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[News] Bedrock City for sale
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Your Name
2015-06-09 01:30:50 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...


Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
Rhino
2015-06-09 01:55:22 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.

I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.

Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.

Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
--
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Michael Black
2015-06-09 02:37:56 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I was
there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the next week
so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get a bit of
vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they recommended was
this gas station because it looked like something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it somewhere on
the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast Highway but I gather
it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while since it
had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look like it had
been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The walls were all
made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone know the
name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if someone knows what
it was called....
No.

But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.

So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".

This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else. I
don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all in. A
hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun, a house like a shoe, a
motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.

Michael
Rhino
2015-06-09 04:12:09 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.

Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
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Rhino
anim8rFSK
2015-06-09 04:25:13 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
years. They have windshields:

http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
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Rhino
2015-06-09 13:06:17 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles
or that they had been on the roads for many decades now.

As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have
windows for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just faulty
on that point.
--
Rhino
anim8rFSK
2015-06-09 14:39:01 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles
or that they had been on the roads for many decades now.
As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have
windows for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just faulty
on that point.
Unless you saw a really antique one, yeah, I'd say so.
--
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Michael Black
2015-06-09 17:21:04 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles or
that they had been on the roads for many decades now.
As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have windows
for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just faulty on that
point.
Maybe you saw an experimental model, with tv cameras outside, and a
monitor inside.

One of the Captain Scarlett vehicles, the armored one, had the driver
sitting backwards (presumably for safety reasons) and either had a
periscope or tv cameras to see what was ahead.

Weird cars are separate from weird roadside buidlings.

Harrod Blank had "Wild Wheels" in 1992 about customized cars, though I
can't remember if it covered commercial type vehicles. I do remember one
that was covered in grass, you glue the grass seed down and then keep
watering it.

Michael
anim8rFSK
2015-06-09 18:15:36 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles or
that they had been on the roads for many decades now.
As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have windows
for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just faulty on that
point.
Maybe you saw an experimental model, with tv cameras outside, and a
monitor inside.
One of the Captain Scarlett vehicles, the armored one, had the driver
sitting backwards (presumably for safety reasons) and either had a
periscope or tv cameras to see what was ahead.
Weird cars are separate from weird roadside buidlings.
Harrod Blank had "Wild Wheels" in 1992 about customized cars, though I
can't remember if it covered commercial type vehicles. I do remember one
that was covered in grass, you glue the grass seed down and then keep
watering it.
Michael
For some reason, we as little kids were just *thrilled* that the
Weinermobile was in town, but I have no idea *why* we'd care. Did we
think were were gonna get free hot dogs or something?
--
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Rhino
2015-06-09 18:33:37 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles or
that they had been on the roads for many decades now.
As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have windows
for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just faulty on that
point.
Maybe you saw an experimental model, with tv cameras outside, and a
monitor inside.
One of the Captain Scarlett vehicles, the armored one, had the driver
sitting backwards (presumably for safety reasons) and either had a
periscope or tv cameras to see what was ahead.
Weird cars are separate from weird roadside buidlings.
Harrod Blank had "Wild Wheels" in 1992 about customized cars, though I
can't remember if it covered commercial type vehicles. I do remember one
that was covered in grass, you glue the grass seed down and then keep
watering it.
Michael
For some reason, we as little kids were just *thrilled* that the
Weinermobile was in town, but I have no idea *why* we'd care. Did we
think were were gonna get free hot dogs or something?
Hard to say since I'm not you ;-) Maybe you thought you'd get a free hot
dog, maybe it was just exciting to have something unusual in town, maybe
you were excited by a "glimpse at the future" if that's how you thought
of the vehicle....
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Paul S. Person
2015-06-10 15:54:21 UTC
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From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles or
that they had been on the roads for many decades now.
As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have windows
for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just faulty on that
point.
Maybe you saw an experimental model, with tv cameras outside, and a
monitor inside.
One of the Captain Scarlett vehicles, the armored one, had the driver
sitting backwards (presumably for safety reasons) and either had a
periscope or tv cameras to see what was ahead.
Weird cars are separate from weird roadside buidlings.
Harrod Blank had "Wild Wheels" in 1992 about customized cars, though I
can't remember if it covered commercial type vehicles. I do remember one
that was covered in grass, you glue the grass seed down and then keep
watering it.
Michael
For some reason, we as little kids were just *thrilled* that the
Weinermobile was in town, but I have no idea *why* we'd care. Did we
think were were gonna get free hot dogs or something?
Since when do kids need a /reason/ to get *thrilled*?
--
"Nature must be explained in
her own terms through
the experience of our senses."
Rhino
2015-06-09 18:30:46 UTC
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Post by Rhino
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Post by Rhino
Post by Michael Black
Post by Rhino
Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992.
I was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for
the next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week
and get a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the
sites they recommended was this gas station because it looked like
something right out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did
look like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice
versa). The walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like
the houses in Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
No.
But PBS has run a series of documentaries from Rick Sebak (they usually
play in the summer) where he is basically on road trips visiting things.
So there's "An Ice Cream Show" and "A Hot Dog Program" and "Shore THings",
and even a "A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff".
This latter visits roadside buildings made to look like something else.
I don't remember a Flintstone gas station, but he didn't get them all
in. A hot dog stand that looks like a hot dog in a bun,
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
Post by Michael Black
a house like a
shoe, a motel with the cabins shaped like tipis. It is interesting.
Michael
The Weinermobile! There are a lot of them, changing models over the
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-history-of-the-oscar-mayer-wien
ermobile/
Interesting! I had no idea that there had been so *many* Wienermobiles
or that they had been on the roads for many decades now.
As I look at the various Wienermobiles, I see that all of them have
windows for the driver to see out so, clearly, my memory is just
faulty on that point.
Maybe you saw an experimental model, with tv cameras outside, and a
monitor inside.
It's possible, I suppose.
Post by Michael Black
One of the Captain Scarlett vehicles, the armored one, had the driver
sitting backwards (presumably for safety reasons) and either had a
periscope or tv cameras to see what was ahead.
I'm surprised the government(s) in question allowed that on the road....
Post by Michael Black
Weird cars are separate from weird roadside buidlings.
Definitely. But you mentioned weird vehicles in your comment on my weird
gas station so I just ran with it....
Post by Michael Black
Harrod Blank had "Wild Wheels" in 1992 about customized cars, though I
can't remember if it covered commercial type vehicles. I do remember
one that was covered in grass, you glue the grass seed down and then
keep watering it.
Either that or you'd have to mow your car occasionally....
--
Rhino
Lesmond
2015-06-09 17:11:26 UTC
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Post by Rhino
I once passed a hot dog on wheels in Toronto.
Apparently, Oscar Meyer has an official Oscar vehicle because a passed a
vehicle with a big Oscar Meyer logo on it on the Don Valley Parkway in
Toronto about 20 years ago. It looked very much like a hot dog on a bun
and was quite big, certainly bigger than a standard car. I believe it
had rubber tires. I never did figure out where the driver looked out. I
didn't see anything resembling either a windshield or a periscope.
I've been lucky enough to drive by the Weinermobile three times in my life,
just crusing along regular roads in NJ.

