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Canadian Chrome: 1949 Mercury 1/2 Ton Truck
I've been revisiting my photo archives, and I rediscovered this shot of a 1949 Mercury 1/2 Ton that I often see around town.
This fine old truck is rockin' enough chrome on its grille to sink The Bluenose.
That's a local expression for anything that's impressively done to excess:
"You've eaten enough to sink The Bluenose!"
"That fellow's big enough to sink The Bluenose!"
"I split enough wood today to sink The Bluenose!"
"That old truck's got enough chrome on it to sink The Bluenose!"
Aaaannd so on... ;)
A chrome-intensive Crossfolf Camera Production. ^__^
This fine old truck is rockin' enough chrome on its grille to sink The Bluenose.
That's a local expression for anything that's impressively done to excess:
"You've eaten enough to sink The Bluenose!"
"That fellow's big enough to sink The Bluenose!"
"I split enough wood today to sink The Bluenose!"
"That old truck's got enough chrome on it to sink The Bluenose!"
Aaaannd so on... ;)
A chrome-intensive Crossfolf Camera Production. ^__^
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
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Size 960 x 1280px
File Size 230.2 kB
I'm looking at what appears to be a lone deer whistle and wondering about how those work. They always come in pairs and this one is missing its partner. Are they tuned the same or differently so that the sound combination is what drives the deer away? Will this one be effective by itself? Does anybody know the theory behind them?
They are supposed to make a noise only deer can hear and spook them off. Most people think they are worthless but one of the major trucking companies put them on all their semi trucks and cut their deer strikes by half or more I think... Been a long time since I had heard about it.
Interesting; thanks for the info! I always enjoy learning neat facts like this.
Deer whistles are useful here in the fall; they're everywhere and they leap across the roads often. I once totaled the front of a '79 Lincoln hitting one, and I was a lot more upset about the deer than I was about the car.
Deer whistles are useful here in the fall; they're everywhere and they leap across the roads often. I once totaled the front of a '79 Lincoln hitting one, and I was a lot more upset about the deer than I was about the car.
Yeah, a Mercury truck is an unusual sight. They were only built in Canada for this market, though some of them probably ended up elsewhere. There used to be a lot of Canadian variations of American brands; the Meteor was a Canadian Ford, the Monarch was a Canadian Mercury, the Acadian was a Chevrolet Nova, and so on.
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