Share your favorites on Show & Tell

an orange barrel. yes, those things.

In Signs > Travel and Highway Signs > Show & Tell.
Travel and Highway Signs11 of 289a bagful of plastic reflectorized road lane markersLate 1950s NJ Route 208 Sign
6
Love it
0
Like it

auraaura loves this.
vetraio50vetraio50 loves this.
fortapachefortapache loves this.
Alfie21Alfie21 loves this.
NewfldNewfld loves this.
dav2no1dav2no1 loves this.
See 4 more
Add to collection

    Please create an account, or Log in here

    If you don't have an account, create one here.


    Create a Show & TellReport as inappropriate


    Posted 2 years ago

    AnythingOb…
    (1778 items)

    Suffice it to say that, as an admitted collector of traffic control devices, its only natural that I'd eventually come across one of these things, in a situation where it was both easily available and more importantly *completely orphaned* from whatever street project got it there that way, for a very long time now. Then, several evenings ago around 11PM (!!) when I got asked if I (my truck) could "help" move a big heavy TV from a nearby house, I accepted the also cash offering and said OK. Turns out once we got to that house it was right next door to where the barrel has been laying. For a LONG time, I repeat - like a couple years since the street has last been dug up there, at least. :-)

    So after *they* loaded the TV, a kinda top heavy thing, it was once more "only natural" when I pointed over at it while hooking straps up (my truck, after all...) and said "go grab that thing, it'll help keep the TV from tipping over..."

    They did, and it did, and now I have a new backyard decoration that fits right in with everything else orange back there...???
    ;-) ;-) <lol>

    I'm gonna add a link to an old YouTube video in the comments (if it'll all let me?) which demonstrates what 'orange barrels' do, for anybody that isn't familiar. This version of this song has been one of my favorites since I first came aware of it because, when it was a 'new YouTube video' I RECOGNIZED IT IMMEDIATELY -- that over-the-truck-hood footage was taken back arounds then (2011) on a stretch of I-55N in northeast AR near MO -- a route I traveled too frequently then, such that it is a little more than possible that I myself drove past the *very same* rows of barrels, probably more than once...they were there to some degree for a few years at least... :-) :-) :-)

    logo
    Travel and Highway Signs
    See all
    Historic Route 66 Cast Iron Plaque Sign Antique Rustic Vintage Embossed Finish
    Historic Route 66 Cast Iron Plaque ...
    $39
    Vintage Funny 1920s 1930s Booster License Plate Topper Sign Attachment Rat Rod
    Vintage Funny 1920s 1930s Booster L...
    $91
    LOT OF 10! VINTAGE HOLIDAY INN LOGO DO NOT DISTURB HOTEL MOTEL DOOR HANGER SIGNS
    LOT OF 10! VINTAGE HOLIDAY INN LOGO...
    $11
    VINTAGE ADVERTISING A.A.A. Motor Truck Lines ROUND THERMOMETER , Rare
    VINTAGE ADVERTISING A.A.A. Motor Tr...
    $350
    logo
    Historic Route 66 Cast Iron Plaque Sign Antique Rustic Vintage Embossed Finish
    Historic Route 66 Cast Iron Plaque ...
    $39
    See all

    Comments

    1. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 2 years ago
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L7UAyQ83Yg

      Been there. Done that. On that exact road, though from the driver's seat of a somewhat smaller truck.

      ;-) ;-) :-) :-) :-)
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 2 years ago
      I remember being young and dumb...middle of the night, car full of other delinquents...we slowed down on the freeway and tried to pop one with the car door. That was the day I learned about the heavy sand bags inside...

    Want to post a comment?

    Create an account or login in order to post a comment.