My own telephone pole

[Gene Mean]

I found about 150 glass insulators a couple of years ago and finally got them a proper display in the garden. Not done yet. I'm going to run garden wire from the insulators to the garden posts for supports for the tomatoes and cucumbers we grow.
Thanks for looking.

 

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[BLK HOLE]

What a great way to display your finds

 

[Gene Mean]

What a great way to display your finds

Thank you. Most of the bigger finds are outside the house or on the porch. Keeps wifey happy.

 

[kingskid1611]

Now that is genius....I may steal your idea.

 

[worldtalker]

I like your 'assortment' of finds.

Vegetables...heirloom or nothin.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Mekong Mike]

Now that's an original idea. Awesome display case.

 

[A2coins]

That's cool all I find are broken ones accept one green one I bought at a yard sale. Well done

 

[Gene Mean]

That's cool all I find are broken ones accept one green one I bought at a yard sale. Well done

It was amazing to find them all in the woods about 100 yds off the road. I thought I saw an old bottle but when I got close I could see it was a half buried insulator. And then I see more and more and more. Must have been a spot where electric company stashed them.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool idea, thank for sharing!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Great idea! I have a friend who is an engineer. for two years he was picking them up for me. I don't even know how many I have now! I told him to stop. They are a PITA for me to clean! But, I do have plans for mine, also. I am supposed to get a shed, and when I do, I am going to use the insulators to run lights around the yard of the shed and the cemetery that we have. Been waiting for a few years now on that shed. Maybe I should start decorating the house with the insulators and he will get the motivation to get my shed built?

 

[SD51]

Cool idea, do you get more phone calls now that you have your own pole?

 

[WannaDig3687]

lol

 

[Gene Mean]

Great idea! I have a friend who is an engineer. for two years he was picking them up for me. I don't even know how many I have now! I told him to stop. They are a PITA for me to clean! But, I do have plans for mine, also. I am supposed to get a shed, and when I do, I am going to use the insulators to run lights around the yard of the shed and the cemetery that we have. Been waiting for a few years now on that shed. Maybe I should start decorating the house with the insulators and he will get the motivation to get my shed built?

Thank you. I like your idea about using them for lighting. Mine also need cleaning. I'm going to try Iron Out because I have some. If that doesnt work then an Oxalic Acid bath. I also made some tea light holders with insulators as a gift to my wife just to show her that my stuff isn't all junk. Those little tea light candles sit perfectly inside a flipped insulator.

 

[Gene Mean]

Cool idea, do you get more phone calls now that you have your own pole?

Haha, well I am suddenly getting a lot of spam calls on my mobile phone. I might have to go back to simpler times and rig up those insulators.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Curiosity got the best of me and I went through the house and counted 66. I have given some away and I am probably forgetting where I stashed some. What I am kicking myself for is that I could have bought a whole box full of the threaded dowels (?) for $15.00, but only bought 3 for $5.00. And, gave one of those away!

 

[Gene Mean]

Curiosity got the best of me and I went through the house and counted 66. I have given some away and I am probably forgetting where I stashed some. What I am kicking myself for is that I could have bought a whole box full of the threaded dowels (?) for $15.00, but only bought 3 for $5.00. And, gave one of those away!

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Very nice displays WannaDig

 

[WannaDig3687]

Thank you.

 

[civil_war22]

Haha, well I am suddenly getting a lot of spam calls on my mobile phone. I might have to go back to simpler times and rig up those insulators.

Funny you say that. I have been getting more spam calls lately on my cell phone than I ever have before in my life

 

[civil_war22]

Curiosity got the best of me and I went through the house and counted 66. I have given some away and I am probably forgetting where I stashed some. What I am kicking myself for is that I could have bought a whole box full of the threaded dowels (?) for $15.00, but only bought 3 for $5.00. And, gave one of those away!

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Crazy. They go for $8 a pop around here. There’s a local antique mall that I go to a lot, and they can’t keep them on their shelves long enough. At $8, and you have 66 I’d say you’d make a pretty penny around here

 

[WannaDig3687]

Crazy. They go for $8 a pop around here. There’s a local antique mall that I go to a lot, and they can’t keep them on their shelves long enough. At $8, and you have 66 I’d say you’d make a pretty penny around here

Location location location. They are $1.00 - $2.00 here. If they sell at all. Now purple ones are a different story.

Also I too have been getting spam calls more than ever. Maybe Genemean’s telephone pole works too well? [emoji2957]