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  • Let's bring our old towns back to life. This is Columbus, Ga. as seen from across the Chattahoochee river in Phenix City, Al.. The city of Columbus, Ga. once flourished with cotton mills.

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    @Coinscratch said:

    11 points = good premonitions. Old timers that installed lightning rods on their homes and barns would top off the lightning rod with these 11 point "Starburst" finials for good luck so lightning doesn't strike......

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    @asheland said:

    So like a "Canary in a Coal Mine" warning? When the candies are melted whoever you left in the car is dead?? :D

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    @Steven59 said:

    @Coinscratch said:

    11 points = good premonitions. Old timers that installed lightning rods on their homes and barns would top off the lightning rod with these 11 point "Starburst" finials for good luck so lightning doesn't strike......

    Very interesting and I just thought it was modern art. The statue is located at Miller outdoor theater in Houston.

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    @Steven59 said:

    @asheland said:

    So like a "Canary in a Coal Mine" warning? When the candies are melted whoever you left in the car is dead?? :D

    :D

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    @Steven59 said:

    A time machine and $20,000 in your pocket

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    Possum decided to use the Mackinaw bridge to set to the other side - 5 miles away.

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    edited June 3, 2025 6:44AM

    My hometown Soap Box Derby last month

    A Soap Box Derby race years ago

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    Chessie System engine, 2101 eases onto the turntable at the former Reading Company Saucon engine house on April 22, 1977

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