Random photos: Got anything interesting, unique, strange?

I got these back in High School when I went on a TV service call to a "Mrs. Orr", who was a yard supervisor at my high school. She gave me these pliers after I had admired them - and I use them ALL the time!
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Pix from a holiday parade within walking distance of my house. Sorry for the crappy pix - I showed up with the wrong lens.

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This thing had rear wheel steering - he was crabbing down the street.
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Not sure what this was all about - it was advertising a local tractor company.
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That skirt must twirl like a dream...
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Love that ^
When the coyotes sang their way through my old neighborhood, the lost dog signs would show up the in the next day or two.

And the driver in the swamp buggy looks like the rear seat passenger. Twin sons of different Mothers?
 
Just what I needed. Cheap ass Harbor Freight heat gun lost a bearing right about the start of the trailer wiring. Nursed it along for several days, but it died completely today. New one looks like a phaser!
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Just what I needed. Cheap ass Harbor Freight heat gun lost a bearing right about the start of the trailer wiring. Nursed it along for several days, but it died completely today. New one looks like a phaser!
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Set phasers to shrink
 
Buster dog and I were the first ones down the trail after last nights snow.
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At least until we got to the fork, then the trail was covered in deer, bunny, and coyote tracks. I should have got a pic where a bunny met its' demise by coyote but I was trying to keep Buster from being a later comer to the party.
 
For the shutterbugs among us:

I've had a Sigma EX 17-35 F/2.8-4 that I took a hell of a lot of pix in Greece and elsewhere using my Minolta film camera. When I went to Sony digital, that became a 25.5-52.5 due to the APS conversion factor. I still use that lens more than any other, but there were times I really missed the wider angle. Sony's full frame cameras would be a wonderful option, but are VERY expen$ive!

Wide angle is baaaa-aaaaack! Found a "like new" Sony 11-18 F/3.5-4.5 which translates to 16.5-27. Slightly slower than the Sigma, but it has the newer "D" connection which tells the camera where its focused so there's that. After a $50 bribe from PayPal to open a credit line with them, I only paid $77.33 for it! Bought it from an outfit I'd never heard of before, MPB.COM - got great service and can't complain about the price or condition.

Test pix - this was with the Sigma at 17, wife walked into the picture just as I hit the button:
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So I left her there when I took this one with the Sony at 11:
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Un-mounted Sigma in foreground with the Sony on one of my A200s in the back. Pretty much the same physical size, although the Sigma takes a 82mm filter as opposed to only 77 for the Sony - no doubt because the Sony is APS sensor only.
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Wait @Zorba do I spy a stainless steel appliance in there??????
 
Wait @Zorba do I spy a stainless steel appliance in there??????
Yea, isn't it FUGLY? Its the one thing we haven't re-skinned or replaced, although its on the list of things to do. We replaced the fridge - it was one of those french door things with the freezer on the bottom. I didn't really have a problem with it other than the FUGLY stainless ste - er, I mean STAINLESS STEEL - but wife hated it with a passion. I re-skinned the dishwasher door, and got rid of the bullshit stainless stand-alone range hood and put in a cabinet and microwave over the stove instead - the way the Gods intended.

Let me see if I can find a "before" picture...

... here we go:
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And the dishwasher:
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