Modern Living: Home Parking Meters

Home Parking Meters In Los Angeles a little red "expired" flag snaps into view on the executive's desk, warning the visiting salesman that his pitch time is over. Another red flag goes up in a Chicago teen-ager's room, warning her that she has tied up the family telephone long enough. In the guest bathroom of another Chicago home, the flag reminds a partygoer that others may be waiting. In each case the red metallic flag is enclosed in a device that looks suspiciously like a parking meter. Actually, it is.

Reconditioned and repainted in such unbureaucratic colors...

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