Steinbring Inc.

This invention is proof that necessity may me the mother of invention but laziness is it’s drunken shop teacher.

A 45-year-old man has been charged over the theft of 39 payphones in Darwin during the past eight months.

Police say the pay phones, removed from phone booths all over the city, were worth about $136,000.

Police say not all of the stolen telephones have been found, but it is alleged the man buried some of the phones in various locations around Darwin.

This is very interesting.  I have never seen these things here in the U.S. but I saw them in different places this past summer when I spent some time in Paris.  They are basically large hydraulically lifted poles that can act as a barrier for cars and trucks.  I’m surprised they are so resilient.

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