I happened on this on ebay this evening, and boy, did that bring back some memories. Our front yard down in Corpus Christi, TX was interstate 37. From our front porch, the feeder road (2009 Antelope St at corner of Doss, go google earth it) was about 10 feet away. Across the street is a hill up to the big interchange of Crosstown Expressway and I-37, which heads to downtown less than mile away. On Water Street where I-37 ends (because it deadends at Shoreline and Corpus Christi Bay) was All American Motors one of the dealerships my dad worlked at. I never knew the names of these things we played with as a kid. The work crews would drop them off and they were filled with kerosine(?) but would burn all night. It was fun to ride our bikes and kick them and watch them roll around as a fireball. All the kids in the neighborhood, about 20 of us, seemed to have a collection of them. Don't know why, but the work crews would turn them off during the day and simply toss them in pile in our, or other yards for later use, so we kept a few. Now these have been replaced with those flashing round lights. My kids have whole collection of those from wrecks we have seen on I-10 about a mile away, so we pick them up. They have big battery in them and will flash for about a week. What is neat about those is somewhere in the darned thing is a eye, that is, when you shine light on it, or sun comes up...it turns off automatically. So the kids use flashlights on them in back yard. Back to these Toledo Torches..... http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Toledo-Torch-Rail-Road-Flare-Smudge-Pot_W0QQitemZ260480814582QQcategoryZ95147QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26ps%3D63 I am not sure this big link will stick, but if not, simply go search www.ebay.com for 'toledo torch' and you will see these little bombs. Sure brought back some memories from 40 years ago seeing one and sometimes I am Rambler slow, but took 40 years to learn the actual name of one. Eddie Stakes 713.464.8825 eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.planethoustonamx.com ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:BaadAssGremlins-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:BaadAssGremlins-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/