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From: Bob Vaughan
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:55
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In article <730c94fc-4c60-4d93-81f4-bff46427fb6f@googlegroups.com>,
<doug.landau@gmail.com> wrote:
>Sorry for the off-topic post, but I googled and gave up in frustration:
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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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>Thank you
>
>dkl
Are you thinking of a pneumatic bollard?
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