Leftover bits of curves weirdness

 From:  Crusoe the Painter (CRUSOE)
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When trying to build the barrel on my tank, I was having some weirdness with trying to UNION the various bits, but finally got it to work. Apparently some of the surfaces weren't closed, etc. Anyway, when done, I have these left over bits of circle. I can sometimes select them, but I can't seem to delete them. Show points doesn't work either.

Is there any way to get rid of these guys?