Milkcrates as cycle stands
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| Milkcrates make great motorcycle stands…who would have known? These images were found on Thumpertalk.com in the forums. |
Quick Crate Hits
The web has been all a flutter lately with mentions and random news.
- GoGreenCharleston.org posted a short piece about everyday items that can be recycled. I’m not for destroying milkcrates, but I am for recycling.
- DiamondbackOnline a Univ. of Maryland student site has a small mention about a $100 fine for people who buy more than 5 milkcrates and don’t keep proper records of the transaction. I know…this makes no sense at all.
- We all know a milkcrate strapped to a bike is a great storage option. This person thinks way too much about it all.
- More milkcrates and bikes. This time, a young lady from the Ellis family of Cincinnati is using the family milkcrate (previously for garden shoes and dirty boots) for her paper route.
How many LPs fit in a milkcrate?
I know this should be a simple question to answer. There is some history here. In the 70s they changed the size of milkcrates, and milk gallon jugs because people were stealing milkcrates at an alarming rate. LPs fit perfectly in the older sized crates. The new crates still accommodate records, but you have to put them at a slight angle. Not as sweet, but still quite functional. But, then CDs took over, so the issue was moot.
Anyway, enough of the history lesson, the kids over at TribalWar (a gaming blog) discuss this in the forums.
Milkcrate-Kayak connection
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| I found this pic on the Saltwater Fishing Fourums (don’t ask how…ok google helped) but I’m finding an interesting connection between milkcrates and kayaking. The ad for this kayak, actually listed the milkcrate as a feature. |
French Crates
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| Jim Houser sent these pics via iPhone from France. Crates around the world unite! |
Homeless men living the lifestyle
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| An interesting story about the homeless situation in Durango, Colorado. –> full story |
Milkcrates are part of the process
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| “I sit on a milk crate outside my studio with one foot on the base of the clamp and feed the small edges of the steel into the mouth of the clamp…” Artists far and wide know that milkcrates are a tool –> full story |
Criminal used to hang out on milkcrate
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| A creepy dude used to hang out, sitting on a milkcrate outside a convenience store in Ducktown, Tennessee. This fact proved to be key in an murder investigation, and was brought to life by the young woman above. “He would just sit on a milk crate at the corner with a black mutt that had brown splotches…I never talked to him because he seemed odd and creepy,” she added, “He gave off a weird vibe.” –> full story |
Good old wooden milkcrates
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| I like them retro wooden milkrates too. I’m not the only one. |
Crate Car Repair
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| Crater Lake Milk comes to the rescue in a quick flat tire repair job. Real life at its most crate. |
