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Quoted from DennisDodel:Please tell me the neon was saved.
Sadly no.
The parts that made the neon bullseyes blink in rotation were illegal by 1970, so it couldn't be moved. And you have a good 40 foot wide sign, where would you store it. And store it for what ?
Same with my two signs through the years. Wood one was too decrepit to save. And newer one got replaced with the wood shingles and all the signs on the building I'm in. Where would you put them ?
LTG : )
DSC00185 (resized).JPGnewversionoldsign (resized).jpgQuoted from goingincirclez:Were they some kind of relay
It was a round contraption that had four poles sticking up from it. About the size of a two pound coffee can. It turned, while wipers hit the poles, sending current to the various round neon tubes. Making them appear to flash inwards. There were two of them, one for each bullseye. The sign was grandfathered in, could be repaired. Would have needed a lot of work to make it usable at another location. Wasn't anything toxic involved. Just the way it ran or was housed. A Minneapolis thing.
Quoted from goingincirclez:I miss the era of gigantic / animated neon...
Me too.
LTG : )
Quoted from cottonm4:I'm curious. Why is billiards spelled as billards in the b&w pic?
I forgot that and posted the wrong picture.
The new current sign, when I saw the artwork for the permit. I noticed they misspelled Billiards, leaving out the 2nd i. Thankfully it could be easily changed at that point. ( the sign company misspelled three of the signs on the building, thankfully all were caught before the permit process and sign making and hanging. Apparently they didn't proof read the order ).
I posted on Facebook about the snafu that could have happened, had it not been caught. So someone edited the first picture for me as a remembrance.
LTG : )
ssearly (resized).jpgQuoted from o-din:I think I myself came pretty close to being defunct this weekend.
Concussion ? Blackout ?
I hope you are okay.
LTG : )
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