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sugarcube

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« on: July 09, 2012, 01:00:50 pm »
does anyone have any idea of what r o c means?  Also says made in Taiwan like a million things but this has many more markings I do not know.

I think it was originally a tourist item?  Not sure on that either tho.  Is there any value?
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 01:40:56 pm »
It means Republic of China. That is a tourist item form Florida and not an old one. The citrus stores sell all kinds of kitsch along the highways. That is just one of the countless items. Real alligator heads and fake vintage orange crate ads are the most popular. Here another example that I am embarrassed to say belongs to me!
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2012, 02:00:35 pm »
frogpatch-the embarrassment is mine!!  I should have known it mean Republic of China!! 

Personally I like flamingos, best I not go down tourist alley

thanks a bunch
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 05:24:13 pm »
Here is a flamingo for you. Its one of a pair.
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2012, 06:33:09 pm »
Very nice Frogpatch !!   Personally I love 50`s kitsch !!
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2012, 07:18:24 pm »
as do I ---  thanks again, and flamingos never have gone out of style

thanks to both of you.
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2012, 03:49:37 am »
Did ya'll know that flamingos are the only animals with their knees on backwards?  ;D ;D
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2012, 09:04:41 am »
LOL !! Knees on backwards and feet on forward !!  Strange critter !!
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 06:50:24 pm »
Wood Storks have the reverse knee thing going on and I believe egrets do too
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 07:31:15 pm »
Guess I had better check our blue herons !!
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2012, 07:41:22 pm »
You had me reading on "Backward Knees" and I found this, lol http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149535

Very educational about this topic and others, lol
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2012, 08:04:47 pm »
Those people are full of,,,, crap, since I hesitate to use my Texas english !!  Horses have two knees on the front leg and two hocks on the back legs !! Cows are the same !! The ankle would be the fetlock joint or first joint above the hoof on horses !!
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2012, 08:47:56 pm »
again I am enlightened on this board, knees and flamingos today are surprisingly interesting

thank you all for taking the time today
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2012, 09:30:08 pm »
Lol,  ;D
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Re: Florida!
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2012, 11:47:44 pm »
Yes horses have a whole bunch of specifically named parts that I don't think other animals have, like withers (shoulder ridge) pasterns (that's the straight part between the fetlock and the hoof) and they even have a frog, which is the triangular-shaped formation on the underside of the hoof where stones get stuck.
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