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Title: Florida!
Post by: sugarcube on July 09, 2012, 01:00:50 pm: does anyone have any idea of what r o c means? Also says made in Taiwan like a million things but this has many more markings I do not know.

I think it was originally a tourist item? Not sure on that either tho. Is there any value?
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: frogpatch on July 09, 2012, 01:40:56 pm: It means Republic of China. That is a tourist item form Florida and not an old one. The citrus stores sell all kinds of kitsch along the highways. That is just one of the countless items. Real alligator heads and fake vintage orange crate ads are the most popular. Here another example that I am embarrassed to say belongs to me!
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: sugarcube on July 09, 2012, 02:00:35 pm: frogpatch-the embarrassment is mine!! I should have known it mean Republic of China!!

Personally I like flamingos, best I not go down tourist alley

thanks a bunch
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: frogpatch on July 09, 2012, 05:24:13 pm: Here is a flamingo for you. Its one of a pair.
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: mart on July 09, 2012, 06:33:09 pm: Very nice Frogpatch !! Personally I love 50`s kitsch !!
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: sugarcube on July 09, 2012, 07:18:24 pm: as do I --- thanks again, and flamingos never have gone out of style

thanks to both of you.
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: cogar on July 10, 2012, 03:49:37 am: Did ya'll know that flamingos are the only animals with their knees on backwards? ;D ;D
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: mart on July 10, 2012, 09:04:41 am: LOL !! Knees on backwards and feet on forward !! Strange critter !!
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: frogpatch on July 10, 2012, 06:50:24 pm: Wood Storks have the reverse knee thing going on and I believe egrets do too
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: mart on July 10, 2012, 07:31:15 pm: Guess I had better check our blue herons !!
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: greenacres on July 10, 2012, 07:41:22 pm: You had me reading on "Backward Knees" and I found this, lol http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149535

Very educational about this topic and others, lol
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: mart on July 10, 2012, 08:04:47 pm: Those people are full of,,,, crap, since I hesitate to use my Texas english !! Horses have two knees on the front leg and two hocks on the back legs !! Cows are the same !! The ankle would be the fetlock joint or first joint above the hoof on horses !!
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: sugarcube on July 10, 2012, 08:47:56 pm: again I am enlightened on this board, knees and flamingos today are surprisingly interesting

thank you all for taking the time today
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: greenacres on July 10, 2012, 09:30:08 pm: Lol, ;D
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on July 10, 2012, 11:47:44 pm: Yes horses have a whole bunch of specifically named parts that I don't think other animals have, like withers (shoulder ridge) pasterns (that's the straight part between the fetlock and the hoof) and they even have a frog, which is the triangular-shaped formation on the underside of the hoof where stones get stuck.
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on July 10, 2012, 11:53:04 pm: I had to go look this one up because I couldn't remember what it was called, but prehistoric horses had several toes which grew together to form the hoof. The rear-facing toe can still be seen up the horse's leg. It's a hoof-like growth that you have to trim and it's called a chestnut.

http://creation.com/what-about-horse-toe-evolution (http://creation.com/what-about-horse-toe-evolution)

(http://creation.com/images/fp_articles/2008/5838chestnuts.jpg)
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: greenacres on July 11, 2012, 06:48:57 am: Is that similar to a dewclaw?
Title: Re: Florida!
Post by: mart on July 11, 2012, 08:00:49 am: Don`t forget the stifle, barrel and croup, Tales !! At least that person got the elbow right,,,I think !!