Vintage roadside

[Ghostsoldier]

Mary Jane's Last Dance.

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Brrrr...

 

[dh66]

That last post reminded me of this long gone Birmingham ice cream shop, The Spinning Wheel.

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[dh66]

I posted this giant chicken in front of the Shady Lawn truck stop a while back. Was by there yesterday and he was wearing a new coat of paint. Looks like the local meth-heads didn't waste any time graffiti-ing him up, unfortunately.

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[Ghostsoldier]

Whoopsie.

Rob

 

[Zombie_61]

That's funny. Having heard more "farmer's daughter" jokes in my younger days than I can remember, I can't recall ever once envisioning one of those young ladies in nylons and high heels.

 

[Frunobulax]

Something tells me that if you go to the other side of the sign, she's still flashing her backside.

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[Fading Fast]

Couldn't find a Vending Machine thread so thought I'd tuck this puppy in here.

I don't think I ever saw a milk vending machine in the wild.

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[LizzieMaine]

That was a concept that didn't catch on. They didn't realize that milk isn't an impulse item -- nobody ever walks by on a hot day and thinks "hey, you know, a cup of cold milk would really hit the spot." The product could stay in a vending machine for days unless it was regularly serviced. Too expensive to maintain, too much wasted product = a flop concept.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Ho-Jos.

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

That was a concept that didn't catch on. They didn't realize that milk isn't an impulse item -- nobody ever walks by on a hot day and thinks "hey, you know, a cup of cold milk would really hit the spot." The product could stay in a vending machine for days unless it was regularly serviced. Too expensive to maintain, too much wasted product = a flop concept.

Now, if they had also sold small packages of Oreos out of the same machine, it might just have worked.

 

[Fading Fast]

Ho-Jos.

Rob

She gets it: Hot day, HoJo's cone, standing in the parking lot - life doesn't get much better.

 

[Frunobulax]

She gets it: Hot day, HoJo's cone, standing in the parking lot - life doesn't get much better.

Especially if it's Tuesday and she just polished off her all-you-can-eat clams.

My mom had a brown Impala like that.

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[Ghostsoldier]

The Tamale.

Rob

 

[dh66]

The Tamale.

Rob

That would be a hard one to pass by without stopping.

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[belfastboy]

That was a concept that didn't catch on. They didn't realize that milk isn't an impulse item -- nobody ever walks by on a hot day and thinks "hey, you know, a cup of cold milk would really hit the spot." The product could stay in a vending machine for days unless it was regularly serviced. Too expensive to maintain, too much wasted product = a flop concept.

now if it dispensed Oreo or chocolate chip cookies as well we might have had a hit!

 

[belfastboy]

Now, if they had also sold small packages of Oreos out of the same machine, it might just have worked.

my apologies, did not see your post on this.

 

[Fading Fast]

my apologies, did not see your post on this.

Great minds think alike. I'm all for your chocolate chip idea as well.

 

[Kahuna]

The Tamale.

Rob

Amazingly enough, given Los Angeles' history of destroying its past, this place still exists at 6421 Whittier Blvd, East LA. You can get your hair done here but you'd probably be hard pressed to find a tamale these days.

 

[Zombie_61]

Ohhhh, that Charley's.