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doug....@gmail.com

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Jan 8, 2013, 4:32:08 AM1/8/13
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Sorry for the off-topic post, but I googled and gave up in frustration:

What is the word for the meter-high posts that pop up under the cars of people who have disobeyed no parking and do not enter signs in Europe?

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Bob Vaughan

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Jan 24, 2013, 8:55:50 AM1/24/13
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In article <730c94fc-4c60-4d93...@googlegroups.com>,
Are you thinking of a pneumatic bollard?



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doug....@gmail.com

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Jan 26, 2013, 6:53:44 PM1/26/13
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> >What is the word for the meter-high posts that pop up under the cars of people who have disobeyed no parking and do not enter signs in Europe?
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> Are you thinking of a pneumatic bollard?

Yes! That answers my next question too.
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Whitey McWasp III

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Jan 28, 2013, 10:17:46 PM1/28/13
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Bob Vaughan

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Jan 31, 2013, 3:09:35 AM1/31/13
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In article <ke7f0o$er3$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
You can also hang out on the Stanford campus at Serra and Galvez, and watch one
in operation every time the Margarite shuttle bus goes through.
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