpit, you make the decision to stand out. Get ready for double takes as you show up in style.
SLINGSHOT EFFECT
 
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Not knowing whether to post this pic with history, trains or whatever threads, the subject is unusual and perhaps strange for this day and age. Such structures were common, though, when I was a wee lad.

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This is one of the last coaling towers in the area that I know of. I took a photo of it on an adventure ride some years back and am thinking it would make a good subject for a drone pic. A little farther back is another relic of the steam era - the remains of an old roundhouse. Coming across this was high adventure for this old time rider.
 
Well, it's a trolly, by golly and it is not every day that you find one laying around in the sticks. Having gone up this road, this and several other old cars were found that had been completely trashed.

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Down for a look in the window:

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Would you believe this is supposed to be a trolley museum? Perhaps these are junk laying around to be scavenged for parts.
 
JonDouglas said:
Well, it's a trolly, by golly and it is not every day that you find one laying around in the sticks. Having gone up this road, this and several other old cars were found that had been completely trashed.

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Down for a look in the window:

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Would you believe this is supposed to be a trolley museum? Perhaps these are junk laying around to be scavenged for parts.
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If only this old trolley could talk, what a story it could tell.

I am particularly taken by the colour of the seat backs, because as a young child the city buses my mom and I would ride to town had seat backs the exact same colour, only not in fiberglass or whatever the material is that's showing in the picture, so this really takes me back. Same for the chrome seat supports and framing. Exactly the same.

As I'm sitting here right now looking at the inside of this trolley, I can hear the air brakes on the city bus with every stop and start, the engine winding up and winding down, the heavy side sway when rounding corners, and how I'd reach up and give a little tug on the thin rope that ran the span of the bus, which when pulled, caused an audible ding, signifying to the bud driver that a passenger was getting off at the next stop.

I'll never find the understanding for the damage shown. Even from the time I was young I never understood why people think they have the right to go about damaging property and things, just because something or another has been left out in a field or place and deemed as junk or forgotten about.

Even though the picture is of a trolley, this has been such a wonderful walk down memory lane.

Thank you for posting, Jon.
 
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