The last time was just about five years ago.
--
If there's a nuclear winter, at least it'll snow.
anim8rFSK
2015-06-09 04:28:31 UTC
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Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
A Google Image search for
Flintstones gas station California
brings up all *kinds* of fascinating structures. Worth a look.
--
Wait - are you saying that ClodReamer was wrong, or lying?
Ted Nolan <tednolan>
2015-06-09 04:33:19 UTC
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Post by Rhino
Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
A Google Image search for
Flintstones gas station California
brings up all *kinds* of fascinating structures. Worth a look.
How about a dinosaur garage?

http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=497
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What's not in Columbia anymore..
Rhino
2015-06-09 13:25:49 UTC
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Post by anim8rFSK
Post by Rhino
Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
A Google Image search for
Flintstones gas station California
brings up all *kinds* of fascinating structures. Worth a look.
I tried the first several hits but didn't see anything familiar.

Darn! I actually had photos of this place that I had taken myself but
the camera (and virtually all of my other stuff) got stolen a few days
later when I was in LA. Naturally, they were never recovered.

Anything that made an international guide book seems like it might have
been remembered by a lot of people so I was hoping to track down some
photos online. Unfortunately, I don't remember the town that had the gas
station except that it was close to the PCH and relatively near to LA.
If I still have the guide book, it's in a box in storage in another town
so it's not handy.

I've posted on ca.driving; maybe someone there will remember it and know
where it is/was....
--
Rhino
Paul S. Person
2015-06-09 16:24:02 UTC
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On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 09:25:49 -0400, Rhino
Post by Rhino
Post by anim8rFSK
Post by Rhino
Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
A Google Image search for
Flintstones gas station California
brings up all *kinds* of fascinating structures. Worth a look.
I tried the first several hits but didn't see anything familiar.
I found Google very helpful when I was trying to figure what, exactly,
the slides I took in the 70's were of. I learned a lot of Swiss
geography, and found the drive-by (I forget the name) facility
particularly useful on several occasions.

