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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thematic Photographic 76: "Orange" v.7.0 - Workhorse

Posted by Mojo at 6:00 AM 3 comments

"What Does 'Kubota' Mean Anyway?"
Jacksonville, NC - December 2008 (Click to embiggen)

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Being raised a city boy, I know beans about farming. (That's a joke. Beans? Farming? Nevermind.) But being trained (a little) as a deisel mechanic, I know a little about heavy equipment and I know that Kubota paints all their stuff orange. I've often wondered if the big manufacturers got together in a big "color summit meeting" back in the day and agreed not to poach each other's colors. Hey, stranger things have happened.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Thematic Photographic 72: "Junk" v.1.0 - Re-Tirement Plan

Posted by Mojo at 10:32 PM 6 comments

"If Only It Could Talk"
Jacksonville, NC - December 2008 (Click to embiggen)

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So it was like this. I'm at this dog trial last December with a good friend of mine who's competing with her dog Mojo (no relation. But you might remember him from this week's Wordless Wednesday - Tuesday Edition.) And since she's not due to start for an hour, I need to find some way to fill the time on this frosty December morning. Lucky for me, the trial was being held at a sod farm that came complete with its own junkyard full of... junk. Mostly broken down farm equipemnt that I assume was being cannibalized for parts, but some stuff that... well I'm not sure what you'd do with it. Like this tire for example. Unless I miss my guess, this is a US Government Issue cross country truck tire, no doubt blown out at the nearby Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. I saw plenty of these in the Army, so I'm pretty sure I can recognize one at a glance. At one time it probably served its country carrying marines from point to point. Now... its only discernible purpose is to make me wonder how it came to be here. And of course, to snap a photograph of it.

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