On my walk today with Kerby the wonder dog I noticed someone had written their name and date in the concrete of a driveway, presumably when the concrete was poured. It was from the 80s.
I've seen this sort of thing many times over the years in my daily rambles. In the older sections of Los Angeles I noted where the sidewalk constructors had stamped the company name and date from the 1920s. In Glendale I saw the same thing from the '30s. One route that I walked 5 days a week from the train station to my job and back had the outline of baby shoe soles, a name and a date from the mid '80s. That baby is possibly a father himself by now. Does he take his child to see his shoe marks that his parent did for him 30 years ago?
The sidewalk not too far from my house used to have the names of two boys and the date of 1971 scratched into the then-wet concrete. One boy was Lance and the other name escapes me but it seemed so perfect for the era. In 1971 I was a junior in high school. What grade was Lance and his pal in? Where are they now? Sadly, several years ago the city had to do some work on the that section of the sidewalk and Lance's name was jackhammered out and carted off. So much for eternal fame.
Somewhere around Grouch estates the Missus inscribed young son's name and date in wet concrete on one of our building projects. I don't know where it is but when the next owner moves in, will they wonder about his name and date and ask the same questions that I have when I see this sort of thing? Who was he and where is he now?
I've seen this sort of thing many times over the years in my daily rambles. In the older sections of Los Angeles I noted where the sidewalk constructors had stamped the company name and date from the 1920s. In Glendale I saw the same thing from the '30s. One route that I walked 5 days a week from the train station to my job and back had the outline of baby shoe soles, a name and a date from the mid '80s. That baby is possibly a father himself by now. Does he take his child to see his shoe marks that his parent did for him 30 years ago?
The sidewalk not too far from my house used to have the names of two boys and the date of 1971 scratched into the then-wet concrete. One boy was Lance and the other name escapes me but it seemed so perfect for the era. In 1971 I was a junior in high school. What grade was Lance and his pal in? Where are they now? Sadly, several years ago the city had to do some work on the that section of the sidewalk and Lance's name was jackhammered out and carted off. So much for eternal fame.
Somewhere around Grouch estates the Missus inscribed young son's name and date in wet concrete on one of our building projects. I don't know where it is but when the next owner moves in, will they wonder about his name and date and ask the same questions that I have when I see this sort of thing? Who was he and where is he now?
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