2009 February - Trunkations

Archive for February, 2009

Buyers Say Nyet To Soviet Sub

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

A Russian submarine in Providence, Rhode Island, is on its way to the scrap yard. “It was on eBay for $1.4 million and got no takers,” said Ed Sciaba, who runs Rhode Island Recycled Metals. “If you guys wanted to buy it, we’d be happy to sell it to you.” We said no, reluctantly. The [...]

Topless Coffee In Chilly Maine

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Why would anyone want a cup of coffee without a warm lid in a cold place like Vassalboro, Maine? Then you enter the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop and realize that it isn’t the beverages that are topless…. According to the Kennebec Journal, the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop opened quietly on Monday, despite tepid [...]

Roadside News: Feb. 26, 2009

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Night Vision Stonehenge – AZ | JFK Death Window Dispute – TX | Tub o’ Art – TX | Tesla Lab Museum? – NY

Tick Tock Tick Tock

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Is the American Dream running out of time? Downtown merchants across the country are saying “No!” by erecting over-sized, fake, olde-timey clocks. Pole-mounted timepieces, according to the Christian Science Monitor, are elevating shopping districts above their rivals in neighboring towns (at least until those towns get their own clocks). One businessman told the Monitor, “The [...]

Where Are President Garfield’s Rocks?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Poor President Garfield. He was in office only six months in 1881 when he was cut down by an assassin’s bullet. And then his monument got torn apart and turned into a fireplace. It’s not the big Garfield monument in Cleveland, Ohio. That’s still there. The monument-turned-fireplace monument was built in a hot, dry canyon [...]