On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:18:20 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:49:45 AM UTC-10, Travis McGee wrote:
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> > Published Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | 7 a.m.
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> > COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) � For tourist Bruce Pasarow of Buena Park,
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> > Largest Bottle of Catsup" was not an option.
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> > The Collinsville water tower is a depiction of Brooks Old Original Rich
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> > Now, the sign is for sale. Owner Larry Eckert is asking $500,000 for the
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> > The 100,000-gallon tower never held ketchup. It hasn't been used since
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> > Judy Demoisy helped save the bottle when it was in danger of being torn
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> I don't know why there are not more giant foods being made. Everybody loves them. Nothing grabs us deep within our psyche and gets our juices flowing quite like the sight of a gaint hot dog or doughnut. We used to have a giant pineapple in Honolulu. It was great growing up with the big pineapple. Living in a place with such a thing you get the feeling that anything is possible. The next decade will see Honolulu changed with the coming of giant glass towers. Between 20 and 30 of them. It's gonna change the landscape and our way of life in a big way. I'll take a giant pineapple any day.

I agree, even though I dislike both doughnuts and hot dogs, raw pineapple
makes my mouth hurt, and I can't stand cooked pineapple. Giant ice cream
cones are cool too.
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/W...Cone_Affton_MO

--Bryan