In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Thanks,

Russ

Russ wrote:
In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Chin up bars for rodents?

Where are they located exactly? Are there any utilities of some sort
near those points inside the house?

R

Russ wrote:

In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Thanks,

Russ

Boot scrapers?

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Do they coincide with basement windows, or any other feature on the
house? They might be some kind of landscaping/decorative piece, though
I can't figure what. I think I've seen something similar to this
before and for some reason I keep thinking that people have mounted
flower boxes on them...

There is a basement but they are not near any basement windows. They
look like some sort of utility pipe. They are not decorative at all.
The house was built in 1949. I don't think it's for a flower box. One
of them is above the water line and one on the side is near the natural
gas meter. The other is near nothing. Hitching post, rodent chin ups or
boot scrapers? Hmmm, great ideas but I don't think it would work well
for those either . Hopefully I can rule out an underground oil tank.
That was my main concern. More ideas?

"Russ" wrote in message
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In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

I doubt it is the same, but my cottage has similar pipes sticking up to
facilitate draining the water pipes where there isn't enough room to run
them on a slope.

Hitching posts seems most likely though.

Hitching post for what? I assumed he meant horse hitching post that was
a joke along with rodent chin-ups.

"Russ" wrote in message
ups.com...
In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Thanks,

Russ


Remains of a bench? If you put a plank on top, would it make a seat or some
kind of bench or table, seems too low for that but if the planks were thick
or there was more to it at one time....

Sounds like you're going to have to dig a test hole next to one. If they
are anchored in concrete, it may be safe to assume they were once a
component of a lawn decoration and not a utility. A underground tank might
have a fill and vent pipe but they would not be connected together.

Any old neighbors in the hood to ask what was there in the past?

"Russ" wrote in message
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There is a basement but they are not near any basement windows. They
look like some sort of utility pipe. They are not decorative at all.
The house was built in 1949. I don't think it's for a flower box.
One
of them is above the water line and one on the side is near the
natural
gas meter. The other is near nothing. Hitching post, rodent chin ups
or
boot scrapers? Hmmm, great ideas but I don't think it would work
well
for those either . Hopefully I can rule out an underground oil
tank.
That was my main concern. More ideas?

They nmay have been there to protect utility meters and lines that
were originally there from dmage from mowers, etc...

Russ wrote:

There is a basement but they are not near any basement windows. They
look like some sort of utility pipe. They are not decorative at all.
The house was built in 1949. I don't think it's for a flower box. One
of them is above the water line and one on the side is near the natural
gas meter. The other is near nothing. Hitching post, rodent chin ups or
boot scrapers? Hmmm, great ideas but I don't think it would work well
for those either . Hopefully I can rule out an underground oil tank.
That was my main concern. More ideas?

Given their proximity to things you wouldn't want to mow, maybe they're
for protection -- bumpers +/-? Perhaps there was once something worthy
of protection near the third one, too.

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Rick wrote:

"Russ" wrote in message
oups.com...

There is a basement but they are not near any basement windows. They
look like some sort of utility pipe. They are not decorative at all.
The house was built in 1949. I don't think it's for a flower box.

One

of them is above the water line and one on the side is near the

natural

gas meter. The other is near nothing. Hitching post, rodent chin ups

or

boot scrapers? Hmmm, great ideas but I don't think it would work

well

for those either . Hopefully I can rule out an underground oil

tank.

That was my main concern. More ideas?


They nmay have been there to protect utility meters and lines that
were originally there from dmage from mowers, etc...





Oops, I see you got there first.

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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:57:21 GMT, "Toller" wrote:


"Russ" wrote in message
oups.com...
In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Do any of your neighbors have these? You might want to go several
blocks in all directions. It's a good way to get to know your
neighbors. If you mean any old men, ask them. Even if they don't
have one, they might have known what was done then. like we all know
about current things we don't have.

The bomb shelter vent seems reasonable, except afaict from your
description, they are open nowhere. And people were mostly building
fallout shelter then, which had to have a very good filter on the air
intake.