The photo collections can be difficult, however: they tend to group of
lot of stuff together, not all of it relevant and, as I became aware
of what the various Alps I photographed looked like, depend a lot on
image owners correctly identifying them in the first place. Also, it
can take several screens before a match appears.

For example, several page-downs into "Flintstones gas station
California", I see an image of "Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home",
which would seem to be a bit ... off topic.

A bit further down, there is an image of an abandoned station with a
chain-link fence around it. So your station /might/ be there ...
somewhere.

And there are residual puzzles: I have one photo of what I /think/ was
an outdoor modernistic sculpture in DC, but it isn't there now and I
could never find an image of it. And it might not be a sculpture; it
could just be a really elaborate venting system of some sort.

One reason for this is that most of the images are /recent/. Your gas
station, like my statue, may no longer exist, and so no recent photo
of it can exist.
Post by Rhino
Darn! I actually had photos of this place that I had taken myself but
the camera (and virtually all of my other stuff) got stolen a few days
later when I was in LA. Naturally, they were never recovered.
Anything that made an international guide book seems like it might have
been remembered by a lot of people so I was hoping to track down some
photos online. Unfortunately, I don't remember the town that had the gas
station except that it was close to the PCH and relatively near to LA.
If I still have the guide book, it's in a box in storage in another town
so it's not handy.
I've posted on ca.driving; maybe someone there will remember it and know
where it is/was....
--
"Nature must be explained in
her own terms through
the experience of our senses."
Rhino
2015-06-09 16:46:30 UTC
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On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 09:25:49 -0400, Rhino
Post by Rhino
Post by anim8rFSK
Post by Rhino
Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
A Google Image search for
Flintstones gas station California
brings up all *kinds* of fascinating structures. Worth a look.
I tried the first several hits but didn't see anything familiar.
I found Google very helpful when I was trying to figure what, exactly,
the slides I took in the 70's were of. I learned a lot of Swiss
geography, and found the drive-by (I forget the name) facility
particularly useful on several occasions.
Ah, Switzerland, a lovely place! I've been there twice now, in 1983 and
1991, but both times were in the summer; it may not be quite so nice in
winter unless you love skiing.
Post by Paul S. Person
The photo collections can be difficult, however: they tend to group of
lot of stuff together, not all of it relevant and, as I became aware
of what the various Alps I photographed looked like, depend a lot on
image owners correctly identifying them in the first place. Also, it
can take several screens before a match appears.
I was going through one such collection in PhotoBucket and went through
the first 25 pages or so without seeing it. There were some interesting
photos and some clearly went way back given the cars and clothing people
were wearing but none of them was the place I saw.
Post by Paul S. Person
For example, several page-downs into "Flintstones gas station
California", I see an image of "Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home",
which would seem to be a bit ... off topic.
That's for sure!

Mind you, I remember a time I was looking for a picture of some
contemporary actor or actress and Google did return photos of that
person but also returned quite a few of Stalin, who had no obvious
connection to the person I was seeking.
Post by Paul S. Person
A bit further down, there is an image of an abandoned station with a
chain-link fence around it. So your station /might/ be there ...
somewhere.
I saw some like that too but none were the one I was looking for.
Post by Paul S. Person
And there are residual puzzles: I have one photo of what I /think/ was
an outdoor modernistic sculpture in DC, but it isn't there now and I
could never find an image of it. And it might not be a sculpture; it
could just be a really elaborate venting system of some sort.
One reason for this is that most of the images are /recent/. Your gas
station, like my statue, may no longer exist, and so no recent photo
of it can exist.
I wouldn't be surprised if the gas station itself is gone now, torn down
to make room for something else. But if it was a tourist attraction that
made it into a major guidebook, I have to believe there are still some
pictures of it surviving. Lots of tourists use those guide books to
visit unfamiliar areas and will inevitably take a picture of themselves
beside the attraction just to show everyone they were really there.

If the gas station is long gone, then the photos were probably taken
with film cameras and were probably developed and put in photo albums
(or put in slide carousels). *Some* people might have scanned those
photos and put them online, although I suppose most people wouldn't have
bothered. Still, I'm only looking for one good picture so I might find
what I want if I'm willing to look long enough....
Post by Paul S. Person
Post by Rhino
Darn! I actually had photos of this place that I had taken myself but
the camera (and virtually all of my other stuff) got stolen a few days
later when I was in LA. Naturally, they were never recovered.
Anything that made an international guide book seems like it might have
been remembered by a lot of people so I was hoping to track down some
photos online. Unfortunately, I don't remember the town that had the gas
station except that it was close to the PCH and relatively near to LA.
If I still have the guide book, it's in a box in storage in another town
so it's not handy.
I've posted on ca.driving; maybe someone there will remember it and know
where it is/was....
--
Rhino
Michael Black
2015-06-09 17:31:42 UTC
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Post by Rhino
Post by Paul S. Person
For example, several page-downs into "Flintstones gas station
California", I see an image of "Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home",
which would seem to be a bit ... off topic.
That's for sure!
Mind you, I remember a time I was looking for a picture of some contemporary
actor or actress and Google did return photos of that person but also
returned quite a few of Stalin, who had no obvious connection to the person I
was seeking.
It pickes up text, and then presents a photo that is on that page, but
which doesnt' have to relate to it.

