Hey @cognoscere, that Steemit post title is like the equivalent of having jello, liverwurst, peanut butter, and turkey for dinner, just sayin' -- you have some explaining to do!
Return of the sandboni
How long ago is an eon ago in @steemit time? Well, about 8 months ago might qualify.
Anyways, it was roughly a steemit eon ago when I posted the following about a sand zamboni on the beach in Asbury Park that @beowulfoflegend commented on to note that it might have been more humorously called a sandboni. I told him that he should patent that name.
Which segues nicely into a short hike my wife and I took at Turkey Swamp Park in Freehold, New Jersey this past Sunday, where we noticed that the drivable dirt roads within the park were so meticulously groomed that I swear you could have easily roller-bladed on them! They looked like they were waxed.
So I can only conclude that the Turkey Swamp Park maintenance crew secretly uses a sandboni to get this type of dirt road precision. All the other parks in North America need to be let in on this little secret.
Fungi is busting a move in Central New Jersey
Found some nice indian pipes and also a yellow fly agaric and some of the ubiquitous bracket fungi.
And, finally, a little TIL bonus
While walking some of the trails (which I won't be doing again this Summer because my wife and I are still finding deer ticks), I noticed that the wood utility poles that carry power into the park and to the various camp sites are inspected by a company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia called Osmose.
From their about webpage, they claim to be:
"a well-known and respected company; a leading service provider safeguarding North American utility infrastructure."
I don't know about you, but I certainly feel safer knowing about this!
Interesting little tin inspection emblems that they nail into the pole with the year that it was inspected.
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Smoother than a baby's behind!
Nice grouping of indian pipes.
Some bracket fungi, aka conks growing at the moss-covered base of a tree. I always seem to find them on locust and pine trees.
Yellow fly agaric.
The highly prized and collectible Osmose inspection buttons.
All images (except as noted below) @cognoscere and taken on Sunday 06/04/2017 in Turkey Swamp Park in Freehold, New Jersey (Sony RX100 V)
Great post. And I love the Sandboni. Used to go to hockey games in college, and everyone was SO obsessed with the Zam, and would cheer more when it came out than during the match. Love the Osmose stuff too. Might have to take one of those little placards home for the living room to go with that other rusty stuff I tried to get you to keep a few months back. (I didn't say take the placard on here though, if anyone of interest is watching....) Have a great night.
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Haha, it crossed my mind, but the good Angel on my right shoulder said "don't do it" andI listened.
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Would be a bummer to get a $1000 fine for a 16 cent doobob. So wise choice.
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True.
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