Mister Neon to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-26 months agoWhat devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?message-square84fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareWhat devices or equipment you own or had that doesn't have much use in the modern world anymore?Mister Neon to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • edit-26 months agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-26 months agoNot mine personally, but my town still has some hitching posts and mounting blocks
minus-square@iii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-26 months agoReminds me of another thing: you see these boot scrapers all across european cities (1) They’re usually victorian era, and were used to clean horse shit from your shoes before entering a house.
minus-square@iii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoYou’re right :( This is another picture of the same idea
minus-square@Valmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•6 months agoThere are those kind of things everywhere where I live, took me some time to find out what it was for:
minus-square@chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoIn Amish country, you’ll see horses hitched up at Costco.
Not mine personally, but my town still has some hitching posts and mounting blocks
Reminds me of another thing: you see these boot scrapers all across european cities (1) They’re usually victorian era, and were used to clean horse shit from your shoes before entering a house.
Owie the photo contains errors :-(
You’re right :(
This is another picture of the same idea
There are those kind of things everywhere where I live, took me some time to find out what it was for:
My hometown did, too! Even Chicago still has a couple.
In Amish country, you’ll see horses hitched up at Costco.