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Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 21 Jan 25

Before Christmas a few towns had ‘Christmas markets’ of various sorts, and at one place I saw this - a double decker carousel. Not seen one like that before! It has a flight of stairs spiralling around the centre and a top deck...

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A merry-go-round is not a carousel

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Nov 21

Have you heard of ‘splitting hairs’? It means to make small and unnecessary distinctions Whether those distinctions are unnecessary or not probably depends on your point of view. So it might seem like splitting hairs to say that...

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July 25 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 25 Jul 19

National Carousel Day 1917 - The first income tax in Canada is introduced as a "temporary" measure. Tax brackets ranged from 4% to 25%. 1955 - Iman (Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid) was born. She is a Somalian-English model, actress...

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I wonder if @TheHorse would like this horse

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 6 May 19

The CW Parker Amusement Company manufactured rides for carnivals and fairs. They were located in Abilene, Kansas and were in their busiest days around 1900. This carousel has twenty four-hand carved, hand painted horses and four...

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Frankfurt Christmas Market

Timea @tzwrites (4835) • Romania 4 Dec 16

I hope you are all having a good day! Today I want to share a photo from the Frankfurt Christmas Market (Germany) with you. The market is very beautiful and it's a lot of fun to just go there, have some mulled wine, grab a bite...

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Do you like Fairgrounds?

5th House @5thHouse (1678) • Sheffield, England 13 Sep 16

When I was a child my mother wouldn't let me go to the fair. She thought fairs were rough, dangerous places. Perhaps that's why fairgrounds have always seemed quite exciting to me. There's a forbidden energy about them. I love...

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My Friend's Accident

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 23 Jun 16

First of all, I'm fine - or I will be soon. I had nasty accident Friday afternoon but I'm OK. I went horse riding ( a Father's Day gift certificate from my daughter Denise and her family) and let's just say it didn't end...

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Forget Some People from the Past can Improve on Our Future.

Easy Branches @easybranches (442) • Bangkok, Thailand 1 Oct 13

Forget Some People from the Past can Improve on Our Future Every person has their own personality and attitude in various ways. That first encounters give the impression of someone so everyone are trying to put their best foot...

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TSA and the paranoid United States

foxontherails @foxontherails (236) • Japan 11 Feb 12

You know what I hate about homeland security? The fact that they make mountains out of molehills. This week, I came home from another country, and I was waiting at the carousel. Then, the drug dog comes around to me and the guard...

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Waving to the wrong mummy..

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 25 Mar 10

Some of my best memories from childhood were the day trips we made to Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, England) We would pick and sell blackberries to a local shop to earn the money to pay for the trips and they were so precious to us....

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Do you already have night markets and carnivals in your place?

warrior_777 @warrior_777 (1392) • Philippines 27 Oct 08

In my place the carnival are already in place and are now operating. It will run until Second week of January. This carnival is the typical carnival that have the rides like carousel, merry go round, bump car and all the stuffs....

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Favorite Amusement Ride

Modestah @Modestah (11177) • United States 9 May 07

Carnivals, Festivals, Fairs, Field Days - the midway is always an exciting commotion. Especially at night, when they are all alight. I think however, my favorite ride is still the merry go round aka Carousel. Even the word...

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Is the circus and carnival fairs still in town?

boeyong @boeyong (256) • Malaysia 22 Jan 07

As a boy in the 60's and 70's, I was very excited to know the circus was in town. It pleased me very much to see all the tigers, leopards and lions leaping through rings of fire, or trapeze artists swinging about without nets, or...

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Will you Renew on Carousel?

zeeterman @zeeterman (1066) • United States 8 Nov 06

Will you Renew on Carousel?

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