Mister Neon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agoWhat devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?message-squaremessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareWhat devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?Mister Neon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agomessage-square156fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-217 days agoNot mine personally, but my town still has some hitching posts and mounting blocks
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-216 days agoReminds me of another thing: you see these boot scrapers all across european cities (1) They’re usually victorian era, and were used to clean horse shit from your shoes before entering a house.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoYou’re right :( This is another picture of the same idea
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoThere are those kind of things everywhere where I live, took me some time to find out what it was for:
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoBirmingham Alabama has a zeppelin mooring building. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 days agoMaybe they kept it around in hope of making it a flying saucer dock, as in old Popular Mechanics cover art.
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoMooring to the top of tall buildings didn’t generally work well in practice
minus-squarePieisawesome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoChicago has one, but it’s never been used
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoMy hometown did, too! Even Chicago still has a couple.
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoIn Amish country, you’ll see horses hitched up at Costco.
Not mine personally, but my town still has some hitching posts and mounting blocks
Reminds me of another thing: you see these boot scrapers all across european cities (1) They’re usually victorian era, and were used to clean horse shit from your shoes before entering a house.
Owie the photo contains errors :-(
You’re right :(
This is another picture of the same idea
There are those kind of things everywhere where I live, took me some time to find out what it was for:
Birmingham Alabama has a zeppelin mooring building.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hotel
Maybe they kept it around in hope of making it a flying saucer dock, as in old Popular Mechanics cover art.
Mooring to the top of tall buildings didn’t generally work well in practice
Chicago has one, but it’s never been used
My hometown did, too! Even Chicago still has a couple.
In Amish country, you’ll see horses hitched up at Costco.