DECORATIVE MAN HOLE COVERS

AN ACQUAINTANCE OF MINE HATCHED A PLAN TO SELL THE BI-CENTENNIAL COMMISSION ON THE CONCEPT OF PAINTING AMERICA'S FIRE HYDRANTS TO LOOK LIKE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS, AND ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET A FEW THOUSAND OF THESE RE-DECORATED FOR THE BIG YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION..........I ALWAYS PREFERRED THE CONCEPT OF DECORATIVE MAN HOLE COVERS AND HAVE CONSIDERED COLLECTING THESE HEAVY AND AWKWARD IRON DEVICES.......WELL.....PEOPLE DO COLLECT HUB CAPS, DON'T THEY?

JAMES B. LANSING RANGER PARAGON

WHEN THIS SPEAKER WAS INTRODUCED, DURING THE ADVENT OF "STEREO", I IMPLORED THAT MY PARENTS "GET" ONE.....THEY SCOFFED AT THIS NOTION, OF COURSE, BEING CONTENT WITH THE OLD ONE-SPEAKER CABINET THAT HOUSED AN ANCIENT TURNTABLE AND AM RADIO CONTROLLED BY WIRES MECHANICAL PULLEYS TO CHANGE STATIONS....MOTHER RELENTED, SOMEWHAT, AND BOUGHT ME A G.E. "PORTABLE" WITH SWING-OUT SPEAKERS COVERED IN TAN NAUGAHYDE...WHICH SUFFICED UNTIL, IN 1964 MY PARENTS UPGRADED THE HOME HI-FI WITH AN UGLY WALNUT-VENEERED MOTOROLA "STEREO" CABINET WITH INTEGRATED T.V.....IT WAS NOT, OF COURSE, A WORK OF ART LIKE THE JBL.....