Route pics

[jasonc]

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[jasonc]

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[AirDancer]

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Looks like you had the same cloud coverage in your area that I had in my area.

But check out those palms

The restaurant is very similar to Chi Chi's, a restaurant in the Midwest.

 

[AirDancer]

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Is that pipe there to prop up the wall of the structure??

 

[jasonc]

Is that pipe there to prop up the wall of the structure??

no its the weather head . its live. i took this to show how some of these are that i have seen.

 

[jasonc]

Looks like you had the same cloud coverage in your area that I had in my area.

But check out those palms

The restaurant is very similar to Chi Chi's, a restaurant in the Midwest.

50's era. it was a pizza place, an then what is now.

 

[AirDancer]

no its the weather head . its live. i took this to show how some of these are that i have seen.

Wow! I've never seen anything like that before where the pipe (or a collection of long boards) was used for a purpose other than supporting a wall. Amazing!

 

[jasonc]

Wow! I've never seen anything like that before where the pipe (or a collection of long boards) was used for a purpose other than supporting a wall. Amazing!

they aren't using drops to the meters in your area?

 

[AirDancer]

they aren't using drops to the meters in your area?

They do, but not like the one in your photo.

 

[jasonc]

They do, but not like the one in your photo.

photo. these are all the same. i have been elsewhere an notice ole stuff. ie 20s era meters still in use.

 

[AirDancer]

photo. these are all the same. i have been elsewhere an notice ole stuff. ie 20s era meters still in use.

Are the old meters still accurate? Or... should they be replaced?

 

[jasonc]

Are the old meters still accurate? Or... should they be replaced?

we have maybe one or two that are that ancient . yet i have not been on the route that has them.

 

[AirDancer]

we have maybe one or two that are that ancient . yet i have not been on the route that has them.

It would be a curiosity to see such old meters.

 

[jasonc]

It would be a curiosity to see such old meters.

they really aren't much different. a cyclometer is another one that is ole as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_meter

 

[AirDancer]

they really aren't much different. a cyclometer is another one that is ole as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_meter

I thought there would have been more of a difference. Goes to show what I know!

 

[jasonc]

I thought there would have been more of a difference. Goes to show what I know!

4 dial are the oldest and can be read right to left or left to right.I read right to left .I hate 4 dials.you can easily make a mistake.

I ventured into arials of the cape ,Brevard county and found something . old quarters that were on the beach .one remains as the nco club

 

[AirDancer]

4 dial are the oldest and can be read right to left or left to right.I read right to left .I hate 4 dials.you can easily make a mistake.

I ventured into arials of the cape ,Brevard county and found something . old quarters that were on the beach .one remains as the nco club

The quarters were on the beach? That sounds like a nice set-up at the time!

 

[jasonc]

The quarters were on the beach? That sounds like a nice set-up at the time!

air force.
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[AirDancer]

That is so cool! Thanks!

 

[jasonc]

That is so cool! Thanks!

This not pafb.but I will adjust the time macHine as pafb was called banana river nas then and is connected to the cape the and now .

The quarters were on the beach? That sounds like a nice set-up at the time!

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