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I’d never seen one of those before and thankfully they’re out of vogue now because I would definitely be worried about it falling the entire time I was in its vicinity. Love this new series!

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Oh. My. God.

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Didn't know about the break cleaner connection. I'll be more cautious. Great post.

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Oct 6, 2022Liked by Bryn Robinson

Cool. I like these kind of articles. Fascinating.

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Fascinating! I have never heard of or seen a picture of one of those before. I'm looking forward to more spooky science!

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See, we have made progress in some areas ;-) This was really interesting, thank you!

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Wowzers - that's fascinating and terrifying in equal measure!

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As soon as I scrolled down and saw the photo, I said to myself, "Oh that's a fire extinguisher". And how did I know that? If you've ever watched American Pickers on the History Channel, in the earlier episodes, Frank Fritz collects firefighting memorabilia. He has picked up several of those over the years. They explained that back in the old days they just threw those on the fire.

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