Garbage Trucks with a Story

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Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 4, 2022 20:35:42 GMT hmca likes this

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Post by BuckSkin on Feb 4, 2022 20:35:42 GMT

This photo is nothing to brag about and I would not have posted it; however, while researching the subject matter, I stumbled upon an interesting and tragic story directly connected to these trucks.

These garbage trucks and several more belong to Bowman Waste and are located at their headquarters in Fincastle.

Satellite View and Street View show there to be at least a dozen garbage trucks, most being Louisville Line Fords, and all equipped with Leach beds.

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Amongst all this sits one old Ford fire truck.

Satellite View - click the little yellow man at bottom-right to turn on Street View; then, click different spots on the blue stripe for various views. - Note: Wednesday_16-February-2022_09:47 AM:CST This link should work now.

Established in 2012, on Monday_ 28-June-2021, the owner, 68-yr-old Harold Bowman, was struck and killed by a car while at a trash pick up.
Bowman had all safety signals flashing and was wearing reflective safety clothing.
According to descriptions of the crash, the 72-yr-old Alabama woman must have been flying low to the ground; most likely fiddling with a cell-phone.

The News Story

38° 59' 34.66" North Latitude
83° 42' 51.85" West Longitude
Elevation: 998'

Photo Taken through the glass of a Moving Vehicle

Eastbound US Hwy 62
Fincastle, Ohio
Brown County
Sunday_19-December-2021

Last Edit: Feb 16, 2022 15:52:10 GMT by BuckSkin

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 4, 2022 21:25:09 GMT BuckSkin likes this

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Post by hmca on Feb 4, 2022 21:25:09 GMT

I enjoy seeing glimpses of places that are included in your posts, Buckskin. Our members are spread out across the country and across the globe so it is interesting to see images that include part of their familiar landscape. Now don't be too horror struck but I rarely consult google maps satellite views so it took me a little while to navigate around the different areas. Anyway, I came to this farm and wondered if it was one that you had posted. I think it was called The Fling Barn.

And here's a mystery for you.....can you explain the shoes seen in this screenshot?

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Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 4, 2022 21:43:12 GMT

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Feb 4, 2022 21:25:09 GMT hmca said:

I came to this farm and wondered if it was one that you had posted.

No; that's not one of mine.
It is just a few miles East of where we passed through on US Hwy 62.
I see "Pride and Joy Pet Crematorium" between there and Hwy 62; I bet that is a money-making racket.

I can't explain the shoes, but I do occasionally see weird things like that in Street View; but, that is not Street View, but a photo someone has posted --- at least I think it is.

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

hmca Administrator Posts: 14,142 Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes	Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 4, 2022 23:48:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hmca on Feb 4, 2022 23:48:19 GMT Feb 4, 2022 21:43:12 GMT BuckSkin said: but a photo someone has posted --- at least I think it is Yes it seemed to be somehow included when I zoomed into the farm.
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Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 5, 2022 3:27:05 GMT hmca likes this

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Feb 4, 2022 21:25:09 GMT hmca said:

Now don't be too horror struck but I rarely consult google maps satellite views so it took me a little while to navigate around the different areas.

If you don't already have it, you need to get FREE Google Earth Pro.
Google Maps, which you have already been investigating, has Street View, which is wonderful for getting a 360° ground-level view of anywhere that they have been to capture them (the blue lines).
In all other aspects, Google Earth Pro is quicker and better, plus you can customize it by adding various "layers" and by adding your own placemarks and such.

If you have both, FastStone and Google Earth Pro, in FastStone, in Image Properties, you can click the little blue globe icon and Google Earth Pro will open and zoom in on the location of any GPS-equipped photo.

Feb 4, 2022 21:25:09 GMT hmca said:

I think it was called The Fling Barn.

I am going to go out on a limb and say that, with such a name, sort of like the currently popular wedding barns, you can probably rent that barn to have a "Fling" that may not necessarily be as boring a time waste as a wedding.

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On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

hmca Administrator Posts: 14,142 Open to constructive criticism of photos: Yes	Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 5, 2022 16:05:48 GMT BuckSkin likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hmca on Feb 5, 2022 16:05:48 GMT Thanks, BuckSkin. I will look into Google Earth Pro.
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BuckSkin Senior Contributor Posts: 3,966	Garbage Trucks with a Story Feb 16, 2022 15:54:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BuckSkin on Feb 16, 2022 15:54:07 GMT I fixed the truncated link in the first post and it should work now; I apologize for the inconvenience.
	Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7 On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film. I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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