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Originally Posted by flatbutt

Cribbing for FD emergencies?

Interesting. Maybe so.

Originally Posted by rcooled

House movers use blocks like that.

Another interesting idea. Certainly could be for that around here

Originally Posted by gregpark

Red neck jack stands for sale?

They would definitely support just about anything you'd be able to set on them.

Second batch of bluebird soon-to-be-babies in the top of a semi hollow fence post.


The Gulf "lollipop at the top of the Gulf building. 53' rotating Gulf logo.

"It was the end of an era on this day in 1973 as Gulf Oil went ahead with dismantling the "lollipop" atop its building downtown.

Since 1965, the 53-foot-high, rotating Gulf logo had served as a distinctive downtown beacon and advertisement. Blame the need to conserve energy for its removal.

"We did some homework and figured the amount of kilowatt hours it uses a year could heat 30 typical Houston homes in the same period," Don Pratt, a Gulf spokesman, told the Chronicle.

"And, to be perfectly frank, there had been some concerns about the sign, aesthetically.""