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02-14-2007, 06:24 AM

josh@phred.org wrote:
> In article <1171425968.944505.217370@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
> cpetersky@yahoo.com says...
>
>> Anyway, since I creep up Eastgate Way at such slow speeds, I have lots
>> of time to contemplate the botts dots. One day, before someone cleans
>> them all up, I want to collect them all.
>>
>> And then, I'd like to think of something cool to do with them. Ideas?
>
> If you think of something, let me know. Somewhere I have a bag of a few
> dozen white ones left behind by a road crew many years ago, brand new,
> never installed, traditional white ceramic. Used a few of them as door
> stops. They skip really well on water.
>
It seems you folks are somewhat derisive of these things. I'll grant
you, they do represent a problem to riders on roads where bikes are
allowed. But they are great on highways; they light up the lanes like
nothing else, especially in rain.

I miss them. They can't be used in areas where there is significant
snowfall, since of course the plows would scrape them all off. The
recessed ones do not work as well.

--

David L. Johnson

Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of enough
typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would
reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The internet has
proven this not to be the case.

02-14-2007, 06:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
David L. Johnson Posts: n/a	Re: botts dots josh@phred.org wrote: > In article <1171425968.944505.217370@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>, > cpetersky@yahoo.com says... > >> Anyway, since I creep up Eastgate Way at such slow speeds, I have lots >> of time to contemplate the botts dots. One day, before someone cleans >> them all up, I want to collect them all. >> >> And then, I'd like to think of something cool to do with them. Ideas? > > If you think of something, let me know. Somewhere I have a bag of a few > dozen white ones left behind by a road crew many years ago, brand new, > never installed, traditional white ceramic. Used a few of them as door > stops. They skip really well on water. > It seems you folks are somewhat derisive of these things. I'll grant you, they do represent a problem to riders on roads where bikes are allowed. But they are great on highways; they light up the lanes like nothing else, especially in rain. I miss them. They can't be used in areas where there is significant snowfall, since of course the plows would scrape them all off. The recessed ones do not work as well. -- David L. Johnson Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The internet has proven this not to be the case.