Category Archives: Signs

Burma-Shave

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Ron Haines

Those Burma-Shave signs, remember them?  I thought they were completely gone long ago, but I happened upon a string of them on a drive out West a couple months ago. A relic of a time when driving a long distance … Continue reading →

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Mintonette anyone? How about Hooverball?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Ron Haines

Yes, Mintonette.  That was almost the name for what we now know as volleyball. And how do I know that?   Because I drove past this sign. And then I took a stroll on the internet.  Where I unearthed Hooverball too. … Continue reading →

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Maine’s only curling club?

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Ron Haines

I guess I’m getting to be an old hand at ferreting out curling clubs on my meanderings around the northeast. The symbol on this sign was instantly recognizable as I drove along Route 3 in Belfast Maine. Very similar to … Continue reading →

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A useful sign

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ron Haines

I took this photo back in 2013 on the Swift River near Belchertown, Massachusetts. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the sign obviously took a prankster’s ride to the alligator-unfriendly climes of the Northeast, where it was planted as a … Continue reading →

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Blame it on the reporter

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Ron Haines

This sign caught my eye the other day as I drove along Tamiami Trail (US 41) through the greater Port Charlotte metro area over on the west side of Florida.I spent my career dealing with professional photographers all over the … Continue reading →

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Some words just look silly in print…

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Ron Haines

(And they also look out of focus, darn it!)  This park is in Fitzwilliam, NH, and best visited in mid-July, when the 16-acre grove of Rhododendron Maximum bursts into fragrant clusters of pink blossoms.

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A well-used car lot

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Ron Haines

I find some interesting places in my meanderings.  Happy to share this one, the Wilson and Steely Kustom Coachworks in Athol, MA.

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Anything’ll go with beer…

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ron Haines

New Hampshire’s answer to Wisconsin’s brats and beer I guess. Locations in Keene and Jaffrey (in photo).

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A two-sheet curling club

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Ron Haines

I know about curling, of course. It’s that funny Olympic sport where grown men slide an object with a handle on it down the ice and other grown men run in front of it with brooms, sweeping like crazy. But … Continue reading →

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War Office

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Ron Haines

Approaching Lebanon, CT, on Route 87 the other day I encountered this sign: OK, I guess maybe in these times if you live in a ­­­­­­­town called Lebanon, you’d want to be prepared. Especially if you’re just down the road … Continue reading →

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