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Old 8/26/08, 5:37 PM
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Default What's this thing on the roof?

It was about 12" in diameter. Home built in 1905. looked like a big float for a toilet tank valve




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Old 8/26/08, 5:47 PM
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Default Re: What's this thing on the roof?

A piece of an air terminal would be my guess. Could also just be some piece of junk the old homeowner had laying around to make his antenna splices inside a little bit more weatherproof. If it's neither of those, I'm going with meteorite.

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Old 8/26/08, 6:38 PM
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a pod off the mother ship ????



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Old 8/26/08, 7:18 PM
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Looks like the Great Gazu's space ship only white. LOL.
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Old 8/26/08, 9:55 PM
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Kenton,it looks like a lightning rod ball.
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Awww so thats how the Dems got to CO.



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What is wrong with you all

Home owner just placed an old fishing float on the roof

You can tell by the posters state

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Old 8/27/08, 8:20 AM
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It's the crash site for Sputnik
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What is wrong with you all

Home owner just placed an old fishing float on the roof

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Who??

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Awww so thats how the Dems got to CO.
I was downtown last night during Clinton's speech. It's a CIRCUS!

Tactical uniforms and machine guns, transvestites (not wearing the tactical uniforms or carrying the machine guns), delegates and and media reporters...

My son is working at the Denver Mariott Rennaisance- Quinton Tarantino, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Ted Kennedy has a whole floor, security guards, bodyguards, secret service, swat teams, prairie dogs, aliens...




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I was downtown last night during Clinton's speech. It's a CIRCUS!

Tactical uniforms and machine guns, transvestites (not wearing the tactical uniforms or carrying the machine guns), delegates and and media reporters...

My son is working at the Denver Mariott Rennaisance- Quinton Tarantino, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Ted Kennedy has a whole floor, security guards, bodyguards, secret service, swat teams, prairie dogs, aliens...
Sounds like the south side , here in Chicago.
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Are we in agreement that the aforementioned item is a Lightning rod ball??? I googled 1905 lightning rod ball and came up with some interesting info. It appears as though that is exactly what that is. Google away folks.



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Home owner just placed an old fishing float on the roof

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Nope, I think fishing float on the roof would be Ohio or Louisiana.




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Are we in agreement that the aforementioned item is a Lightning rod ball??? I googled 1905 lightning rod ball and came up with some interesting info. It appears as though that is exactly what that is. Google away folks.
I think that oned has my vote.




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