If they are only 8 inches hight, that doesn't seem like a bench.


I doubt it is the same, but my cottage has similar pipes sticking up to
facilitate draining the water pipes where there isn't enough room to run
them on a slope.

I'm confused. How does this help drain the water pipes.

Hitching posts seems most likely though.

Or these were the brackets that held the Earth to the missile that
launched it. A lot of people think Earth was launched by the
inhabitants of Saturn (using a Saturn missile of course.), to be used
as a communications satellite, but the missile went awry and the
eventual orbit was not as intended. The big hole in this theory has
been the lack of evidence of launch arrangements. I think you've
found them.

Obviously the house was built around the pipes that were already
there.

Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let
me know if you have posted also.

On 14 Dec 2005 10:01:03 -0800, "Russ" wrote:

In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Thanks,

Russ


You got to have something to tie your horse to when you get out of the
saddle. Thank the former owner for installing them, and Happy
Trails......

Post a picture for us to see......

On 14 Dec 2005 12:42:20 -0800, "Russ" wrote:

Hitching post for what? I assumed he meant horse hitching post that was
a joke along with rodent chin-ups.

I took the rodent chinups seriously..... VERY SERIOUSLY lol

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:11:55 GMT, Commodore Joe Redcloud©
wrote:

On 14 Dec 2005 10:01:03 -0800, "Russ" wrote:

In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Thanks,

Russ

Vents for a home bomb shelter? There were quite a few installed in the
late 1950's to early 60's. Some were built under the garages, and
others were simply buried in the yard under concrete.


Commodore Joe Redcloud©

Thats easy to test. Go in your bomb shelter. Look for pipes. When
you find them, put a radio next to the pipes and go outside to listen
for the radio. CAUTION: Since this is a bomb shelter, do not play any
"heavy metal" music or one of the bombs may explode.

PS.
You should be glad you got a bomb shelter, with the state of the world
these days, we should all be building them.

In article .com,
Russ wrote:
There is a basement but they are not near any basement windows. They
look like some sort of utility pipe. They are not decorative at all.
The house was built in 1949. I don't think it's for a flower box. One
of them is above the water line and one on the side is near the natural
gas meter. The other is near nothing. Hitching post, rodent chin ups or
boot scrapers? Hmmm, great ideas but I don't think it would work well
for those either . Hopefully I can rule out an underground oil tank.
That was my main concern. More ideas?


In a row-house neighborhood where I once lived it was common to see
"clothes driers" near or attached to houses, that were made from 3/4
or 1" iron pipe.


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Russ wrote:
In front of my house there are steel pipes sticking out of the ground 7
inches away from the foundation. These are 3/4 - 1 inch thick pipes
that extend up 8 inches to an elbow joint. The elbows connect to a
horizontal top pipe 24 inches long. The top pipe connects the two
vertical pipes to each other. The whole thing forms rectangle that
sticks out of the ground.

There are two of these rectangles in front of the house and another
taller one on the side of the house.

Any idea what these could be?

Thanks,

Russ

Wow, reading that brings back a lot of memories.
Those are actually for the Christmas decorations. You wrap the lights
around them. When I was a kid, my father made a bunch of those
rectangle pipes.

"Lawrence Wasserman" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
Russ wrote:
There is a basement but they are not near any basement windows. They
look like some sort of utility pipe. They are not decorative at all.
The house was built in 1949. I don't think it's for a flower box. One
of them is above the water line and one on the side is near the natural
gas meter. The other is near nothing. Hitching post, rodent chin ups or
boot scrapers? Hmmm, great ideas but I don't think it would work well
for those either . Hopefully I can rule out an underground oil tank.
That was my main concern. More ideas?


In a row-house neighborhood where I once lived it was common to see
"clothes driers" near or attached to houses, that were made from 3/4
or 1" iron pipe.


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Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland



Must have been Lilliput since the pipes ate only 8" high. Or maybe
someplace with Smurfs