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mdsalemi

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Why am I such a stickler for originality?
« on: September 26, 2009, 13:20:25 »
A good friend sent me some photos from this website.  When you see these "real-life" fixes and contraptions that people come up with--long on imagination and short on something (money? intelligence?  you decide...) it reminds me of some of the "previous owner" debacles we hear about here.

Enjoy.

http://thereifixedit.com/

Of particular note are some of the automotive related "fixes".
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Michael Salemi
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Re: Why am I such a stickler for originality?
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2009, 11:26:37 »
Way off topic, but way on funny. I liked the headlight assemblies that were bolted to the hood with the angle iron strips.
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Re: Why am I such a stickler for originality?
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2009, 20:59:49 »
...and this is why it's in the way off topic....

There's also a lot of cars with bizarre wheel substitutes if you back back far enough...
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Michael Salemi
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Re: Why am I such a stickler for originality?
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2009, 22:32:25 »
How to trim a high hedge.
I photographed thiis whilst on a back road near home. They say farmers have the highest work accident rates and now I know why.
Accident waiting to happen!
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Garry Marks
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Re: Why am I such a stickler for originality?
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2009, 10:30:14 »
Actually it looks like a farmer irrigating a hedge  :D
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Re: Why am I such a stickler for originality?
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2009, 19:44:44 »
Garry

My neighbour trims his (and my) hedge like that...

Also picks apples the same way and makes a rather decent cider from them
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