So page might have something like "Angelina Jolie naked" and then have
some other picture completely unrelated, but it's the text that makes the
match. When someone searches for "Angelina Jolie naked", google finds
that reference, then presents the photo.

It likely works better for more photo oriented pages, where the only text
is a caption to the adjacent photo.

Michael
Paul S. Person
2015-06-10 15:57:24 UTC
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Post by Michael Black
Post by Rhino
Post by Paul S. Person
For example, several page-downs into "Flintstones gas station
California", I see an image of "Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home",
which would seem to be a bit ... off topic.
That's for sure!
Mind you, I remember a time I was looking for a picture of some contemporary
actor or actress and Google did return photos of that person but also
returned quite a few of Stalin, who had no obvious connection to the person I
was seeking.
It pickes up text, and then presents a photo that is on that page, but
which doesnt' have to relate to it.
So page might have something like "Angelina Jolie naked" and then have
some other picture completely unrelated, but it's the text that makes the
match. When someone searches for "Angelina Jolie naked", google finds
that reference, then presents the photo.
It likely works better for more photo oriented pages, where the only text
is a caption to the adjacent photo.
Provided it matches the caption to the correct photo.

Or do such page use a "caption" tag? That would remove all
uncertainty, I should think.
--
"Nature must be explained in
her own terms through
the experience of our senses."
Michael Black
2015-06-10 16:54:31 UTC
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Post by Paul S. Person
Post by Michael Black
Post by Rhino
Post by Paul S. Person
For example, several page-downs into "Flintstones gas station
California", I see an image of "Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Home",
which would seem to be a bit ... off topic.
That's for sure!
Mind you, I remember a time I was looking for a picture of some contemporary
actor or actress and Google did return photos of that person but also
returned quite a few of Stalin, who had no obvious connection to the person I
was seeking.
It pickes up text, and then presents a photo that is on that page, but
which doesnt' have to relate to it.
So page might have something like "Angelina Jolie naked" and then have
some other picture completely unrelated, but it's the text that makes the
match. When someone searches for "Angelina Jolie naked", google finds
that reference, then presents the photo.
It likely works better for more photo oriented pages, where the only text
is a caption to the adjacent photo.
Provided it matches the caption to the correct photo.
Or do such page use a "caption" tag? That would remove all
uncertainty, I should think.
There is an "alt" tag to give a text description of a graphic file,
for those not using a graphic browser. I'm not sure how much use
that gets nowadays. And I don't even know if google makes that connection
when such tags are used.

MIchael

Your Name
2015-06-09 04:38:34 UTC
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Post by Your Name
From yesterday's New Zealand Herald newspaper ...
Bedrock on the block
--------------------
"Flintstones" fans with a few million dollars
now have a chance to rule over the town of
Bedrock and own a page right out of history.
The owner of Flintstones Bedrock City, a
northern Arizona theme park designed around
the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, is selling the
property for US$2million. A spokeswoman says
business has been good at the park and
campground about 50km south of the Grand
Canyon.
I'm reminded of a gas station I saw on my trip to California in 1992. I
was there on business for a few days and had nothing scheduled for the
next week so my boss encouraged me to stay in Cali for that week and get
a bit of vacation in. I bought a guide book and one of the sites they
recommended was this gas station because it looked like something right
out of Bedrock.
I don't remember where this gas station was except that I saw it
somewhere on the trip from San Francisco to LA via the Pacific Coast
Highway but I gather it was somewhat legendary so any Californian will
likely know.
Anyway, this gas station looked as if it had been closed for a while
since it had chain link fencing around the pumps but it really did look
like it had been inspired by the Flintstones (or maybe vice versa). The
walls were all made out of big slabs of rock, just like the houses in
Bedrock.
Does anyone know the place I mean? Is it still standing? Does anyone
know the name of this place? Maybe I can find some photos online if
someone knows what it was called....
A quick image search doesn't turn up any Flintstones-style gas station,
other than one in the Bedrock theme park above ... I did find this one
shaped like a teapot though:
<https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.I0l0ewf2ELqJ4neQw79okQ&pid=15.1&P=0>
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