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UTUSN

(70,715 posts) Sun Nov 11, 2012, 10:51 AM Nov 2012

If anybody can identify this reflective (traffic?) sign, Lounge can!1

The neighbor across the alley is king of his castle, with almost a moat (small exaggeration). There's a small utility/storage room near his back fence, totally visible when I go out there to toss the trash. After 20 yrs of our distant neighborliness, overnight these two, identical brightly orange reflective signs appeared on the side of the storage building on the side of it that is the most visible to me and to any traffic (garbage/utility trucks?).

Does anybody know what they mean? I've Googled, nothing. They are LARGE, like a yard high, perfectly aligned to each other, not like in my drawing here. Side by side, eye level. Are they some kind of hostile something? They are sort of menacing. No, *asking* him is not an option.

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If anybody can identify this reflective (traffic?) sign, Lounge can!1 (Original Post) UTUSN Nov 2012 OP

I think theyre just reflective signs, so cars wont run into the building darkangel218 Nov 2012 #1

Thanks, all (so far). But there is no danger for the building, it's inside the fence, and UTUSN Nov 2012 #4

pin heads live here?? Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #2

Doing a Google image search, I find nothing MineralMan Nov 2012 #3

They look like channel markers alarimer Nov 2012 #5

Hmm... he *does* have a small (fishing?) boat... n/t UTUSN Nov 2012 #6

Double hmmmm... Here's a website for "channel markers" showing similar things (don't know meaning) UTUSN Nov 2012 #7

By gawd, I think you've GOT it!1 Location signs on the ICW (Intracoastal Waterway)? UTUSN Nov 2012 #8

Yep. I think the yellow triangle is a caution symbol, equivalent to "construction zone..." hunter Nov 2012 #12

Thanks. There should be a Coast Guard code thing somewhere. Eventually I'll find it. n/t UTUSN Nov 2012 #13

Declare it to be Art and Call it a Day, eh. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2012 #9

Haha, so long as no bullet holes appear!1 n/t UTUSN Nov 2012 #10

Someone used yellow tape to hide the little Bond guy brandishing a gun between her legs. Bucky Nov 2012 #11

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

1. I think theyre just reflective signs, so cars wont run into the building

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:07 AM

Nov 2012

140 feet?

UTUSN

(70,715 posts)

4. Thanks, all (so far). But there is no danger for the building, it's inside the fence, and

Reply to darkangel218 (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:19 AM

Nov 2012

the only traffic are the once/wk garbage trucks and the very infrequent utility/cable trucks. And there is no "feet" mark next to the number.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

2. pin heads live here??

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:09 AM

Nov 2012

MineralMan

(146,318 posts)

3. Doing a Google image search, I find nothing

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:11 AM

Nov 2012

quite comparable. The shape is typical of warning signs, but I can't find anything like that one.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)

5. They look like channel markers

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:21 AM

Nov 2012

The red ones are triangular and reflective, with numbers, but I've never seen them with that yellow thing on them.

http://www.marine-movers.com/AidsToNavigationExplained.html

UTUSN

(70,715 posts)

6. Hmm... he *does* have a small (fishing?) boat... n/t

Reply to alarimer (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:26 AM

Nov 2012

UTUSN

(70,715 posts)

7. Double hmmmm... Here's a website for "channel markers" showing similar things (don't know meaning)

Reply to alarimer (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:35 AM

Nov 2012

http://firstsign.com/channel-marker-tr-1-30

TR-1 30" Isosceles Triangle 30"X30"X3O"Channel Marker for EVEN NUMBERS* Isosceles Triangle waterway marker on .80 aluminum Flourescent background and Red high intensity numbers and borders, made to FWC and Coast Guard Specs. Also known as Starboard Daymark in aids to navigation

UTUSN

(70,715 posts)

8. By gawd, I think you've GOT it!1 Location signs on the ICW (Intracoastal Waterway)?

Reply to alarimer (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:55 AM

Nov 2012

“Red triangles are always even numbered. Meaning: “(number) = location. (Passing by: keep it on your right when following the ICW counter-clockwise around the U.S.

“ICW” = (from Wiki: ) Intracoastal Waterway. The Intracoastal Waterway is a 3,000-mile (4,800-km) waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. Some lengths consist of natural inlets, salt-water rivers, bays, and sounds; others are artificial canals. It provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea.