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First the funny ones. You know the reflective driveway markers that some people in suburban and rural areas get? Just the other day I saw a creative variation on those. At a church driveway, someone had made up a couple crosses out of pipe and fittings, applied reflective tape, and used those as their driveway markers.
Entering a small town, there was a vacant lot where a few businesses had put up signs. One was a garden supply place, with a series of signs. First was the one with their name, then individual signs listing products they sold. Also on the vacant lot was a sign for the local church, with the "headline" being "Jesus is lord". Right beside it was the last of the garden supply place's signs - but did they have to choose "mushroom compost" as the sign to put beside the church's?
Now for the sucky one. I drive this route on a fairly regular basis, and about a week ago I saw a halfway-fallen tree hung up on some utility lines (if it completed its fall, it would wind up partway onto the road). At my next "pit stop", I looked up the number for theKeystone CopsPennsylvania State Police in my motor carrier road atlas, and called to report this potential hazard (first heavy snow would result in tree gaining weight, possibly more than the wires could hold). Got the central clearinghouse, which instead of taking down the info and passing it along to the appropriate local unit gave me the phone number for the local unit so I could call them myself (how many calls are lost because the person reporting a problem can't be bothered making a second report?). The local unit took the info (road and location), and said they'd check it out and get in touch with the utility company. Tree is still there - you'd think the utility company would want to get rid of it before it tears the wires off the poles (cheaper, and no customers angry at losing service).
Entering a small town, there was a vacant lot where a few businesses had put up signs. One was a garden supply place, with a series of signs. First was the one with their name, then individual signs listing products they sold. Also on the vacant lot was a sign for the local church, with the "headline" being "Jesus is lord". Right beside it was the last of the garden supply place's signs - but did they have to choose "mushroom compost" as the sign to put beside the church's?
Now for the sucky one. I drive this route on a fairly regular basis, and about a week ago I saw a halfway-fallen tree hung up on some utility lines (if it completed its fall, it would wind up partway onto the road). At my next "pit stop", I looked up the number for the
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