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Wed. June 14, 2006, 06:45am PDT
"Hello, Washington" said the sign to the driver
When the billboards begin to talk to you, maybe it's time for a little more sleep every night. All around Tacoma people may be asking themselves why some area billboards read "Hello, Washington". I've seen three such signs and don't see any hidden marketing purpose or motives going on. I've seen one heading east from downtown on 509, on on the corner of 26th and A Street, and coming back into town from Pioneer Way. All are Clear Channel owned billboards so I'm inclined to believe these are just place holders while other content is forthcoming.
Anyone else have any ideas based on fact or imagination?
Update - Slightly more info (2006-06-14 @ 10:34am)
Just gave a call over to the local Clear Channel office and found they won't divulge any information about the ad. When asked whether it was a placeholder ad I was told it was not. But that's it.
Wed. June 14, 2006, 09:00pm PDT
Recycling a neighbor's gravel
Last night I took to digging up the patch of gravel and weeds behind our carport to clean things up a bit. Our neighbor across the alley offered up gravel he was getting rid of so we finish up the job tonight. My idea was to remove most of the weed filled top layer between the our carport and alley asphalt, compact it, then put the donated gravel on top. With Sarah and friend Angela (of the Fergusons) we made pretty short work stripping away the unwanted vegetation. Once the weeds were done for I drove over the old dirt and rock to compact it a bit. Finally, Angela shuttled wheel barrow's full of rock from our neighbor's former carport across the alley where we spread it all out for a fresh new look.
It was a quick two night project that worked because we were able to re-use what was going to be thrown out and to help clean things up behind our place. Thanks to neighbor Chris for the gravel donation and to Angela for joining in the fun! That's one more bit of sweat equity we can cross off the old list.
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