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Friday, March 25, 2022
Seen on tonight's walk around the neighborhood
Nicest old vette I've found so far
tonight's installation of the neglected BMW
Oh the decals on this are as crackled as any ever have been, click on the photo for full size
Why is this old wood boat falling apart in the driveway? Don't people LIKE to have a driveway to park in?
Why do they have a rusty old pedal car on the roof?
Why in the world is this permanently parked in front of their house?
This is just adorable, and I figure some of you will like it as much as I do
Either someone wanted some Audi rims real bad, OR, this cars owner decided it would be a lot hard for someone to steal their Audi if the car was up on stands
In 1947, the price of a candy bar in British Columbia rose from 5 to 8 cents, and the local teenagers organized a surprisingly effective “strike” that soon spread across the country, and gripped the nation for 10 days
People have protested a number of things over the years, but none were as iconic as the Candy Bar Protest. Known as 5 Cent Chocolate War, it saw Canadian children take to the streets to protest the three cent price increase for the nation’s chocolate bars.
On April 25, 1947, the manufacturers of Canada’s chocolate bars upped the cost of their product 60 percent. The reason for the price hike was largely attributed to the end of government wartime subsidies, which led to a surge in the cost of milk, cocoa beans, and sugar.
The nation’s children immediately launched a protest against the price hike. Demonstrations began at the Wigwam Cafe, a confectionary store and luncheonette in Ladysmith, British Columbia. The youngsters set up shop outside, calling for a boycott on chocolate bars with the slogan, “Don’t be a sucker.”
Sixteen year old Parker Williams and his school chums were outraged, signs were painted, Parker actually decorated his old car, a 1923 black McLaughlin Buick, https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/08/mclaughlin-buicks-1st-ive-heard-of-them.html which they followed while chanting: “We want a 5¢ chocolate bar / 8¢ is going too darn far / We want a 5¢ chocolate bar / Oh, we want a 5¢ bar.”
A parade was staged, and it was so successful they actually turned around and went back up the street.
For three days, they protested over the lunch hour, prompting coverage in local and national publications.
At the protest in Ottawa, 60 students marched on Parliament Hill, chanting, “We’ll eat worms before we eat 8¢ chocolate bars.”
The children’s strike swiftly came to an end after the Toronto Evening Telegram published a story with the headline, “Reds Seen Duping Youth in 8-cent Bar Campaign.” An anonymous tipster had approached the publication following the Toronto rallies, alleging the National Federation of Labour Youth, an organization that had aligned itself with the protests, was backed by communists. It even went so far as to claim the group was recruiting children to further its communist agenda.
Fear of being associated with communism caused organizations and parents to drop their support for the strike. In the end, the price of chocolate bars remained at 8¢.
The Five Cent War” is a documentary film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470047 about this brief consumer revolt.
Above is the trompe’loel candy bar/movie poster.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Found on tonight's walk around the neighborhood, a couple surprises
I'm going to start with the surprises.... why with the current value of VW micro busses, is someone letting 2 of them rust away in the back yard?
I found this one just a couple blocks away
I spotted a couple old Ford trucks... and by the way, there are NO new Ford trucks in this neighborhood, lots of Toyotas, no Chevys, no Dodges. There are only OLD Fords, older than 1985
See what I mean? I think this is an early 80s based on the hood shape. I could be wrong of course.
Incredible, within about 45 minutes, 3 people identified this as a DKW. Wow! Thanks! I NEVER would have guessed DKW!
registration expired 2 years
Seriously, why aren't people riding their expensive motorbikes? This has COBWEBS! OUTDOORS!
Spiderman was here! OR This hasn't been ridden in a long while, and the owner hasn't registered it in almost a year.
yesterday's installment of "What's under the car cover" solved, and todays is even harder, it's behind a fence
I'm pretty sure that the above is a T Bucket
I happened to walk by and the car cover was off today. No one had guessed, and NO ONE would EVER guess that a Morgan was under that car cover
at the Atlanta airport, Nutt’s “Flying Vegetable” series, the design was inspired by jetliners. This humorous work was hand-carved by Nutt from wood and painted to capture the details of this indigenous American crop.
To accompany the flying corn, Nutt created an air traffic control tower.
Would the right pun be "earplane" or "cornair"?
Nothing is more appropriate to guide the “Corncorde” on its journey than a air traffic control tower composed of a giant carrot and motorized spinning butter bean also made out of carved and painted wood. “
https://naturalresourcereport.com/2012/02/weekly-photo-giant-flying-corn-art-featured-at-airport/
F 86 crashed on Cuba in 1959, never seen since... hmmmm
F-86D-40-NA Sabre/52-3893 *1959: Puerto Rico ANG 198th FIS. *8/15/1959: Ran out of fuel and crashed in Chapana Province, Cuba. *Wreck disappeared and has never been found.
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-86D.html
spotted in the long rolls of info on what happened to every aircraft in the DOD
F 86F Sabre 5039 (MSN 191-735) had the distinction of being inadvertently flown by a mechanic (a non pilot) and was damaged when he landed and rolled into a crash barrier on September 20, 1956.
To Royal Thai AF as Kh17-54/06 in 1963. SOC Apr 26, 1965.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
found while out walking around the neighborhood tonight
Hasn't changed in about 5 years since the last time I saw these
What in the world does the mini van need these spotlights for?
This Altima, like yesterdays Maxima, once was a sign of good taste and some extra money when buying a new car. That flat tire tells me someone doesn't give a damn about the car their parents gave them for college, and hasn't figured out that used cars are going for an extra premium amount right now.
looks a lot like the Top Gear indestructible Hilux
there are about 3 18 packs of Stella in the back
I don't know what the hell these license plates are referring to
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